WYDOT Public Meeting Scheduled, Requests input on Projects
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be hosting a public meeting this Monday on June 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the South Lincoln Training and Events Center, 215 WY-233, in Kemmerer, regarding the 2019 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)….
Enzi applauds New Rule to Replace Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for releasing the final version of the Affordable Clean Energy rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. “I am glad the EPA is replacing the…
Two Wyoming high school students named U.S. Presidential Scholars
CHEYENNE, Wyo.– Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced today that a pair of Wyoming high school students have been selected as 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Lillian Brazil of Jackson (Jackson Hole High School) and Scott Nicholas Orton of Afton (Star Valley High…
NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Yellowstone superintendent credited with saving man’s life JACKSON (WNE) — Mike Pence was singing Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly’s praises in a speech delivered to 100-some colleagues last week when he squeezed in a remark that earned some perplexed looks. The…
Kemmerer Street Project Expansion
The Kemmerer Streets project will be expanding into Diamondville starting 6/19/19. The milling subcontractor will be milling between Arctic Circle and the intersection of US 30 and US 189 before jumping to the other end of town where bridge work…
Boy Airlifted to Hospital after Falling at least 50 feet at Local Ice Cave
PARIS — A 14-year-old Scout was injured at a popular ice cave west of Paris on Wednesday evening. Bear Lake County Sheriff Bart Heslington said the boy was with a group of Scouts at the Paris Ice Cave when he…
PacifiCorp, Sheep Company Face Off Over Power Line Route
By Dean Michael Rawlins Times Via Wyoming News Exchange RAWLINS — PacifiCorp’s plan to run more than 1,000 miles of power line through Wyoming and Idaho has landed the company in Carbon County District Court over disputes with a…
Delta Airbus Makes Emergency Landing at Cheyenne
More than 200 passengers and crew from a Detroit-bound Delta Airbus found themselves in Cheyenne on Friday when mechanical problems forced pilots to make an emergency landing at the Cheyenne Airport. The passengers on the airplane, bound from Salt Lake…
NEWS BRIEFS for Monday, June 17
Detroit-bound Delta flight makes emergency landing at Cheyenne CHEYENNE (WNE) — Pilots of a Delta Airbus A321 made an emergency landing at Cheyenne Regional Airport on Friday afternoon, leaving airport staff scrambling to assist more than 200 passengers and crew…
Champion Crowned at 71st CNFR in Front of Capacity Crowd
CASPER, Wyoming (June 15, 2019) — The 71st annual College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) crowned 2019 individual, all-around and team champions during the final round of competition Saturday at the Casper Events Center. In the nine individual events and in…