Airport runway reconstruction completed ahead of schedule
JACKSON (WNE) — Construction projects at the Jackson Hole Airport are moving forward quickly, with the biggest item — a complete runway reconstruction — already completed ahead of schedule. According to a Wednesday update from the airport, the runway paving…
After flooding, possible reservation system in Yellowstone gains support
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Walking around downtown Jackson on Thursday, Kyle Henry, 34, said he understood why Yellowstone officials were considering a reservation system for accessing the southern part of the park…
Gillette schools OK girls’ wrestling
GILLETTE (WNE) — The Campbell County School District has added girl’s wrestling as an official school sport for the upcoming school year. School board members voted unanimously Tuesday to make the girls wrestling program official at Campbell County High School…
Boy dies after accident near Casper
CASPER (WNE) — A 5-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained when a car he was traveling in collided with a semi-truck southwest of Casper last week, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said Thursday. The child, who was not identified,…
Gas prices in Wyoming up 22 cents in a week
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gas prices this past week across Wyoming are the highest they’ve been in about 10 years, at an average of $4.784 per gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy. Prices rose 22.2 cents per gallon in the last…
Remembering Cpl. Seth Rasmuson
By Jen Sieve-Hicks Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — With only a year and change left to complete his five-year commitment to the U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Seth Rasmuson had begun to make plans for his post-military life….
Mandatory mask use returns to Grand Teton
By The Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Grand Teton National Park announced Monday that it will again require masking in all buildings. Masks are required at all park buildings regardless of vaccination status, the park said. That…
Flooding forces closure, evacuation of Yellowstone
By Mark Davis and Kevin Killough Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Unprecedented rain, combined with fast melting late season snow, has flooded nearby communities and forced the closure and evacuation of Yellowstone National Park and nearby attractions….
Wind energy faces bird-kill and other habitat challenges
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Collisions with rotating wind turbine blades kill a variety of birds in Wyoming — from passerines to raptors. Exactly how many birds — and whether mortality rates might pose a threat to local and migrating bird…
Newcastle police chief arrested, resigns
NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Too many beers and a joke gone wrong led to a domestic dispute call and the arrest of Newcastle Police Chief Samuel Keller, 58, and the Newcastle City Council began the process of finding and hiring a…