Yellowstone worker burned near Old Faithful
JACKSON (WNE) — A 19-year-old working in Yellowstone National Park concessions suffered the first significant thermal-burn injuries of the year early Thursday morning near Old Faithful. Rangers provided initial care to the woman, from Rhode Island, for second- and third-degree burns…
Legislature launches redistricting webpage
SHERIDAN (WNE) — The Wyoming Legislature has launched a webpage dedicated to providing the public with up-to-date information regarding this year’s legislative redistricting. A link to the webpage is now prominently displayed on the Legislature’s homepage at wyoleg.gov. The page provides the public…
Jackson Hole search and rescue missions reach potentially record-breaking territory
JACKSON (WNE) — As of Friday, Teton County Search and Rescue had logged 80 missions, matching the total number of responses recorded in all of 2020, according to Search and Rescue Chief Advisor Cody Lockhart. With just four months left…
Missing woman believed to last be in Teton Park
JACKSON (WNE) — Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for 22-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, who is believed to have been in Grand Teton National Park before her disappearance. Petito’s parents filed a missing persons report Sept. 11, about two weeks…
Gordon says state ready to challenge vaccine mandate
By The Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is prepared to challenge a federal vaccine mandate in court, Gov. Mark Gordon declared in a statement Thursday. President Joe Biden Thursday announced sweeping new policies that require employers…
Sublette commissioners lift fire restrictions
PINEDALE (WNE) — Ranchers across western Wyoming are thankful for the precipitation that finally came in recent weeks. It’s quenched a dire thirst for livestock and wildlife alike, finally leading the county out of disastrous drought conditions. Sublette County Commissioner…
Woman works to establish missing persons database
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — In 2019, Desirée Tinoco started a Facebook group after hearing about two men missing in Wyoming, whose cases weren’t getting much coverage. “You see a little kid go missing…
Climber in fatality identified as California resident
JACKSON (WNE) — The climber found dead at the base of the Black Chimney route on Teewinot Mountain has been identified as Hitoshi Onoe, a 42-year old IT engineer who was vacationing in Jackson. A Japanese national, Onoe worked in…
Bear killed after incidents with campers
PINEDALE (WNE) — A Wyoming Game and Fish large-carnivore conflict team on Aug. 29 lethally removed a troublesome male black bear pushing the limits to get human food. Hikers and campers coming out of the Big Sandy and Clear Lake…
Worland woman to celebrate 104th birthday
WORLAND (WNE) — Worland resident Dolores Arps, known as Dee to her friends, will turn 104 years young on Monday, Sept. 6 or maybe Tuesday, Sept. 7. She was born in Dodge, Nebraska, on Sept. 6, 1917, at least that…