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Missing Minnesota man last seen on Jackson Lake

Rangers from the Grand Teton National Park continue searching for a missing 43-year-old man from St. Paul, Minnesota. Wesley Dopkins was last seen in Grand Teton National Park on June 15 in the mid-afternoon kayaking with a friend. According to…

WHY YOUR STORY PODCAST: Dutch Oven Cooking

This week on the Why Your Story Podcast, Travis Osmond and Mary Jo Parker invite Steve Parker into the studio to talk about summertime Dutch Oven Cooking. Below is one of Steve’s favorite Dutch Oven recipes. Steve’s Beans (call if…

Wave Radio Interview: Montpelier Rotary 4th of July

Dennis Duhren and Jim Griglack with the Montpelier Rotary Club stepped into The Wave studio to discuss the upcoming 4th of July activities in Montpelier, hosted by the Rotary.  

Hageman, Lummis introduce bill to block mandatory EID ear tags

  CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., on Thursday introduced a joint resolution disapproving of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rule mandating electronic identification (EID) ear tags for bison and…

Steamboat Geyser trespass nets Washington man jail time, Yellowstone ban

  JACKSON (WNE) — A 21-year-old man who entered off-limits terrain to take pictures of Yellowstone’s most dangerous geyser was sentenced June 4 to seven days in jail for thermal trespass, banned from the national park for two years and…

SVI Radio Interview: Brian Muir, Kemmerer City Administrator

Brian Muir, Administrator for the City of Kemmerer, called into SVI Radio‘s Weekday Wake-Up on Monday, June 17 with his monthly update on what is taking place in southern Lincoln County. Muir discussed the TerraPower groundbreaking and what is coming…

Missing woman passed through Moran

    JACKSON (WNE) — License plate reader cameras were used recently to try to locate a missing Idaho woman whose cellphone showed she had passed through Moran. Laura Lane, 54, left her job in Buffalo, Wyoming, and began traveling…

Feds signal deference to Wyoming, dilution of protections, on migration routes

  • As BLM finishes up its Rock Springs RMP, state director suggests that his agency has backed off its plan to unconditionally preserve ungulate corridors.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com In an apparent response to pressure from Wyoming officials,…

Park Service calls for bison populations to grow in the West

CASPER (WNE) — The National Park Service is calling for a 20% increase in the bison population.  The service has released its preferred alternative for a new Interagency Bison Management Plan, which comes more than two decades after the inaugural…