SV Ridge Riders and Sno-Skippers install beacon check station
◆ Check station designed to keep sledders safe. Information provided by Mickey Sutton The Star Valley Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club (the group that puts on the Afton Hillclimb) provided the funds for purchasing a beacon check station. At a cost…
Sweetwater dispatch center director and wife charged with appropriation of public property
GREEN RIVER (WNE) — The former director of the Sweetwater County Combined Communications Dispatch Center is accused of misusing an Amazon Prime account set up for the center and making nearly $7,000 in unauthorized purchases. According to court documents released…
Education Spotlight: Dan Barnes brings the mechanics of learning to students
◆ Full-scale automotive mechanics makes a return to SVHS. Dan Barnes is the new instructor of Automotive Mechanics at Star Valley High School. For nearly two decades, SVHS had no full-scale Automotive Mechanics program, but in the last few years,…
Arch Coal ends 2019 on loss, still generates cash
GILLETTE (WNE) — Despite posting an $8.6 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2019, Arch Coal Inc. executives were upbeat about an overall strong financial performance for the year while navigating some choppy waters for thermal coal. Overall, the…
Names in the News: Three earn degrees from WGU
The following local residents have earned their degree from Western Governors University (WGU). Amanda Humbert of Afton, has earned a Bachelor of Science, Business Management degree. Saydi Nichols of Afton, has earned a Master of Arts, Mathematics Education (K-6) degree….
Avalanches close U.S. 89 between Alpine and Hoback Junction
A pair of avalanches closed both lanes on U.S. 89/26 between Alpine and Hoback Junction through the Snake River Canyon on Thursday evening. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation Twitter Northwest account this took place at 8:20 p.m. with…
Freedom man dies in crash between Swan Valley and Palisades
The following is a news release from Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at approximately 1:11 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle fatality crash on US26 at milepost 390.5, east of Swan Valley. Johnathan Rieth, 43,…
The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office and EMS responds to a report of an unresponsive male in Daniel.
Yesterday morning, February 5th, at approximately 7:50 AM Sublette County Sheriff’s Deputies and EMS personnel responded to a call of an unresponsive male in a Daniel Junction Motel room. Upon arrival, responders found an unresponsive man later identified as 54-year-old…
Wyoming News Briefs: February 6, 2020
Man pleads guilty to 2018 murder LOVELL (WNE) — A little more than two years since the murder of Carol Jean Barnes, suspect Donald Joe Crouse appeared in Big Horn County Fifth Judicial District Court late in the afternoon of…
Alyn Beck Memorial Park opens
◆ Park built in memory of police officer killed in the line of duty. Friday, January 31 friends and family of Nicole Hastings Beck and the late Alyn Beck gathered in Las Vegas for the dedication and official opening of…