Laramie Police get National Attention with Video
By Jordan Achs Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — As the Lip Sync Challenge swept police departments around the country last year, members of the Laramie Police Department knew they wanted their video to be more than just…
NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, April 25, 2019
Five accused of confining, abusing two women RIVERTON (WNE) — Five people are in custody on charges of aggravated assault and battery following reports of confinement and assault at a Riverton residence late Saturday night Geraldine Blackburn, 56, 32-year-old Basil…
A Star Valley summer tradition: The Old Rock Church Play
What play will be used at the Old Rock Church in Auburn this summer? It just depends on who comes to the auditions this Saturday. Director Kristin Bringhurst has different productions in mind, but she wants to hear the potential…
Two Wyoming Prisons on Way to Receiving Reaccreditation from American Correctional Association
Cheyenne– The Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp (WHCC) and the Wyoming Women’s Center (WWC) have successfully completed audits by the American Correctional Association (ACA) and have been recommended for reaccreditation for a third time. The prisons earned outstanding compliance scores following…
Judge Upholds Decision Allowing Ramaco to Mine Coal
SHERIDAN — Ramaco Carbon’s ability to mine its private coal assets cleared a key hurdle Friday. A Wyoming District Court Judge in Cheyenne affirmed that the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council was correct to give Ramaco an “order in lieu” of consent…
Kemmerer Ranger District Plans Prescribed Burn
Kemmerer, Wyo. – April 22, 2019 – The Kemmerer Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest plans to continue with the implementation of a prescribed burn, comprised of approximately 152-acres in the Basin Creek area of the Hams Fork drainage….
Cokeville to opt-up to 2A with addition of 9-man football
The Wyoming High School Activities Association held their Spring meeting in Casper on Tuesday, April 24, and among the items up for discussion was the second reading of the 9-man football proposal for the state’s smaller schools. In recent years…
Local Athletes Gear Up For Area II Summer Games
WESTERN, WYOMING –April 26th & 27th Special Olympics Wyoming athletes from Wyoming’s western communities of Evanston, Sweetwater County, Sublette County, Jackson Hole, Bridger Valley, Star Valley will compete at Area II Summer Games held in Evanston. This competition is in…
Braves cage Wolves for the second time
The Star Valley Braves soccer team picked up their second win over Green River in less than a week as they traveled to Sweetwater County on Tuesday, April 24, and defeated the Wolves 3-1 behind a pair of goals from…