Road and Bridge employees brace for possible budget cuts, but keep plowing
Operator, Darren Mayer Asked what he likes about driving snowplows, veteran Road and Bridge operator, Darren Mayer gestures to the walls of Rock Creek Canyon and asks, “How do you get a better view on the job than that?” It’s…
Committee advances K-12 education recalibration bill with $100M cut to funding model
◆ Education funding shortfall predicted to be hundreds of millions of dollars. By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – State lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday [December 22] to renew the funding model for Wyoming’s K-12…
First vaccine shipment arrives
◆ Phase one of immunization now underway. Monday, December 28 Lincoln County Public Health announced that it had received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. “Per direction from the CDC and Wyoming Department of Health, we will begin immunizing members…
Feds OK 5,000-well project
DOUGLAS (WNE) — After six years of sometimes controversial debating, studying and protracted periods of waiting, the Bureau of Land Management released its highly anticipated decision regarding the Converse County Oil & Gas Project with a resounding yes. BLM’s signed…
Lincoln County with 59 active cases of Covid-19
A trend of steady declines in the number of active cases of coronavirus in Wyoming was reversed Wednesday as the total climbed back over 1,500. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, said it had received reports…
Jackson Police Department involved in standoff
The Jackson Police Department are requesting the public remain clear of the Deloney Avenue area in the Town Creek apartment complex as they deal with a stand off situation. According to information posted on the Town of Jackson Facebook page,…
Confirmed COVID cases rise by 97, active cases fall again
Reports of 97 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were outpaced Tuesday by the number newly reported recoveries among patients with confirmed or probable cases, pushing the number of the active cases in the state down again. The Wyoming Department of…
The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office and Tip Top Search and rescue responds to a vehicle in icy water.
On Dec 27, at approximately 10 p.m., a call came into Sublette County Dispatch of a truck in the Green River near Reardon Draw which is just South of Big Piney. Sublette County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Deputies, EMS, and Sublette…
Peabody reaches deal with creditors
By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — In a move that could potentially stave off a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in five years for Peabody Energy Corp., the company has announced an agreement with its…
Relief program provides $82M; more than half of applicants left empty-handed
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER – A coronavirus-related relief program aimed at pumping money into hurting businesses in Wyoming has ended. But over half of all eligible applicants did not end up receiving the money…