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Theobald brings new focus at first trustees meeting

By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange   LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming’s board of trustees first meeting with Neil Theobald as the school’s acting president began Wednesday with the new president leading a discussion on ways…

Missing individual found in river

By Dan Dockstader, SVI Media   The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Star Valley Search and Rescue responded to a call at 4:16 p.m. Sunday, July 14, that alerted officials to a possible body floating in the Snake River above…

Efforts to create Mid-Valley fire district continue

By Sarah Hale, SVI Media   The Town of Thayne, the Town of Star Valley Ranch and the Thayne Volunteer Fire Department continue with efforts to create a Mid Valley fire district. Lincoln County is also backing the effort to…

Missing Child in Natrona County

MISSING PERSON Brianna Weinert The Natrona County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing person, Brianna Weinert. Brianna Weinert is described as a white female, 12 years old, three foot ten inches tall, weighing approximately 58 pounds, with dishwater blonde…

Raptors Taking Off At Jackson Hole Airport

Wilson, WY– Flights and Feathers is a new raptor education program created in partnership between Teton Raptor Center and Jackson Hole Airport. Summer travelers will enjoy this unique raptor-themed experience of seeing live birds up-close as they arrive at the…

Senate Holds Hearing on Barrasso’s Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee hearing on S. 990 <https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/296162d1-7060-4f33-8849-8897a4981158/s-990.pdf> , the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) Extension Act. The bipartisan bill was introduced…

New tax districts proposed in effort to pass 6th penny tax

A group of local towns and communities have joined together to propose new legislation to the Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM) at a statewide convention to create taxing districts, so they can have better control, geographically, on the 6th penny…

Two Vehicle Crash on I-15 in Idaho Falls this Morning

On Monday, June 3, 2019, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle crash, northbound I15 near exit 118, in Idaho Falls. Nicholas Phillips, 20, of Boise, ID, was driving northbound in a 2017 box truck, in…

NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, May 30, 2019

Dog attack puts Gillette boy in ICU GILLETTE (WNE) — A 9-year-old Gillette boy is still in the hospital after being attacked by a dog just a few hours into his summer vacation. Riley Schlidt, 9, was attacked by a…