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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…

Watercraft inspection stations are open and on the lookout for AIS

Watercraft inspection stations across Wyoming have opened for the boating season and are on the lookout for aquatic invasive species . By the end of May, four watercraft harboring invasive mussels were intercepted coming into the state by the Wyoming…

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…

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…

$880K price tag to fix mudslide on Teton Pass

  By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Hiding in the shadow of a landslide that severed part of Teton Pass on Saturday is a mudslide that will cost $880,600 to address. The Wyoming Transportation…

$3.5M Gift Supports Renovation of UW’s War Memorial Stadium

LARAMIE, Wyo. (June 13, 2024) – The University of Wyoming received a transformative gift to its Difference Makers Campaign, paving the way for the revitalization of the west side of War Memorial Stadium and the creation of a new state-of-the-art swimming…

Togwotee Trails Project aims to slash wildlife collisions

  • Wyoming Game & Fish points to successes in Pinedale Driving in a state where the wildlife far outnumber the people and towns are long distances from each other comes with some risk of animal collisions, vehicle damage and…