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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…

Hageman addresses coal leases,  power plants

  • U.S. Rep. says EPA is  overstepping its authority. US Representative for Wyoming Harriet Hageman sat down with SVI to discuss several issues the Cowboy State is facing at home along with international matters. BLM announcement regarding coal leasing…

Marler sentenced to life without parole

A Kemmerer woman who was recently convicted of first degree murder and child abuse was sentenced in Circuit Court on Wednesday, June 13. Judge Joseph Bluemel has sentenced Cheri Lynn Marler to life in prison without the possibility of parole…

WYDOT offers Teton Pass slide update

This information was released from the Wyoming Department of Transportation on Tuesday evening, June 11. – Teton Pass remains closed as crews continue constructing an interim detour for the Big Fill landslide at milepost 12.8 and repairing the mudslide at…

First confirmed 2024 wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park

Parkwide fire danger LOW On June 9, the first confirmed wildland fire of the season in Yellowstone National Park was detected by a motorist driving on Highway 191, located on the west side of the park. The .1-acre lightning-ignited Milepost…

(Video) TerraPower breaks ground on Kemmerer Nuclear Plant

TerraPower celebrated the start of construction on the Natrium Reactor 1 Demonstration Project with a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, June 10 a few miles south of Kemmerer. This marks the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction….