Tornado strike causes severe damage at nation’s largest coal mine
• Six were hospitalized for injuries, and a ‘massive’ cleanup job remains at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle mine. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Hundreds of workers escaped serious injury, though six required hospital treatment, when a tornado ripped through the…
Wyoming leaders battle Biden for gun rights
By Sarah Elmquist Squires Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Last week, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis fired back against a Biden administration Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule governing pistol braces. The senators joined…
Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel to open July 1, 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins will open July 1, 2023. The hotel closed immediately after the historic 2022 flood because of damage to the area’s wastewater system. The hotel gift shop with sandwiches, snacks…
State’s proposed sage grouse protections anger local ranchers
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Jimmy Mankin’s worried about the future. The Mankin Ranch, located about 20 miles south of Gillette west of Highway 50, was established in 1939. He has cattle and…
It’s Dyer’s Woad Week in Lincoln County
Monday, June 26 though Wednesday, June 28 is Dyer’s Woad Week in Star Valley. The Lincoln County Weed & Pest is once again paying 50 cents per pound for anyone age 18 and under to bring in the noxious plant…
Swift Creek Canyon Open
Swift Creek Canyon has been opened after the Town of Afton cleared a mudslide that had blocked the trail to the intermittent spring and exposed the town’s water line. Afton Mayor Jeff Jensen said crews were able to clear enough…
Tornado touches down on top of Gillette coal mine
At least eight people were injured Friday night, June 23 in Gillette when a tornado touched down at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine near Gillette. According to the Gillette News Record, all workers at the coal mine have been accounted…
Swift Creek Canyon remains closed on Saturday
Swift Creek Canyon remains closed on Saturday with no estimated opening time on when the canyon will reopen. The canyon, located east of Afton which leads to the Intermittent Spring, was closed Friday night so crews could begin work to…
Groundbreaking of transmission line marked by federal and state officials
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Some of them had been waiting more than a decade, but a slate of TransWest Express company leaders and federal and state officials smiled Tuesday afternoon as their…
Elk wars: Inflated herds spur committee duel, radical proposals
Two elk-related bills are poised to emerge from the Agriculture Committee, where lawmakers took on an unassigned topic because of dissatisfaction with another committee’s response. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Ordinary hunting will never reduce elk numbers to their target…