Thursday second day in a row with more than 100 new coronavirus cases
By The Wyoming News Exchange A second day of increases of more than 100 in new confirmed coronavirus cases around Wyoming pushed the state’s number of active cases to new highs Thursday. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily…
Goat cull efforts off to smooth start
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The ongoing effort to eradicate nonnative mountain goats from the Teton Range is predictably going slower using ground-based volunteer hunters than with a helicopter flying contracted gunners. Three…
UW research targets horn fly scourge variables
◆ Horn flies feast on cows blood. By Steve Miller UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Two cows. Same University of Wyoming McGuire Ranch pasture northeast of Laramie near Sybille Canyon. One cow has 383 horn flies sucking her…
Explosion, fire at Silver Eagle Refinery injure two
EVANSTON (WNE) — Local emergency crews were kept busy over the weekend after a fire broke out at the Silver Eagle Refinery east of Evanston. According to a press release issued by Uinta County Fire and Ambulance, fire and emergency…
Laramie man charged with exploitation of children
————- RAWLINS (WNE) — A Laramie man was arrested in Rawlins earlier this week on a slew of charges that could mean spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted. Travis Wright, 48, was arrested Wednesday and charged…
Evacuations underway as large fire breaks out near Idaho State University
This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission. POCATELLO — Firefighters are responding to a raging fire near Idaho State University. The university sent an emergency message to the campus community notifying them of the fire. “There…
Officials deny tribal leader’s claims of mistreatment
By Clair McFarland Riverton Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Claims of systemic racism by the leader of the Northern Arapaho Tribe last week have caused push-back by county officials, especially regarding the treatment of COVID-positive transients. Before a…
Lincoln County Commission defers tax payment to help Kemmerer Mine
◆ Commission plan will make districts whole, while protecting County jobs. The Lincoln County Commission signed a formal document Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 in Afton deferring the monthly tax payment plan for the Kemmerer Coal Mine, an action designed to…
Governor Orders Wyoming Flag be Flown at Half Staff at the Capitol and in Teton and Fremont Counties on Thursday, September 17
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne, in Teton County and in Fremont County from sunrise to sunset on September 17, 2020 in honor of Grant Larson. Mr….
Bridger-Teton National Forest Begins Salt Creek Restoration
The Salt Creek Restoration Project will begin this week on the Kemmerer Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest and is planned to conclude in mid-November of 2020. This restoration project is located in Lincoln County, Wyoming on Salt Creek…