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(Video) – Bear Lake High School graduation

Graduates for the Class of 2024 will receive their diplomas from Bear Lake High School in Montpelier, Idaho on Wednesday May 29, 2024. The  ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.  

Caribou-Targhee National Forest to start selling firewood permits

The Caribou-Targhee National Forest will start selling firewood permits for personal use beginning June 3, 2024. With a firewood permit purchase, forest visitors will receive the permit, tags, the Caribou-Targhee National Forest terms and conditions handout, and a ranger district…

Bear Lake County woman acquitted of child porn charges following trial

The following story is courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission –  PARIS — A woman charged with possessing and distributing child pornography has been acquitted. A jury found 48-year-old Kellie Lyn Wilson not guilty on three counts…

Green River man pleads guilty to deer shootings in local neighborhood

GREEN RIVER— A years-long case of deer being shot and left to die in a Green River neighborhood has been resolved. On April 9, Timothy Crooks was sentenced in the Sweetwater County Circuit Court to 15 days in jail for…

Gordon expresses support for criminalizing the killing of wolves with snowmobiles

  By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — In his first interview about wolves since a Daniel man brought an injured, muzzled wolf into a Sublette County bar, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signaled support for…

Grand jury charges man with first-degree murder

By Sarah Elmquist Squires Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — On February 16 on a $1,250 bond, Kevin Joseph Mendibles left the Fremont County Detention Center after pleading guilty to a bloody Lander domestic assault.  Nine days later,…

Jonah Energy first oil company to earn honor for reclamation

By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — As fickle spring weather finally settles over the high desert landscape of the Upper Green River Basin, carpets of Western yarrow and blue Lewis flax are starting to spread…

Kemmerer mayor, city administrator attend energy conference

  KEMMERER (WNE) — Kemmerer received attention at the Energy Communities Alliance conference for leading the way as the first community in the country to build a natrium nuclear reactor.  Kemmerer City Administrator Brian Muir and Mayor Bill Thek traveled…

Grizzly attack in Grand Teton was ‘surprise encounter’

  JACKSON (WNE) — A grizzly bear attacked and injured a man visiting Grand Teton National Park on Sunday. The 35-year-old Massachusetts man is in stable condition and expected to fully recover. Park officials have not released the victim’s name….

Visitor injured in bear incident in Grand Teton National Park

MOOSE, Wyo. – On the afternoon of Sunday, May 19, Teton Interagency Dispatch received a report of a 35-year-old male visitor from Massachusetts who was seriously injured by a bear in the area of the Signal Mountain Summit Road. Grand Teton National…