Volunteers Teach Horse Sense at Annual 4-H camp
For two days in Thermopolis this month a fifth H was added to the 4-H’s of head, heart, hands and health. Horses. Young Kayden Light spoke softly to her horse, Julie, too quietly for an interloper to hear the words…
NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, June 20, 2019
Capitol committee approves $2 million expense CHEYENNE (WNE) — The committee overseeing the Capitol Square Project has approved the use of just over $2 million worth of a contingency fund set aside by the 2019 Legislature to complete three areas…
WYDOT Public Meeting Scheduled, Requests input on Projects
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be hosting a public meeting this Monday on June 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the South Lincoln Training and Events Center, 215 WY-233, in Kemmerer, regarding the 2019 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)….
Enzi applauds New Rule to Replace Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for releasing the final version of the Affordable Clean Energy rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. “I am glad the EPA is replacing the…
Two Wyoming high school students named U.S. Presidential Scholars
CHEYENNE, Wyo.– Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced today that a pair of Wyoming high school students have been selected as 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Lillian Brazil of Jackson (Jackson Hole High School) and Scott Nicholas Orton of Afton (Star Valley High…
NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Yellowstone superintendent credited with saving man’s life JACKSON (WNE) — Mike Pence was singing Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly’s praises in a speech delivered to 100-some colleagues last week when he squeezed in a remark that earned some perplexed looks. The…
Kemmerer Street Project Expansion
The Kemmerer Streets project will be expanding into Diamondville starting 6/19/19. The milling subcontractor will be milling between Arctic Circle and the intersection of US 30 and US 189 before jumping to the other end of town where bridge work…
First-Ever “Stripe Out” of War Memorial Stadium Set for Wyoming-Missouri Game Aug. 31
Laramie, Wyo. (June 17, 2019) — A first-time event in the history of War Memorial Stadium is being planned for Wyoming’s 2019 season opener versus Missouri on Aug. 31. Wyoming Athletics is asking all Cowboy fans to participate in the…
Boy Airlifted to Hospital after Falling at least 50 feet at Local Ice Cave
PARIS — A 14-year-old Scout was injured at a popular ice cave west of Paris on Wednesday evening. Bear Lake County Sheriff Bart Heslington said the boy was with a group of Scouts at the Paris Ice Cave when he…
Lyman’s Bradshaw & Sheridan’s Christensen named Simpson Award winners
A pair of UW signees have been named Milward Simpson Award winners for 2019. One of Wyoming’s most prestigious prep awards was given out this past weekend to a pair of outstanding recent graduates as the Milward Simpson Awards were…