State’s unemployment rate steady at 2.8%
CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming continues to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation according to new numbers from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Research & Planning section of…
Parsons finishes top five at Wyoming State Spelling Bee
• Two additional SVMS students finished in the top 12 – Emmet Barnes placed 6th, and Elsje Boogaard finished 12th. Calvin Parsons, an 8th grade student at Star Valley Middle School, placed fifth at the Wyoming State Spelling Bee in…
Wyoming elected officials visit with BLM director in Washington D.C.
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rocket Miner Via Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Four delegates from Wyoming traveled to Washington D.C. earlier this month to impress upon the director of the Bureau of Land Management the importance of the trona…
For $2.6 million, Teton County seeks to lease Munger Mountain state lands
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Three years after a Montana-based glamping company expressed interest in developing a resort on Munger Mountain state trust land, Teton County will formally propose an alternative: a…
As disease threatens feedground elk, Wyoming mired in planning and consensus-seeking
• Although changes are tenuous and at least a couple years away, the “opportunities are limitless,” one state official says. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com For the first time in its history, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has…
Game and Fish moves forward in designation process of Sublette antelope migration corridor
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission voted to identify the Sublette antelope migration corridor and directed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to advance in the designation process at its meeting last week in Pinedale. Game and Fish wildlife managers…
Game and Fish Commission approves Feedground Management Plan
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Pinedale last week for its March meeting. The Commission voted to approve the department’s Feedground Management Plan, the result of a four-year collaborative process. Regional wildlife managers will now be tasked with…
Yellowstone National Park implements changes to bear management areas as grizzly is spotted for first time this year
The following is a news release from Yellowstone National Park. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyom. — To protect bears and increase visitor safety, Yellowstone National Park will create a new bear management area (BMA) in Hayden Valley, which will prohibit off-trail…
Poverty among Sweetwater County families higher than the U.S. average
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rocket Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Many families in Sweetwater County cannot afford quality early childhood services. The number of children and families living at and below poverty in Sweetwater County is…
Pierce Brosnan fined for foot travel in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park
Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, a $30 court processing fee, and a $10 special assessment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick…