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Cokeville student injured in vehicle accident

A Cokeville High School student was transported for local medical attention after falling out of a moving vehicle and suffering injuries on Wednesday October 18. According to Cokeville Police Chief, Eric Whitehead, students were heading back in the direction of…

WYDOT announces Swinging Bridge closure

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), along with contract crews from Reiman Corp., will be closing access to Teton County Road 22-10, Swinging Bridge Road, beginning Monday, Oct. 23, to replace the bridge over the Snake River.   The closure will…

Green River teen receives donation for diabetic alert dog

ROCK SPRINGS (WNE)  — Since April, supporters have united to help Elena Barrera, a 2023 Green River High School graduate, get a diabetic alert dog. Barrera’s black lab, Storm, is currently in training at Duty Dogs in Cody.  Duty Dogs…

Women in stable condition following severe crash

  JACKSON (WNE) — Three women are rebounding after their SUV was hit Sunday afternoon by a tanker truck hauling milk near Munger Mountain Elementary School on Highway 89. State trooper Andy Jackson said the driver of the Suburban, 63-year-old…

Kathleen Johnson Eyring, wife of LDS leader Henry Eyring, Passes Away

Kathleen Johnson Eyring, wife of President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 15, 2023, surrounded by her family in Bountiful, Utah. She was 82. Kathleen…

Whitman sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison

PINEDALE (WNE) — A Big Piney man found guilty of felony aggravated assault and battery after beating another man the last night of last year’s Green River Rendezvous was sentenced Oct. 5 to 4 to 6 years in prison. Ninth…

Drowsy driver crashes into river near Swan Valley

Idaho State Police are investigating a single vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 6:11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 10 on US26 near the town of Swan Valley. ISP said a 23-year-old male from Idaho Falls was traveling eastbound near milepost…

Jackson stands with Israel

The following is a news release from the Chabad Jewish Center of Wyoming –  On Monday, October 9, a large crowd gathered together outdoors at the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Jackson Hole for a prayer vigil in solidarity with Israel. The crowd then…

Solidarity Vigil for Israel today Monday at 7pm

The following is a news release from Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn, Chabad Jewish Center of Wyoming – 

Loved ones continue search for missing man

JACKSON (WNE) — A missing 56-year-old man may now be in Fargo, North Dakota. Loved ones last heard from Mike Pursel in late September and are continuing to search. In an Oct. 4 Facebook post announcing that Pursel was missing,…