Teacher charged after Carpenter fifth-grader’s suicide
By Samir Knox Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A teacher at Carpenter Elementary has been charged with misdemeanor abandoning or endangering a child in connection with a student’s death earlier this year, according to the Laramie…
Game and Fish wants to sell 320 acres in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Wyoming’s state game agency wants to sell 320 acres surrounded by federal lands in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service. That’s according to a public notice about…
Police say human remains found on Bear Lake beach was jaw bone
Police in Bear Lake County, Idaho provided updated information regarding human remans that were found on the east shore of the lake Thursday morning. Bear Lake County Sheriff Bart Heslington held a press conference from the site of the investigation…
Human remains found on shore of Bear Lake
Human remains have been found on the shore of Bear Lake in Idaho. The Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that on Thursday, July 27 at about 11:42 a.m. a call was received from a group of people who were…
Yellowstone National Parks seeks public comment on a native fish conservation environmental assessment
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park asks the public for comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes a proposal by Custer Gallatin National Forest and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks about native fish conservation. In 2022, Custer Gallatin…
Yellowstone announces lottery for 2023-2024 Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program
Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2023-2024 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows permit-holders to enter the park for up to…
Nine school districts to participate in RIDE pilot
CASPER (WNE) — Some Wyoming school districts will soon see the first fruits of a statewide effort to rethink the public K-12 education system. Gov. Mark Gordon’s office announced Wednesday that nine Wyoming school districts will participate in a pilot…
Thelma Houlis named senior vice president of human resources of the J.R. Simplot Company
The J.R. Simplot Company has named Thelma Houlis senior vice president of human resources. Houlis will assume responsibilities for the vision, strategy and functional model of the company’s global HR and safety organization and becomes the newest member of Simplot’s…
Climbing death on the Grand Teton follows wet, icy alpine summer
JACKSON (WNE) — Braydan Paul DuRee, 40, of Kuna, Idaho, died in a climbing accident Thursday in Grand Teton National Park. DuRee’s death occurred on the Owen-Spalding route, the most popular ascent of the Grand Teton. Why, exactly, he fell…
Yellowstone rangers unionize
JACKSON (WNE) — Yellowstone National Park rangers have voted to unionize, according to unionization drive organizers. The Jackson Hole Daily has yet to confirm the results with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which oversees the United States’ labor-management relations. But…