SWOT projects continue
• Legislation approved, now connecting areas. The work surrounding Southwest Wyoming Offroad Trails (SWOT) continues. With Legislation approval, Mark Tessero reports, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be working towards promulgating rules from two bills with law enforcement and…
Community Fourth of July Events
By Joanna Howard, Librarian La Barge Branch Library Eleven years ago, I attended my first Independence Day Celebration in La Barge. It started with the Main Street Parade, followed by the Lil Buckaroo Rodeo, and finished with fireworks on Firecracker Hill….
Wild horses back in court amid swelling populations, planned roundups
• Mustang advocates have mounted a legal fight aiming to reverse a Bureau of Land Management decision calling for zero horses in portions of the checkerboard. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com ROCK SPRINGS — Jim Magagna summed up one difficulty of…
Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel to open July 1, 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins will open July 1, 2023. The hotel closed immediately after the historic 2022 flood because of damage to the area’s wastewater system. The hotel gift shop with sandwiches, snacks…
Unsettled weather causes ‘very brief’ tornado near Soda Springs
CARIBOU COUNTY — Several viewers reported seeing a funnel cloud and what looks like a tornado touching down between Lava Hot Springs and Soda Springs Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Pocatello initially thought the funnel cloud was a…
Teen shoppers allowed in Jackson grocery store again
JACKSON (WNE) — After a brief stint of barring teens from entering without a parent, Smith’s has returned to normal operations. Tina Murray, corporate affairs manager for Kroger, the parent company of Smith’s Food and Drug, said the Jackson store…
Do you know who this is? Deputies looking for info after burglary in Swan Valley
SWAN VALLEY — Local law enforcement needs your help to identify a person involved in a burglary incident over the weekend. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office posted security camera pictures of a person linked to a burglary incident in Swan…
Video, Audio and Images of the groundbreaking of the Montpelier, Idaho LDS Temple
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Montpelier, Idaho temple on Saturday, June 17. Elder Ryan K. Olsen, General Authority Seventy, presided over the ceremony. SVI Media’s Dan Dockstader spoke with Sister Barbara…
Hillside fire deemed human caused
JACKSON (WNE) — A hillside fire earlier this month was human caused, according to the Jackson Hole Fire Marshal. The blaze started at 3:20 p.m. June 5 on the hillside behind Cutty’s Bar and Grill after dead overgrowth caught fire…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for May 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The park hosted 454,929 recreation visits in May 2023. This is a 13% decrease from May 2022 (523,680 recreation visits), which was Yellowstone National Park’s busiest May on record. This May’s visitation showed a 5% increase…