Indoor gathering limits increased, parades permitted under updated health orders
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Updated public health orders that take effect June 15 will continue to ease restrictions on public gatherings in Wyoming, Governor Mark Gordon announced today. The updated orders allow indoor gatherings of up to 250 people with…
Japanese carbon capture technology to be tested at ITC
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — A Japanese company has signed on to use the Integrated Test Center near Gillette to test a technology designed to capture carbon dioxide from flue gas produced by…
Fremont County woman is 18th coronavirus victim
By The Wyoming News Exchange A Fremont County woman has become the 18th Wyoming resident to die as a result of coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health has announced. The department, in a news release Tuesday, announced that the woman…
Grants available to Wyo businesses directly affected by public health orders
The Wyoming Business Council on Monday successfully launched the first of three grant programs targeted toward small–business owners who suffered economic hardship caused by the novel coronavirus. To ensure the $50 million Business Interruption Stipend program reaches those small-business owners with the fewest resources and…
Temporary Delays on Moose-Wilson Road and Phelps Lake Trails
• Restroom Facility Being Repaired MOOSE, WY-There will be temporary 20-minute delays along the Moose-Wilson Road near the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve from 11 a.m. -4 p.m. on Monday, June 15, as well as trail closures between the Preserve Center…
Confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 760 with increase of 10 in Uinta County
By The Wyoming News Exchange The number of confirmed coronavirus cases seen in Wyoming since the virus was first reported in the state in mid-March increased to 760 on Tuesday with Uinta County reporting 10 new cases. The Wyoming Department…
Wyoming jumps aboard for Trump water rule
By Joy Ufford Sublette Examiner Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE — In a move to support the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and allow Wyoming to be its own “prime caretaker” of water, the State Attorney General’s Office joined 22 other…
Uinta County cases more than double over weekend
By Sheila McGuire Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — Uinta County’s confirmed COVID-19 case numbers have more than doubled since the afternoon of Thursday, June 4, with five new cases confirmed that afternoon, another five new cases…
Rocky Mountain Power forges ahead with transmission project
——— By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The state’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power, continues to forge ahead with constructing its Aeolus Substation, about 10 miles outside Medicine Bow. Once completed, the substation will be able to…
Turnout high for peaceful rallies in Sheridan, Laramie, Casper and Cheyenne
———- Rallies against racism and police violence and in memory of a Minnesota man killed by police continued across Wyoming late last week and over the weekend. From a rally that drew about 500 in Sheridan to a vigil in…