Lawmaker: Northern Wyoming dam cost ‘close to not making sense’
• Wyoming’s speaker of the House has questioned whether a dam for 33 irrigators near Hyattville is worth the $113 million cost, most of which the state would pay. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com The increased cost…
Wolf killed after multiple livestock slayings
LOVELL (WNE) — A male gray wolf, originally collared in the area of Dillon, Montana, was killed by the USDA WiIdlife Services after it predated on two goats and a lamb on two north Big Horn County ranches. The kill…
Congresswoman Cheney Introduces Bill to Implement County Commissioners’ Requests and Release Wilderness Study Areas in Big Horn, Lincoln, and Sweetwater Counties
Washington, D.C. – Today, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, Congresswoman Liz Cheney introduced the Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act at the request of Big Horn, Lincoln, and Sweetwater County Commissioners. This legislation lifts the restrictive Wilderness Study…
Wyoming News Briefs: September 6, 2018
The Star Valley Independent is a member of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Another county closing Bank of the West accounts POWELL (WNE) — Bank of the West’s decision to cut ties with certain…