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Hunter’s Education class to begin

A winter session of Hunter’s Education will take place in Star Valley Monday, December 6 through Friday, December 10. The class is under the direction of Chuck Sutter and will be held at the Afton Town Hall from 6-9 p.m….

Book Review: “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes

By Wendi Walton Branch Manager, Alpine Branch Library Historical fiction based on the real lives of the Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky?..Count me in! Jojo Moyes, in her book “The Giver of Stars,” takes the fascinating history of a WPA…

Cowboys Put Down Titans on the Road, 79-66

Linder earns 100th career win Fullerton, Calif.  (Nov. 29, 2021) – The number 100 was the theme of the night with guard Hunter Maldonado appearing in his 100th career game and head coach Jeff Linder earning his 100th career win…

PFF Announces Its 2021 All-Mountain West Football Teams

PFF (Pro Football Focus) released its All-Mountain West teams and eleven Wyoming Cowboys were named on PFF’s First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention teams.  Included among those Cowboys honored was linebacker Chad Muma, who PFF selected as its Mountain West…

Firefighters contain house fire in Big Piney on Thanksgiving day

Firefighters in Sublette county were able to extinguish a Thanksgiving Day house fire in Big Piney. Sublette County Unified Fire (SCUF) Chief Shad Cooper said crews responded to a single-family residence at 205 S. Noble Street at 4:54 AM. According…

Governor’s Legal Action Leads to Pause in Federal Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon welcomed a preliminary injunction issued today by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri that halts implementation and enforcement of a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would…

Bradshaw and Fertig Named Mountain West Players of the Week

Bradshaw named Player of the Week, Fertig named Freshman of the Week  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 29, 2021) – The Wyoming Cowgirls swept this week’s Mountain West Women’s Basketball Players of the Week honors announced Monday by the league office….

Off-track betting’s gamble pays off – for now

By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Since May, the historic horse racing machines at the Gillette locations of Wyoming Horse Racing and Wyoming Downs have been shut down, but they could soon be up…

Relief money to boost higher ed

By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon will allocate $27 million in federal relief money toward building up Wyoming’s higher education opportunities, his office announced Tuesday. The money draws on funds awarded to…

Teton park moves all campsites to web booking

JACKSON (WNE) — Reservations for all Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway campsites will be made via the Recreation.gov booking platform starting with the 2022 summer season. Teton park campgrounds will no longer be reservable through local campground…