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Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving Launches New Summer Campaign Today

STATEWIDE – With summer just around the corner, the Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving (GCID) is rolling out its new high-visibility safety campaign as part of the group’s ongoing efforts to bring attention to the consequences of impaired driving in…

NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, June 4, 2019

New principal named for troubled junior high CHEYENNE (WNE) — After a tumultuous year that saw a principal leave under difficult circumstances, McCormick Junior High School’s next school leader has been hired. Justin Conroy was approved by the Laramie County…

Will The New Species of Dinosaur be Going Home to America?

The skeleton of a 155 million year old Diplodocus which has been exhibited at London’s Heathrow Airport for the last two months before being sold by the leading French auction house Aguttes on June 13 2019 for an expected 2.5 million…

Caribou-Targhee National Forest to Begin Fourth Hollow Prescribed Burn

Weather permitting, the Caribou-Targhee National Forest will begin a prescribed burn operation the week of June 10 in Bear Lake County approximately six miles northwest of Paris, Idaho. Fire crews are targeting approximately 182 acres of sub-alpine slashing in the…

Temporary Closure This Week on Moose-Wilson Road for Dust Abatement

MOOSE, WY- The unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement beginning 4 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4 and will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, June 6 . This…

STEM students’ balloon rises to the occasion

  By Ramsey Scott Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Most eighth grade science experiments don’t require a parachute and clearance from air traffic control. But they weren’t in Cheyenne on Saturday morning, either. The science experiment…

NEWS BRIEFS for Monday, June 3, 2019

Man pleads guilty to robbing evacuated homes LARAMIE (WNE) — A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to exploiting the Badger Creek Fire to burglarize evacuated homes in the area of Woods Landing and Jelm Mountain. Jayce Peterson, 35, pleaded guilty…

Kemmerer Historic Preservation Commission works to preserve historic sites

The Kemmerer Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) was created last May in efforts to preserve and record the rich history surviving in their small town. Linda Naoi Goetz with the Kemmerer HPC discovered Kemmerer was a certified local government, but the…

Glendo State Park Celebration

Glendo State Park will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the dedication of the Glendo Dam and the creation of the Park Jun e 9, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Two Moon Campground Group Shelter. The United States…