AIS watercraft check stations break records for high-risk inspections, decontaminations and mussel boats in 2023
Wyoming once again faced an increased risk from aquatic invasive species in 2023, but remains free of invasive mussels. Over the inspection season, Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff at watercraft check stations inspected more than 73,000 boats across the state…
Lummis blasts proposal to move Cheyenne mail processing to Denver
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., sent a letter to U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding the USPS’ review of the Cheyenne Processing and Distribution Center and proposal to recategorize the location as a Local Processing…
‘State aid hasn’t kept up’: Community College Commission requests $16 million in state aid
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Community colleges are burdened with the high costs of inflation, and the Wyoming Community College Commission is trying once again to get the state to pay its…
BLM announces oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for March 5, 2024, to offer 30 oil and gas parcels totaling 13,417 acres in Wyoming. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in July…
LCSD2 did not receive hoax bomb threat received by other Wyoming districts
Lincoln County School District No. 2 said they did not receive the same hoax bomb threat on Wednesday that several other districts around the state received. In a released statement, the district said they are “aware of bomb threats affecting…
Legislature considers benefits for Wyoming Volunteer Firefighters
• Several projects are currently being worked on. Wyoming State Senator Fred Baldwin (R-SD18) joined SVI Media to give a legislative update from the committee work he has been doing. He serves in the Labor, Health, and Social Services Committee…
Why Wyoming sent 240 inmates to a Mississippi prison
• As the Department of Corrections deals with a 25% vacancy rate, 48 additional prisoners were transferred to jails in Lincoln and Sublette counties. By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com – The Wyoming Department of Corrections’ transfer of 240 inmates to…
Barrasso blocks ‘assault rifle’ ban
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso on Wednesday blocked an effort to revive the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to push the measure…
Elder Patrick Kearon called and ordained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Elder Patrick Kearon has been called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Filling a vacancy left in the quorum after the death of President M. Russell Ballard,…
Auburn house fire was controlled burn
A house fire in Auburn Saturday morning was a controlled burn training exercise, according to the Afton Volunteer Fire Department. Chief Cody Wilkes said the home, which was located on the small hill in the meadow northeast of Auburn, had…