Powering Down: WyoFile examines coal’s shaky ground from Jim Bridger
By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com A troubling turn of events has befallen Wyoming and its bedrock industry. Here, the rolling plains are dotted with some of the most significant coal properties in the nation — including several of the country’s top-10…
Water returns to irrigation canal
By Tom Milstead Torrington Telegram Via- Wyoming News Exchange TORRINGTON – Sometime between Wednesday morning and Thursday of last week, the water came back. The Fort Laramie Irrigation Canal had set empty since July. The ditches were bone dry during…
Court approves end to Blackjewel insurance
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Hundreds of out-of-work coal miners across the country lost their health care Saturday, after bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel received court approval to terminate its health insurance program. The employment-based…
BLM Fights Currant Creek Fire near Rock Springs
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – A wildfire in the Currant Creek Watershed Area, northwest of Little Mountain and south of Rock Springs, began Sunday, Sept. 1, at approximately 1 p.m. More than 380 acres is involved, with 5 percent of the…
37th annual LoToJa Classic to roll out Saturday, September 7
• Cyclists will be passing through Star Valley from about 10:30 a.m. to about 4 p.m. At 207 miles, LoToJa is America’s longest, one-day sanctioned bicycle race. The race route is from Logan, Utah, to Jackson, Wyoming. More than…
Broadband Advisory Council will meet in Star Valley, Sept. 6
The Wyoming Broadband Advisory Council will hold a public meeting from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 6, at the Afton Civic Center, 150 S. Washington, in Afton. The Broadband Council is appointed by the Wyoming Business Council, the…
Fossil Butte announces fall schedule and upcoming elk bugling programs
A special fall program series will be offered at Fossil Butte National Monument revolving around the nighttime sounds of the autumn sagebrush ecosystem, with particular focus on elk bugling. As many as 1,000 elk travel through monument grounds over the…
Blind Bull road now open
The Blind Bull road (FS 10123) on the Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Greys River Ranger District has opened to motorized travel. The Blind Bull road closed because of landslide activity earlier this summer. Repairs were made to the road during the…
Construction delays south of Jackson
JACKSON, Wyo. – Work is underway on the second half of the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) Jackson South reconstruction project, just north of Hoback Junction. Crews will be removing trees in the work area beginning next Tuesday and setting concrete…
Evacuation order given for area near Jackson
This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission. JACKSON, Wyoming — The Jackson Hole Fire Department has expanded an evacuation order for several areas on the edge of Jackson due to a wildfire. The fire broke…