What’s it take to kill a Wyoming wolf? Nearly 500 hunting days, and then it’s likely a youngster
• Recent increases in success rates at hunting exceedingly difficult-to-kill wolves are “really good,” a Wyoming biologist said, because it shows that fair-chase tactics are still working. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Last fall, hunters put in their time…
WDOC returns some inmates from out-of-state facilities; 135 remain in Mississippi
By Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As staffing at the Wyoming Department of Corrections has increased, 30 more Wyoming inmates housed at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, have been moved…
WYDOT aims to complete tunnel repairs before winter
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — In an effort to keep the construction project moving forward, the Wyoming Department of Transportation has been looking at several ways to fix the Green River tunnels before the holidays. “Our whole intent is we’d…
SVI Radio Interview: Brittany Ritter, Lincoln County Preventing ATODS Abuse
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Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — There was a buzz in the air Friday in northwestern Washington state as about 250 million honeybees escaped a commercial truck that overturned. The truck hauling an estimated 70,000 pounds (31,751…
Wyoming proposed as home to North America’s ‘largest’ magnesium smelter
Colorado-based Big Blue Technologies says its ‘all-electric’ smelter would be cleaner and use less energy than conventional methods. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com A Colorado-based company wants to expand a pilot magnesium smelter now operating near Cheyenne as part…
BLM decides over 3,000 wild horses can be eliminated from Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ starting July 15
• Appeal process, litigation and a possible injunction still loom, but otherwise roundups culminating in the complete removal of two herds, and a portion of another, will begin within weeks. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com A contentious plan to…
Lincoln County 4-H looking for leaders
• Share your talents with youth in Star Valley Shar Perry 4-H/Youth Educator UW Extension Are you passionate about sharing your skills and making a difference in the lives of young people? Lincoln County 4-H, in the Star Valley…
Barrasso, Coons bill could expand mental health care access for Medicare beneficiaries
• Barrasso, Delaware Democrat cosponsor legislation backed by social workers. By Alex Viveros Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —Accessing mental health care can be a challenge for many Americans. That challenge is pressing for people who…
Independent Notes: Does it get any better for local leaders, responsible in so many ways for making this a great county?
Once again Lincoln County finds itself in a setting filled with opportunity. SVI Media reported this past week, “President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal…