Traffic stop yields 700 pounds of meth, cocaine
EVANSTON (WNE) — Two men traveling through Uinta County last weekend are behind bars and facing felony charges of possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver after a routine traffic stop by an alert Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper resulted…
As closure nears, miners grapple with next steps
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — With four weeks left before Wyoming’s last underground coal mine shutters, the employee transition is well underway. The long-anticipated closure of the Bridger Underground Coal Mine was originally expected…
Scammer impersonating Jackson police
JACKSON (WNE) — A scammer is calling Jacksonites from the same number as the Jackson Police Department, (307) 733-1430, trying to defraud townsfolk. That scammer, who is impersonating a Jackson police officer, is telling people that they have been issued…
Slash Pile Burning Happening on Bridger-Teton National Forest
Pinedale, October 25, 2021—Winter conditions are settling in over the Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National, which means fuels crews will soon begin pile burning operations throughout the district. Fuels reduction programs, which involve mechanical or hand thinning projects,…
US Senator Cynthia Lummis says vaccine mandates and IRS transaction proposal violates people’s rights
U.S. Senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis says the Biden Administration’s proposals on vaccine mandates and the IRS transaction monitoring is a violation of people’s rights. Vaccine mandates She says she believes it is unconstitutional and so there may be a…
McCollum memorial set for Saturday
JACKSON (WNE) — A memorial service and celebration of life for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, will take place Saturday afternoon and evening at the Gill family’s Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch….
Man arrested in Pinedale after ‘paranoid sniper’ report
PINEDALE (WNE) — A man who received a split sentence on felony drug charges in July apparently violated his unsupervised probation after calling dispatch to report he was hiding from snipers at the Sublette County Courthouse. On Oct. 12 around…
Police need help tracking down wallet thieves
The following story comes from EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission – IDAHO FALLS — Police say thieves are targeting unsuspecting shoppers at local stores. The Idaho Falls Police Department said in a news release Wednesday that a person…
Sublette County man requests reduced bond, trial
PINEDALE (WNE) — A Sublette County man pleaded not guilty at his Oct. 14 arraignment in 9th District Court to 16 charges ranging from allegedly disturbing the peace to striking and strangling a live-in girlfriend. Mark S. Estrada, who was…
Bridger Valley veterans are Wyoming inductees into memorial program
LYMAN — Two Bridger Valley residents are the Wyoming veterans who will be inducted into the ‘In Memory’ Program for 2020. Both men took the oath, both men served in Vietnam and both returned home. Later to suffer illnesses brought…