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WHP Trooper Injured In Two Vehicle Collision

A Wyoming Highway Patrol vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision yesterday evening south of Cheyenne. The Trooper was patrolling southbound on US 85 when a Dodge Ram pickup truck entered US 85 from East Jefferson Road causing both…

Bonneville County Sheriffs Office to participate in the State of Idaho Aggressive Driving Mobilization.

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, along with Law Enforcement Agencies all across the State of Idaho, are adding extra officers to our streets, roads, and highways between July 26, 2019 and August 7, 2019 to target aggressive drivers. The Idaho…

Wyoming Law Enforcement Torch Run Selling Pigskin Madness Raffle Tickets

WYOMING – Wyoming Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Wyoming is selling Pigskin Madness Raffle Tickets, a $20.00 game of chance. Each ticket has seven chances to win each of the 17 weeks of the professional football season. Each…

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to Visit Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland

WRIGHT, Wyo – Secretary Perdue will visit Wyoming July 30-31 and visit Thunder Basin National Grassland. This will be Perdue’s second visit to Wyoming and his first visit to Thunder Basin National Grassland, one of only 20 national grasslands in…

Contura agrees to buy back Blackjewel’s Wyoming mines

By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange     GILLETTE — Blackjewel LLC has reached a deal to sell the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte surface coal mines in Campbell County along with a mine in West…

Kemmerer youth found safe in Evanston area

According to Kemmerer Police Chief Mike Kahre, Thomas Archibald has been located in the Evanston area and is safe and en route back to Kemmerer.   *** Original Story*** The Kemmerer Police Department and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are…

Fatal Crash Near Casper

On July 20, 2019, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 14 on Wyoming 258 near the city limits of Casper, Wyoming.  Around 10:00 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a motor vehicle collision. A 1992…

Wyoming Regional Wildlife Supervisor Testifies Before the Senate on Human-Predator Conflict

Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Brad Hovinga, Jackson regional wildlife supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, to the committee. Hovinga was testifying before the committee…

Enzi sponsors resolution declaring July 27 as National Day of the American Cowboy

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution declaring July 27, 2019 as the National Day of the American Cowboy. This resolution, sponsored by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. and Jon Tester, D-Mont., commemorates the pioneering men…

NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Cheyenne City Council adopts comprehensive open data policy CHEYENNE (WNE) – Cheyenne City Council members voted unanimously Monday to establish a policy that city officials say will make more information available to more people. The new open data policy commits…