Area law enforcement adding extra patrols from May 21 through Memorial Day
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is participating with area Law Enforcement agencies with extra patrols from May 21st through the Memorial Day Weekend to June 3rd on traffic enforcement looking for seat belt violations. This time of year becomes very busy…
NWS Riverton office will be down beginning on Monday, May 21
The weather radar used by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Riverton will be down for approximately five days beginning Monday, May 21, for the refurbishment of the transmitter. Although the form, fit, and function of the transmitter will…
BLM to Conduct Prescribed Fires in Sublette and Lincoln Counties
PINEDALE, Wyo. – In support of the administration’s goals of conservation stewardship, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District fire crews are planning to conduct two prescribed fires between May and June as part of a multi-year project. Both…
Thousands urge Mead to delay grizzly hunt
By John Spina Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The National Parks Conservation Association delivered a petition with nearly 33,000 signatures to Gov. Matt Mead’s office Friday, calling on him to use his executive powers to delay, or…
Wyoming sees increase in highway blow-overs
By Katie Kull Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – In the late winter and early spring months on highways near Cheyenne, it’s not uncommon on a particularly windy day to see half a dozen semitrailers pushed over…
Wyoming’s 2017 births were lowest in more than a decade
By Seth Klamann Casper Star Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange There were fewer than 7,000 babies born to Wyoming residents last year, the first time the birth total dropped below that level since 2005, according to the state Department of…
Bridger-Teton Seeks Public Comment on Stream Restoration
KEMMERER, Wyo., May 9, 2018 – The Kemmerer Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, is proposing the Salt Creek Restoration Project to improve fish habitat and water quality along a portion of Salt Creek on the western portion of the Kemmerer…
UW Athletics made $104,000 in alcohol sales
By Jeff Victor Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming sold less alcohol than it anticipated during the first football season in which beer and wine were available for purchase inside War Memorial Stadium. But…
Man faces murder, abuse charges in toddler’s death
By Sheila McGuire Uinta County Herald Via Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — An 18-year-old Mountain View man made an initial appearance in Circuit Court Monday morning, facing a first-degree murder charge, among other felonies. Jesse Hartley, 18, appeared on charges…
William Spaulding promoted to sergeant major
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – First Sgt. William Spaulding of Star Valley was promoted to sergeant major in the Wyoming Army National Guard on May 4, 2018. Spaulding had served as first sgt. in the Joint Force Headquarters for the last 32…