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TriSight founder discusses alternative uses for coal

  By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — In the wake of recent layoffs at the Kemmerer coal mine, TriSight unveiled its plans for coal repurposing at a community gathering at Diamondville Town Hall last month. …

Sister of slain local child alleged victim of abuse

    By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER —  New developments have emerged in the case of E.N., a young child who survived a horrific family tragedy, only to endure further alleged suffering under foster care. …

Thousands of pronghorn died in the Red Desert two winters ago. A new paper shows why.

  High snow and endless fences made for a lethal combination that researchers and wildlife advocates are working to change. By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Two years ago, as one storm after another piled feet of snow across south-central Wyoming, pronghorn…

Bomb squad called in after teen finds live grenades

  RIVERTON (WNE) — The Riverton Police Department brought in the bomb squad Wednesday after a local teen brought home mud-slicked grenades that he thought were toys, but turned out to be live weapons.  Shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday,…

FBI to deploy personnel to help with missing and murdered Indigenous people

  By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON —  The Federal Bureau of Investigations Denver Field Office, which oversees FBI work in Wyoming and on the Wind River Reservation, may soon get a boost in visiting…

PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another

  • Utility’s moves will result in more planet-warming emissions and higher electric bills, critics say.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while…

Once again, Trump administration asks western Wyoming foresters to resign

  By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Warning that future cuts to the federal workforce are inbound, the Trump administration is, once again, asking U.S. Forest Service workers in Jackson Hole — and elsewhere…

Cokeville Police Department seizes 120 pounds of marijuana

On the afternoon of April 2, the Cokeville Police Department (CPD) made a traffic stop that resulted in the seizure of 120 pounds of marijuana.  “Officer Davis Stocking was running radar on highway 30 and saw a semi truck doing…

Shumway provides update on Forest Service Plan

  • Lincoln County Commissioner, Mel Shumway, shares about the Revision Plan for the Bridger-Teton National Forest In a recent interview on SVI Radio, Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway offered a comprehensive update on the Forest Revision Plan for the…

Yellowstone tourist gets jail time for parking on thermal area

POWELL (WNE) — A Georgia man who parked on top of one of Yellowstone National Park’s thermal areas last fall has been ordered to serve a week in jail and stay out of the park for the next five years. …