Increase in DUI Stops in Lincoln County
• Sheriff Johnson Calls for Greater Awareness and Enforcement in Response to Rising DUI Rates Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson has reported a notable rise in DUI incidents over the past year. With over 100 DUIs recorded, law enforcement…
Road will be closed on WYO 412 at Carter for railroad crossing maintenance
Rock Springs, Wyo. Contract crews from RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. will be closing a section of Wyoming State Highway 412 through Carter to work on the railroad crossing on the highway on Friday, Oct. 18, from 7 a.m. to 6…
Pack Trail Fire spurs evacuations for Upper Gros Ventre, Darwin
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Firefighters on the Pack Trail Fire have ordered evacuations in the Upper Gros Ventre River Drainage east of Goosewing Ranch and told the area near the Darwin Ranch…
Slug Creek Fire burns between Soda Springs and Star Valley
Fire crews in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest responded to the Slug Creek fire burning approximately 20 miles east of Springs on Sunday, October 13. Tow hand crews, various air resources and four engines worked through the day keeping the fire…
Hiring freeze will increase risk of backcountry fatalities, forecast foundation says
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Dwayne Meadows did not mince words in a Monday letter exhorting federal officials to exempt avalanche professionals from a hiring freeze. Barring the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2024
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 852,435 recreation visits in September 2024. This is a 2% increase from September 2023 (838,458 recreational visits). This September’s visitation showed an 3% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreation visits). So…
Lawmakers advance measure opening Wyoming to possible nuclear fuel waste storage
Despite public testimony against the measure, a legislative committee says it will introduce a bill before the full Legislature in January. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com With a handful of dissenting votes, a legislative panel has advanced a draft measure…
Hiring process starts for Nuclear construction
• Job Corps applicants bussed into Kemmerer. Two bus loads of potential employees unloaded at the South Lincoln Training and Events Center in Kemmerer the first week of October. The travelers included young men and women coming from the…
Idaho Falls man arrested after kidnapping and high-speed chase incidents
Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — A 54-year-old Idaho Falls man has been taken into custody after police say he beat a woman, held her against her will, and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase. The Idaho Falls Police…
Lori Vallow Daybell says nobody was murdered and she is fulfilling divine mission in new interview with son
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — Lori Vallow Daybell says her children were not murdered, she is on a mission from Jesus and her case has been blown “way out of proportion.” The convicted killer made the statements to her…