Man found dead after crawling into jet engine at Salt Lake City International Airport
According to multiple reports a 30-year old man has been found dead inside a jet engine Monday night at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Police statements confirm the man was able to make his way onto the tarmac prior…
Woman gets 12-17 years for killing fiancé near Kemmerer
By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — New Zealand woman Monique Sullivan was sentenced last month to 12-17 years in prison for manslaughter in the stabbing death of her fiancé. According to a sworn affidavit…
Carnivores and scavengers could help reduce CWD
• Bobcats may only deposit a fraction of the infectious prions on the landscape that they eat, early study results show By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and technicians have spent the last year and a…
Nuclear power winning supporters, but restoring the industry could take more than we think
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Nuclear energy appears to be having a moment. The U.S. and 21 other countries at the climate talks in Dubai last month made a supercharged pledge to triple…
With low snow in Jackson Hole, wapiti trickle onto National Elk Refuge
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — There’s at least one person in Teton County who sees a silver lining in the low snowpack. “I’m probably the only person in Jackson Hole that’s happy we…
Two people hospitalized due to Swan Valley fire
The following story is courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission – SWAN VALLEY — Two people have been hospitalized after a structure fire in Swan Valley Friday night, according to officials. The Swan Valley Fire District responded…
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area
PINEDALE – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 92. The disease was detected in a cow elk in November. Elk Hunt Area 92 is in the Pinedale Region…
ZooMontana one of three zoos in nation with successful wolverine breeding programs
• Saving the ‘woods devil’ By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced federal protections for wolverines in the lower 48 states in late November, attention immediately turned…
Pine beetles are hammering the Tetons’ whitebark pines, again
• Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem land managers brace for the second climate-driven epidemic this century and fear for the survival of the remaining old-growth conifers. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Vegetation ecologists monitoring the latest mountain pine beetle epidemic fear…
Last of Wyoming mail processing centers could be moved out of state
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Teton County’s mail hasn’t been processed in-state in almost a decade, and that could be the reality for most Wyoming communities in the coming years. The U.S….