Southwest Sports Roundup
It was a full weekend of action for Wyoming sports teams as the Fall season is officially underway for all sports. Star Valley Cross-country hosted a 2019 Wyoming state preview on Friday afternoon. Soda Springs took the team title with…
10-year-old boy injured by bear in Yellowstone National Park
The following is a news release from Yellowstone National Park. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – Around 10 a.m. Thursday, a family of four from Washington encountered a bear half mile up the Divide Trail, southeast of Old Faithful. The son, 10,…
Fire Area Closure Lifted for Fire Trail Fire near Alpine
The following is a news release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest ALPINE, Wyo., August 22, 2018 – Today, the Greys River Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has lifted the closure order around the Fire Trail Fire, just 5-miles…
2018 Lincoln County Primary Election Results
Numbers for the 2018 Wyoming Primary Election are being tallied across the state. In Lincoln County there was a total of 4,362 votes cast. All results are considered unofficial. In the county commissioner race, incumbents Jerry T Harmon and Robert…
Construction to begin on portion of Greys River Road destroyed by Porcupine Slide
ALPINE, Wyo., August 20, 2018 –The Bridger-Teton National Forest in conjunction with The Central Federal Highways has awarded a construction contract to rebuild the portion of the Greys River Road which was obliterated in the February 2018 Porcupine Landslide. Equipment…
New LDS chapel to be dedicated in Swan Valley; replaces meetinghouse that burned down in 2016
This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission. SWAN VALLEY — A massive fire destroyed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Swan Valley in 2016. Since then the congregation has been looking forward…
North Eden Fire outside of Cokeville chars more than 6,000 acres
The North Eden Fire near Cokeville has burned between 5,000 & 6,000 acres according to reports. The fire started in Utah, east of Bear Lake and is now in parts of Wyoming and Idaho as of 11 p.m. Thursday evening,…
Plane goes down, injuring three people
Three Star Valley men were injured on Monday, Aug. 13 when the plane they were riding in went down. The crash occurred early in the day in the Caribou National Forest west of Star Valley. According to the Lincoln County…
Fire Trail Fire ‘kept cool’ with the help of firefighting aircraft
ALPINE, Wyo., August 13, 2018 – Firefighters on the Bridger-Teton National Forest made good progress today on the Fire Trail Fire due, in part, to the help of aerial firefighting craft which was ordered yesterday to assist with the 50-acre…