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Month: April 2025

Independent Notes: ‘The way it used to be.’

I was told this week that Spring Break is “the way the valley used to be. They were referencing the quiet roads that come with the traditional time when so many families pack up and leave the valley for warmer…

A Journey of Hope:  Lane Skinner’s triumph over cancer and his Magical Disney adventure

In the small town of Auburn, Wyoming, the story of 5-year-old Lane Skinner embodies resilience, hope, and the power of dreams. Lane’s journey began in the fall of 2022 when he was diagnosed with leukemia after a series of troubling…

Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour. Bitcoin investor…

Rare Element Resources plant faces delay

  NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Rare Element Resources has pushed back the launch of operation at its demonstration plant in Upton by a few months, but the company has also announced that it may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in…

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…

Lincoln County  Weed and Pest offers Growers Meeting in April

  In partnership with the Star Valley Conservation District and Farm Bureau Federation,  the Lincoln County Weed and Pest is offering their 14th annual Growers Meeting on Thursday, April 10 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Afton Civic Center. Landowners…

Report published for Mule Deer Community Conversations

Provided by Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has compiled key concerns and feedback received from the public regarding mule deer management in the state following a series of public meetings and an…

(Video) – Bear Lake Softball at American Falls

The Bear Lake girls softball team is on the road today at American Falls with a scheduled start time of 4 p.m.

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…