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Year: 2025

101 years since Kemmerer mining disaster killed 55

It was on this day 101 years ago that a mining disaster claimed the lives of 55 workers at coal mine near Kemmerer. The event happened on September 16, 1924 at the Kemmerer Coal Company’s mine near the town of…

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89

By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his…

Wall Street rises to more records as Tesla vrooms higher

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market’s big recent rally has been overdone or prescient….

Area Driver Services closed through Thursday

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is announcing a scheduled temporary closure of the Driver Services locations in Jackson and Thayne to train employees on the agency’s new MAX and oneWYO software systems. Both the Jackson and Thayne offices closed early…

No one is using a controversial compensation program for grass lost to overpopulated Wyoming elk

  • Because program was conceived in response to a big stink about elk numbers and damage, Game and Fish commissioner is ‘shocked’ by the absence of claims.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com There’s been virtually no interest in a…

DNA evidence found near scene of Charlie Kirk’s shooting matches suspect, FBI director says

By JESSE BEDAYN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OREM, Utah (AP) — DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matched that of the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI Director…

Eight school districts file legal brief amid lawsuit with state

    By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Eight Wyoming school districts have submitted a 103-page brief to the Wyoming Supreme Court, defending a February district court ruling that declared the state’s public education…

Utah governor says the motive in Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left

WASHINGTON (AP) — Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov….