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Live Radio Report: Swift Creek Fire Update from Dan Dockstader

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Dollar Lake Fire in Sublette County surpasses 10,000 acres

The Dollar Lake Fire in Sublette County jumped from 1,000 acres to 10,000 acres in a single day as western Wyoming continues to be challenged by multiple fire fighting efforts. New evacuation ares for the Dollar Lake Fire include a…

Willow Creek Fire closes US 89

***UPDATE*** Highway 89 over the South End (Salt Pass) was reopened shortly after 1:00 am Sunday morning. The latest update on the fire since Saturday night will be posted as soon as information is available. The evacuation order for those…

Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming…

Salt River Arts Society receives Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund Grant

  At a recent Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund (WCTF) board meeting, the Salt River Arts Society received a $50,000 grant to assist with the replacement and rebuilding of the historic Ford Theater’s façade. As Mayor Jeff Jensen noted in his…

Lummis, Gordon don’t want Wyoming to be left out of the future of crypto currency

    By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —  Wyoming leaders took to the stage on Wednesday at the second Wyoming Blockchain Symposium to express their enthusiasm for the future of cryptocurrency. U.S. Sen. Cynthia…

Type 3 management team moving in to take over Willow Creek Fire

Although an alert for evacuation of campgrounds south of County Road 155 went out in relation to the Willow Creek Fire on Friday night, there is no such order for residents of the area according to officials battling the blaze….

Independent Notes: Training and keeping people in the Kemmerer/Diamondville area.

As TerraPower reviewed construction of the Kemmerer Natrium Nuclear Site, Kemmerer 1, as it was referenced throughout the Monday evening presentation, it noted that the facility would include a training center. Training those who will work at the site will…

Willow Creek Fire grows to 250 acres

The Willow Creek Fire, reported just after 11 a.m. on Friday some four miles west of Smoot, has grown to 250 acres as of 8 p.m. according to the latest estimates. Multiple helicopters and other fire suppression methods including an…

Willow Creek Fire reported south of Afton

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS BY DUKE DANCE –  An initial call for a response to the Afton Fire Department went out just after 11 a.m. on Friday, August 22, to the report of smoke coming from the south end of the…