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‘Thoroughly disappointed,’ Wyoming Game and Fish urges reversal of Grand Targhee expansion approval

  • Caribou-Targhee National Forest’s decision triggered calls to eliminate a ski-area boundary expansion to protect fragile native bighorn sheep herd.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com   Wyoming wildlife managers were blunt in their objection to a Caribou-Targhee National Forest…

Food Bank of Wyoming launches To-Go Volunteer Projects

    CHEYENNE (WNE) — With food insecurity rates at a more than 10-year high, Food Bank of Wyoming is introducing new ways to get involved, making it easier than ever for supporters to help ignite the power of community…

Ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool gets Sept. 28 trial date

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in the nation’s capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a…

Lebanon’s president will meet with Trump in Washington to push for Israeli troop withdrawal

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid for long-term calm after months of war at home between…

Runaway RV underscores dangers of Teton Pass

  JACKSON (WNE) — As traffic slowed on the approach to Wilson around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, a runaway motorhome towing a cargo trailer barreled down Teton Pass at an estimated 45 mph, prompting one witness to fear another deadly crash…

GOP candidates in Wyoming’s US House race self-fund campaigns to the tune of nearly $6 million

  • Nearly 85% of all campaign funds so far have come from personal loans, which dominate individual contributions for hopeful Republican congressmen who’ve filed with the FEC.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com With about a month to go before…

5 family members found dead after flash flood in a scenic Utah canyon, authorities say

BICKNELL, Utah (AP) — Five family members who had set out for a day of hiking were killed after a flash flood swept through canyons of southern Utah on Friday, law enforcement officials said. The victims were a captain in…