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  • State leaders call for shift in fire management

    Zak Sonntag, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 28, 2024

    CASPER — Wildfire seasons are becoming longer, more destructive, and with an annual federal cost of $2.5 billion and growing, more expensive than ever, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and federal officials said during a Senate committee hearing last week, where leaders discussed the findings of a solemn report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.  The ampleness of the commission’s inaugural report, at 340 pages, speaks to the scope of the challenge, which leaders concede poses an outsize threat in the West, where...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Mar 28, 2024

    State’s unemployment rate steady at 2.8% CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming continues to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation according to new numbers from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Monday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from January to February at 2.8%. Wyoming’s unemployment rate was lower than its year-ago level of 3.1% and much lower than the...

  • New law aims to protect vulnerable adults

    Kate Ready, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 21, 2024

    JACKSON — A new state bill signed into law requires law enforcement to notify the Wyoming Department of Family Services if they receive a report of a vulnerable adult. The law, House Enrolled Act 6, states that if law enforcement receives a report that a vulnerable adult is “suspected of being or has been abused, neglected, exploited, intimidated or abandoned, or is committing self neglect, law enforcement shall notify the department concerning the potential need of the vulnerable adult for protective services.” Gov. Mark Gordon signed th...

  • BLM offers updated sage grouse plan

    Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 21, 2024

    POWELL — The Bureau of Land Management released a draft Thursday of an updated sage grouse management plan that places species protections back on track after several years of disruptions to the historic 2015 sage grouse plan.  That was then credited for halting plans for costly protections for the species under the Endangered Species Act.  Following 2019 court orders overturning Trump administration changes to the historic collaborative plans, the BLM has been managing sage grouse habitat according to those adopted in 2015, the agency...

  • Wyoming legislators act to bolster state pension funds

    Kate Ready, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 21, 2024

    JACKSON — Several bills signed into law by Gov. Mark Gordon aim to safeguard pension funds for state employees across Wyoming. Government employees receive pensions through the state of Wyoming, and the Legislature controls how much of their salary they can contribute for retirement. David Swindell, executive director of the Wyoming Retirement System, said there was catching-up to do to ensure funds will be healthy for employees in 30 years. The promise of a pension is the No. 1 recruitment and retention tool used to fill positions across...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Mar 21, 2024

    Wyoming Life Flight now authorized to carry whole blood on air ambulances CASPER (WNE) — Casper-based air ambulance service, Wyoming Life Flight, announced on Thursday that it is now authorized to carry and administer whole blood on its air medical transport services. The organization, which serves the whole state, said in a press release that, “Each unit of whole blood provides red blood cells, platelets, plasma and clotting factors for superior outcomes for patients suffering from trauma or hemorrhagic shock” and that having whole...

  • Crook County Sheriff's Office

    Mar 14, 2024

    Mar. 4 – Two VIN checks. Paper service. Traffic stops. Fall. Three house watches. Life Flight. Citizen dispute. Two business checks. Assist other agency. Three EMS pages. Fire. Mar. 5 – Seven VIN checks. Five business checks. Three traffic stops. Two house watches. Welfare check. Suspicious circumstance. Fraud. Traffic complaint. Broken bone. Fall. Five EMS pages. Mar. 6 – Three VIN checks. Two paper services. Three traffic stops. Welfare check. Four business checks. Two EMS pages. Fire page. Mar. 7 – VIN checks. Two fingerprints. Four...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Mar 14, 2024

    Three Cheyenne police officers on leave after suspect is killed CHEYENNE (WNE) — A call to the Cheyenne Police Department for a domestic dispute ended in the police killing the suspect Friday evening, CPD said in a news release Monday afternoon. The man was identified Monday as 47-year-old Cheyenne resident Patrick Flores. The shooting occurred Friday, March 8, when police officers were dispatched to calls for a domestic disturbance with a firearm, which the agency said was around 6:18 p.m. Dispatchers told police that he was “shooting the...

  • Drone team critical in safely locating two missing Sublette County women

    Cali O'Hare, Pinedale Roundup Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 14, 2024

    PINEDALE - Two local women are alive and well thanks to the work of the Sublette County Sheriff's Office Unmanned Aircraft Systems drone pilots Sgt. Travis Bingham and Deputy Scott Campbell, other SCSO deputies and volunteers with Tip Top Search and Rescue. In two separate incidents about 23 days apart, two adult women – both with intellectual or developmental disabilities – disappeared from their homes ill-equipped for the snow and ice. One woman traveled three miles across Pine Creek, the...

  • Drone photography taking flight in Goshen County

    Jess Oaks, Torrington Telegram Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 14, 2024

    TORRINGTON - What has started out as a hobby has grown tremendously in popularity. Over the last few years, the number of drone operators has grown and the demand for drone services has steadily increased. "An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is an unmanned aircraft (known as a drone) and the equipment necessary for the safe and efficient operation of that aircraft," according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) website. Kevin Parish has taken an interest in operating drones, and he recen...

  • Cody naturalist dedicates career to wildlife photojournalism

    Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 14, 2024

    POWELL - Unlike most high school kids, environmental photojournalist Julia Cook spent much of her free time in the basement of the Draper Natural History Museum stripping rotting meat from the skeletons of various animals; bears, wolves, mountain lions. A half-dozen years later, you can still find her there volunteering to do work many would turn their nose up to. "Sometimes it is a bit smelly," Cook said during a recent lecture at the museum. Cook was an intern with the Wyoming Game and Fish...

  • Community honors, celebrates life of Sgt. Nevada Krinkee

    Caroline Elik, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 7, 2024

    SHERIDAN — Sheridan County residents, law enforcement officers and supporters from all walks of life gathered Friday in Sheridan to honor the life of fallen Sheridan Police Department Sgt. Nevada Krinkee. Krinkee was shot and killed Feb. 13 while attempting to serve a trespass warning on William Lowery. He leaves behind his wife, Karla Krinkee, and their infant daughter. Hundreds of people of all ages lined Main Street and Coffeen Avenue Friday to show support as a procession of family and first responder vehicles traveled to the Sheridan...

  • Second act for CBM

    Alex Hargrave, Buffalo Bulletin Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 7, 2024

    BUFFALO — If its methanogenesis technology is successful, a new company could bring a second life to some of the Powder River Basin’s tens of thousands of coalbed methane wells.  The Denver-based clean energy and climate tech company Cowboy Clean Fuels was recently awarded $7.8 million in state funding to pursue commercial scale development of a technology that will produce so-called renewable natural gas and capture carbon emissions using existing coalbed methane infrastructure, though not everyone is as optimistic as the company and its...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Mar 7, 2024

    Jackson, Teton officers remember slain sergeant in Sheridan JACKSON (WNE) — Jackson and Teton County law enforcement officers joined a convoy of police cars from across Wyoming in a procession Friday to honor a Sheridan policeman who was killed in the line of duty. Sgt. Nevada Krinkee, a 33-year-old husband and father, was shot and killed Feb. 13 while attempting to serve a trespass notice.  Six members of the Jackson Police Department joined the somber procession in Sheridan. Eight members of the Teton County Sheriff’s Office also travele...

  • Emotions over McCullough Peaks wild horse gather boil over

    Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 7, 2024

    POWELL - Federal officials and wild horse supporters are calling for calm after highly emotionally charged threats were made to Bureau of Land Management employees over the removal of wild horses in the agency's efforts to reach appropriate management levels within the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area. "Please don't attack BLM employees," said Deputy State Director of Communications for BLM Wyoming Brad Purdy in an interview with the Tribune, saying he understands the passion and emotion...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 29, 2024

    Jackson receives high ranking in AARP Livability Index CHEYENNE (WNE) — AARP recently released its Livability Index, a list of the most livable communities in the country recently, with Jackson ranking in the top 10 in the nation for communities with a population between 5000 and 24,999. The AARP Livability Index evaluates and ranks communities based on various factors that contribute to residents’ quality of life. It looks at everything from homes and transportation to health and community engagement. Jackson was ranked ninth in the Livabi...

  • Legislature at halfway point; sum of bills left narrows

    David Velazquez, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 29, 2024

    CASPER — Over 80 bills died when both chambers of the Legislature adjourned on Friday evening.  Friday marked the deadline for the second reading of bills in their house of origin and 81 bills — 25 in the House of Representatives and 56 in the Senate — were scheduled to be heard for the first time out of committee.  Friday additionally marked the midpoint of the 20-business-day session where the Legislature is tasked with setting and approving the entire state’s budget for 2025 and 2026. Bills brought forward ranged from the budget, p...

  • The long road to a rural school

    Carrie Haderlie, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 29, 2024

    CHEYENNE - Seven-year-old Emmitt Anderson stood tall in the Wyoming House of Representatives gallery Wednesday. With his cowboy hat off and his hand over his heart, he enunciated each word in the Pledge of Allegiance. His little sister, Waverly, peeked down at the House floor full of lawmakers below, wearing a bright pink dress with two pigtail buns bouncing in the air. On Tuesday, the children's parents, Anna and Carson Anderson, drove the family to the Capitol from the Slow and Easy Ranch...

  • Follow the yellow-painted stones

    Austin Beck-Doss, The Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 29, 2024

    RIVERTON - A 20-ton lump of stone covered in faded yellow paint sits in the heart of Riverton City Park, unlabeled and unnoticed. Over 100 years ago, when automobiles were new and novel, a cutting-edge roadway was developed to funnel eager travelers directly through Fremont County on the way to America's best idea, Yellowstone National Park. The behemoth boulder pays homage to the days before numbered interstates and Google Maps, when a trip from Denver to Yellowstone involved an engaging...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 22, 2024

    Bill would OK $50M for lawsuits CASPER (WNE) — The Wyoming Legislature is considering a bill that would allocate $50 million for the purpose of litigating federal land-use policy.  The Senate Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee last week moved the bill forward. Citing constitutional principles of co-equal government, Senate File 13 would authorize the Legislature to sue feds for acts and administrative rules, with specific reference to the Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered...

  • Gillette woman shares Beatles memorabilia in honor of 60-year anniversary

    Cassia Catterall, Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 22, 2024

    GILLETTE - For many, the date Feb. 9, 1964, may fade into history. No wars began. No major elections took place. It was a Sunday - a day for staying at home, tidying up and preparing for the week ahead. But for those who remember, the date still holds meaning. Some even deem that unsuspecting evening the night that changed music forever. That night, more than 70 million viewers across the United States tuned in to watch four young Brits perform live on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time....

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 15, 2024

    Wapiti hunter to pay $15K for mistakenly killing grizzly POWELL (WNE) — A local black bear hunter who mistakenly killed a grizzly last spring must pay $15,000 in restitution and is barred from hunting over the next year.  At a Wednesday hearing in Park County Circuit Court, Patrick M. Gogerty of Wapiti pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of illegally taking a grizzly without a license. However, under a deal accepted by the court, Gogerty’s guilty plea was deferred and the case will be dismissed if he successfully completes a year of...

  • House: Repeal gun free zones near Wyoming schools

    Carrie Haderlie, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 15, 2024

    CHEYENNE - A bill that would repeal bans on concealed carry firearms in Wyoming's public schools, community colleges, at the University of Wyoming and in many public government buildings passed introduction Wednesday in the state House of Representatives. "Ninety-four percent of mass shootings, and I've seen all the way up to 98% of mass shootings, happened in gun free zones. Why? Because killers don't want bullets fired back," Rep. Jeremy Haroldson, R-Wheatland, said of "House Bill 125, Repeal...

  • Wyoming News Briefs

    Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 8, 2024

    Man found in woman’s home arrested for drug use, trespassing GILLETTE (WNE) — A 31-year-old man was ticketed for drug use after a 65-year-old woman found him in her home Friday night. The woman called police after finding the man in her apartment in the 600 block of Tyler Avenue. She had not given him permission to be there, but she was able to get him out of her apartment and into the hallway. He appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance, and EMTs were called. The woman showed police a syringe that she found in her...

  • State lawmakers debate whether climate hearing is a legislative event

    Hannah Shields, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 8, 2024

    CHEYENNE — Sen. Cheri Steinmetz, R-Lingle, announced on Tuesday that a public hearing on Feb. 13 would be an official meeting of the Legislature, but legislative leaders clarified they were never notified of the hearing. Steinmetz said in Tuesday’s news release that the Legislature’s Joint Agriculture State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee would hold an “Oversight Hearing...on the Environmental Impact of ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Carbon Negative’ Policies,” as well as the Annual Forest Health Briefing on Feb. 13 upon...

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