A chilling video shows a snowmobiler’s point of view as an avalanche buries him in Wyoming. In the video, which backcountry snowmobiler Jake Dahl posted to Instagram Jan. 24, Dahl and his friends are seen riding around on a hill in Star Valley until one of his companions, Mason Zak, spots the slide. His camera, […]
Jan. 16—CHEYENNE — Wyoming Downs presented information to the Laramie County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday about two new event centers in Wyoming — one near the Colorado border in Laramie County and one by the Utah border near Evanston. Marketed as the “Gateways to Wyoming East and West,” the centers are poised to […]
Jan. 11—CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s fire departments are the second state entity to consider rehiring retired personnel amid a depleting workforce. With limited budgets that barely cover the costs of equipment, maintenance and fuel, rural fire districts depend on volunteer firefighters to staff their departments. Fire Chief Derek Walls, who oversees Laramie County Fire District 5, […]
Jan. 11—KINGSTON — At the monthly meeting Wednesday Wyoming Valley West School Board Member Paul Keating offered a reminder to anyone with a finance background looking for a job: The district is in need of a new business manager. The job should be a bit easier for any incoming manager thanks to the board’s decision […]
Tyler the pet cat disappeared at a truck stop in Nevada — then turned up five days later in Wyoming. No one knows exactly how he was able to travel more than 670 miles northeast, according to those who helped identify the cat as a lost pet. “We don’t know how he got from one […]
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Police are looking for a suspect after at least one person was injured during a shooting at a Walmart store in Wyoming. It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at the Walmart on 54th Street SW near US-131. The Wyoming Department of Public Safety said there were injuries, but it is unclear […]
Dec. 27—CHEYENNE — Wyoming, and the United States as a whole, outperformed economic projections in 2023, one of the state’s top economists said Wednesday. Despite a slight increase in the state’s unemployment rate, Wenlin Liu said that the economy could be headed for a “soft landing” in the new year. Liu, chief economist with the […]
Protesters marched in Phoenix, Ariz., when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. This week, the state Supreme Court will determine which of two abortion bans will be enforced in Ariz. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Protesters marched in Phoenix, Ariz., when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned […]
Representatives from nearly every nation have met this week at an annual climate summit, searching for agreements on how to curb the rise of global temperatures. The summit is being held in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, and that has dismayed activists who believe that the only way to really address the climate crisis is […]
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is promoting an “all-of-the-above” energy policy that features advances in wind and nuclear technology, despite pushback from his conservative state. Though Gordon is the Republican leader of the nation’s top coal mining state, he’s emerging as a leading voice on climate-friendly energy projects. His ambitious, net-negative emissions goal prompted sanctions from […]
Wyoming led the nation in allowing women the right to vote on this day in history, Dec. 10, 1869. The then-western territory was the first in American history to approve women’s suffrage after Wyoming legislators passed and signed a bill into law. Yet according to History.com, part of the decision was stirred by interest in […]