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Pocatello police Lt. Val Wadsworth to retire Friday
POCATELLO — Lt. Val Wadsworth, a longtime officer of the Pocatello Police Department, is set to retire this week after over 26 years of service to the community. Wadsworth first joined the police department back in 1998 as a patrol officer. He served in several different capacities, including in narcotics and as part of the Internet Crimes Against Children task force. “I’ve worked as a firearms instructor since 2006,” he...
Brush fire ignites along Interstate 15 south of Blackfoot
BLACKFOOT — Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that ignited along Interstate 15 south of Blackfoot on Wednesday. The blaze along Interstate 15’s southbound lanes was reported around 4 p.m. and contributed to significant traffic congestion on the freeway. The fire scorched about two acres of farmland on the west side of the freeway before firefighters from the Blackfoot and Fort Hall fire departments extinguished the flames. ...
Buckrail Daily: Hydrothermal explosion rocks Yellowstone // Report monarch butterfly sightings
“Today’s explosion does not reflect activity within volcanic system, which remains at normal background levels of activity. Hydrothermal explosions like that of today are not a sign of impending volcanic eruptions, and they are not caused by magma rising towards the surface.”. A hydrothermal explosion occurred in Yellowstone’s Biscuit...
Town, county settle on a new split for joint services
Jackson Hole Town Councilors approved a new “Memorandum of Understanding” with the county earlier this week. The decision comes after the county unanimously approved the agreement the week prior. The MOU details a new split that transfers the majority of expenses for joint services like START, Fire and...
Chat with Town Council tackles building moratorium this Wednesday
JACKSON, Wyo. — The Jackson Town Council will host the monthly “Chat with Town Council” meeting on Wednesday, July 24, at noon, this time tackling the subject of the large commercial building moratorium. The 120-day moratorium was placed on June 3, halting development applications for non-residential buildings...
One More Smokey Day Wyoming, Then Skies Clear
We've been waiting for this and it's almost here. All you have to do it put up with one more hot day. This will also be one more day with a lot of smoke in the air. Then, slowly, it all starts moving out as cooler temperatures move in along with some thunderstorms.
Governor’s Town Hall Addresses Post-Secondary Education
On Tuesday, July 23, Governor Mark Gordon, along with Holly Krutka, UW School of Energy; Scott Stults, superintendent at SCSD#2; Dr. Walt Tribley, President of Sheridan College; and Michelle Wilson, EMIT Technologies, held a town hall meeting at Sheridan College. Education was one topic that the town hall panel addressed....
Summer Heat Returns, Smoke Moves Out
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Things are pretty hot out there and we’ll have hotter temperatures coming in soon. Since things are dry and hot, we are under a Fire Weather Watch until tomorrow night. The watch includes many areas of Wyoming from central to eastern Wyoming and including the Nebraska panhandle. Be very careful with sources of ignition and with any burning out there as fire could be spread quickly. The air quality alert that we were under today has expired as the smoke is finally thinning and moving out of the area. A bit of smoke will stick around in a few areas but it’ll be much thinner and not nearly as prevalent.
Missing 20-year-old Wyoming woman found safe
UPDATE: JUly 25 at 10:47 a.m. The 20-year-old missing Wyoming woman Liana Welde has been found safe and unharmed Wednesday night. According to a release form the Big Horn County, Wyoming Sheriff's Office, Welde police officers had contacted and identified Welde in the City of Billings at around 8 p.m.
Thief Caught Red-Handed After Trying to Outrun Wyoming Troopers
A woman is facing a felony theft charge after Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers reportedly caught her holding the keys to a stolen vehicle. According to a booking sheet, it all started at 1:34 p.m. on July 14, 2024, after a trooper was dispatched to a hazardous vehicle at milepost 4 on northbound Interstate 25, about three miles south of Cheyenne, and arrived to find an unoccupied vehicle parked along the west shoulder.
118 Wyoming Student-Athletes Honored on 2024 Spring Academic All-Mountain West Conference Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (7/23/24) – The Mountain West Conference released its 2024 Spring Academic All-Conference Team on Tuesday. A total of 1,241 student-athletes were honored and 118 of those hail from the University of Wyoming. Spring sports include women's swimming and diving, men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, men's...
U of Wyo asks for residents to share monarch butterfly observations
WYOMING — Wyomingites can help track Monarch butterflies as they fly through the state this summer and fall. In 2015, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute started a citizen scientist campaign called the Monarchs and Milkweeds program to better understand where, when and how monarchs travel through Wyoming.
Most contested state legislative primaries in Wyoming this year since at least 2010
Wyoming has 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. All contested primaries are Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats. About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries are...
Grand Teton Music Festival hosts pianist/dancer duo Counterpoint this Thursday night
TETON VILLAGE, Wyo. — Enjoy a combination of live dance and live music with Counterpoint, part of Grand Teton Music Festival‘s Gateway Series this Thursday, July 25. A collaboration between pianist/composer Conrad Tao and choreographer/dancer Caleb Teicher, the duo explores the harmonic and rhythmic counterpoint between their artistic traditions, driving the imagination and opening the heart. The stylistically diverse music of Counterpoint includes the Aria from Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” plus music by Brahms, Mozart, Ravel and more.
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