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Hot Notes Concert Drew Nice Crowd Monday
The Hot Notes and Cool Nights concert Monday night in Riverton drew a nice local crowd of music enthusiasts. The Central Wyoming College Community Band opened the concert and, after an intermission, the Rob Weimann Band played. The concerts alternate between the city parks in Riverton and Lander. Next week...
Join the Wyoming Community Bank Food Drive to help reopen the Christian Food Storehouse!
The Christian Food Storehouse in Riverton faced a devastating setback this past May when a fire destroyed all the goods in their building. Despite this tragedy, the community spirit remains unshaken, and it is set to reopen on Monday, July 29th. Wyoming Community Bank is rallying to support this cause...
2024 Rendezvous Balloon Rally Flew Two of Three Days
The 44th Annual Riverton Rendezvous Balloon Rally flew on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday's launch was scrubbed due to wind. Twenty balloons from around the globe, 17 from the USA, two from Canada and one from Belgium made up the field this year. Specialty balloons included Baby T-Rex from Vernal, Utah; Humpty Dumpty from Louisville, KY and the celebrity speaker Peter Van Overwalle's Princess Nelly from Nazareth, Belgium. It was the huge pink elephant shape.
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.
Industry groups challenge BLM’s new public lands conservation rule
Several industry groups are challenging a new rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that puts conservation on equal footing with other uses on agency-managed lands. Traditionally, companies have sought leases for various uses on BLM’s 245 million acres, including mining, logging, grazing, oil and gas drilling and recreation. Now, under the new Public Lands Rule which went into effect in June, parties can also apply for leases to do “restoration” or “mitigation” work.
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...
Wyoming Legion Baseball Class ‘A’ All-Conference Awards for 2024
All-conference accolades were announced for Wyoming Legion Baseball’s Single-A teams on Tuesday. The lists include first-team and second-team honors for the 2024 season. The head coaches in each district (West and East) voted for the honors. The eight teams in the Northwest and Southwest conferences make up the West All-Conference selections. The nine teams in the East Conference comprise their All-League choices. Congratulations to all the players on the lists.
Wyoming has a Chance to See Northern Lights Tonight
The National Weather Service is saying there is a good chance Wyomingites will see the Northern Lights tonight, July 23. The best viewing times will be between midnight and 3:00 a.m. The best way to view them is by finding a dark place away from light pollution. Then look to...
Game and Fish Commission Approved $102 M Budget; Dubois man awarded EOY
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met last week in Buffalo. The seven-member board approved the annual Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget — a regular task at July meetings. The standard operational budget, which supports the day-to-day work of the department, was approved at $102 million. Game and Fish doesn’t receive state general fund dollars. The bulk of the budget comes from sportspeople.
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