Wyoming Archives

Groups sue over continued grazing in Wyoming grizzly habitat

March 31, 2020 12:26 PM Associated Press

Conservation groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over livestock grazing in a Wyoming forest, saying grizzly bears are too often killed by…

Teton County tightens up gathering limitations

March 31, 2020 10:31 AM News Team

Teton County, Wyoming public health officials has issued a new order requiring all people to limit gatherings to only individuals within the same…

Teton Pass to close for avalanche control

March 31, 2020 8:41 AM News Team

Teton Pass, Wyoming 22, will be closed at 4 p.m. Tuesday for avalanche mitigation. …

St. John’s Health readies for COVID-19 challenge

March 31, 2020 8:26 AM News Team

St. John’s Health in Jackson has purchased 10 new ventilators to help treat potential COVID-19 patients in Jackson. …

Wyoming governor: Still no plan for state stay-at-home order

March 30, 2020 4:52 PM Associated Press

Wyoming has no plans for a stay-at-home order to contain the coronavirus but any order for the entire state would contain no exemptions, Gov. Mark…

Wyoming court to rule on birth certificate gender changes

March 30, 2020 3:58 PM Associated Press

The Wyoming Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that would determine whether transgender residents can change the genders on their birth…

Riders find body of Wyoming teen missing since November

March 30, 2020 11:42 AM Associated Press

Two people on horseback found the body of a central Wyoming teenager who went missing in…

Wyoming governor signs oil, gas tax cut amid low prices

March 30, 2020 1:11 PM Associated Press

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has approved a tax cut for oil and gas producers that would take effect if low prices for the commodities…

New health order targets older Teton County residents

March 28, 2020 4:43 PM News Team

Teton County health officials have issued a new stay-at-home order for older…

Interfaith Council joins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in invitation for worldwide fasting and prayer

March 27, 2020 10:59 PM Todd Kunz

Local Interfaith Council asks all to join them in personal fasting and prayer Sunday, March 29, 2020 for relief from the COVID-19…

Wyoming governor vetoes abortion, Medicaid-funds bills

March 27, 2020 3:37 PM Associated Press

Wyoming’s governor on Friday vetoed a bill that would’ve required doctors to provide lifesaving care to infants born after an attempted…

Wyoming extends health order

March 27, 2020 2:26 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon and State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist have extended three existing health…

Report: Big travel, tourism hit likely in Wyoming from virus

March 27, 2020 12:44 PM Associated Press

A report says Wyoming could lose more than 26,000 jobs by summer as a result of business shutdowns and isolation measures to contain the coronavirus.…

Wyoming Governor: “Stay home whenever possible”

March 25, 2020 4:49 PM News Team

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is asking Wyomingites to stay home to slow the spread of the COVID-19…

Bridger-Teton Forest to stay open

March 25, 2020 4:18 PM News Team

Although Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks have closed, the Bridger-Teton National Forest said Wednesday it remains open and will continue…

Community spread of COVID-19 detected in Teton County, Wyo.

March 25, 2020 3:26 PM News Team

The Teton County Health Department believes community transmission is present in Teton County, Wyo. after follow up by the Wyoming Department of…

Wyoming governor hints COVID-19 limits may go beyond April 3

March 25, 2020 10:41 AM Associated Press

Hair and nail salons, massage parlors and tattoo shops shut down in Wyoming on Wednesday in response to Gov. Mark Gordon’s latest order to control…

Jackson Hole health officials issue strong recommendations

March 25, 2020 9:21 AM News Team

Teton County, Wyoming Health Officer Dr. Travis Riddell has released new recommendations aimed at containing the COVID-19 virus. …

ATV crash kills 11-year-old in southwest Wyoming

March 23, 2020 5:31 PM Associated Press

An 11-year-old has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southwestern…

Idaho Falls man arrested after multi-state pursuit

March 23, 2020 11:29 AM News Team

An Idaho Falls man is in custody following a pursuit that took place Saturday morning.…

Wyoming medium-security inmate dies in suicide

March 23, 2020 10:29 AM Associated Press

A Wyoming prison inmate is dead in an apparent…

Crash involving more than 27 vehicles closes Interstate 80

March 20, 2020 4:14 PM News Team

A crash involving multiple vehicles occurred in the eastbound lanes near milepost 331 on Interstate 80 east of Laramie Friday.…

Doctors: Testing restraints limit Wyoming COVID-19 detection

March 20, 2020 3:35 PM Associated Press

A shortage of testing capacity is making it harder for health officials in Wyoming to determine just how many people in the state have been infected…

Gov. Gordon and State Health Officer issue statewide closure order for public spaces

March 19, 2020 5:32 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon has endorsed a decision by the Wyoming State Health Officer to close public places for a two-week period to help slow the…

More details about Jackson Hole COVID-19 case released

March 19, 2020 3:04 PM News Team

Teton County Health Department officials say the county’s first case of COVID-19 was not a case of community…

Teton County Search and Rescue helps injured man

March 18, 2020 12:11 PM News Team

One snowmobiler was transported to St. John’s Medical Center after an accident on the Continental Divide Trail at around 7:23 p.m.…

Wyoming COVID-19 jumps to 11 with new Lander, Laramie County cases

March 17, 2020 5:21 PM Associated Press

Testing has revealed the new coronavirus in eight more people in Wyoming including seven linked to an assisted-living center resident who tested…

Jack-knifed truck led to fatal pileup on Wyoming highway

March 17, 2020 4:54 PM Associated Press

A collision between two semi-trucks led one to jack-knife across westbound lanes of a Wyoming highway and cause a pileup that killed three people, a…

Wyoming investigating seven new COVID cases

March 17, 2020 5:35 AM News Team

The Wyoming Public Health Laboratory has identified seven newly reported cases of COVID-19.…

Wyoming governor: Life must go on despite virus measures

March 16, 2020 5:53 PM Associated Press

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is calling for a thoughtful, longer-term approach to the new coronavirus that looks beyond a series of shutdowns.…

Prominent pair of long-serving Wyoming lawmakers to retire

March 16, 2020 11:57 AM Associated Press

Two prominent and long-serving Wyoming state lawmakers are planning to…

Officials: Bacterial disease killing Wyoming pronghorn

March 16, 2020 10:56 AM Associated Press

More than 50 pronghorn have died in Wyoming from the bacteria that killed more than 75 of the animals last year, wildlife officials…

Wyoming recommends school closures, but leaves decisions open

March 15, 2020 5:17 PM News Team

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and State School Superintendent Jillian Balow are recommending all Wyoming schools remain…

Teton County, Wyoming schools close Monday

March 15, 2020 1:15 PM News Team

The Teton County, Wyoming School District #1 will close Monday until at least April 5. …

Jackson enacts emergency COVID-19 ordinance

March 14, 2020 8:52 PM News Team

The Jackson Town Council has approved an emergency ordinance limiting the size of community…

Jackson council slates town meeting Saturday

March 14, 2020 3:56 AM News Team

The Jackson Town Council has scheduled a special town meeting Saturday morning to discuss potential health…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort closes aerial tram, implements social distancing measures

March 13, 2020 5:43 PM News Team

ackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) is monitoring the situation closely and working with the Teton County Health Department by following the…

Wyoming Legislature disagrees on construction project funds

March 13, 2020 11:14 AM Associated Press

The Wyoming Legislature has failed to agree on funding $126 million in construction projects requested by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon despite…

Jackson cancels Hill Climb, 2 other events

March 12, 2020 4:31 PM News Team

Calling them a “clear and present danger” to the community, the Town of Jackson and Teton County have decided to revoke the permits for three…

Jackson Hole Rendezvous Spring Festival canceled

March 12, 2020 3:29 PM News Team

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will be canceling the Rendezvous Spring Festival for March 26-28, 2020 per the directive from Town and County officials…

Wyoming’s first COVID-19 case reported

March 12, 2020 10:34 AM News Team

Lab testing at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory has identified the first known case of a state resident with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),…

Rocky Mountain Power seeks residential electric increase

March 11, 2020 4:23 PM Associated Press

Wyoming regulators will begin planning in the weeks ahead to consider rate changes proposed by the state’s largest electric…

Jackson Hole Airport board to vote on helicopter tour permit

March 11, 2020 11:20 AM Associated Press

The board overseeing an airport in western Wyoming will vote soon on a contested permit for a helicopter tour…

Bills address missing, murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming

March 10, 2020 3:15 PM Associated Press

Information on missing or murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming could improve under legislation that would better manage missing persons reports and…

Wyoming Health Department urges COVID-19 precautions

March 9, 2020 3:53 PM News Team

Coronavirus risk is low in Wyoming right now, but the state’s top epidemiologist said that may…

Snow King comment deadline extended

March 9, 2020 2:46 PM News Team

The public will have an extra 15 days to comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Snow King Mountain Resort.…

Wyoming tribe to vote; medical marijuana backers press case

March 9, 2020 12:32 PM Associated Press

Advocates for legalizing medical marijuana have been pressing their case in the days before a possible vote this weekend on Wyoming’s Wind River…

Rehabilitated eagle released to the wild

March 6, 2020 11:36 AM News Team

Experts at the Teton Raptor Center released a rehabilitated Bald Eagle back into the wild Friday. …

Wyoming Tourism and Jackson officials monitor COVID-19

March 6, 2020 10:48 AM News Team

Jackson and the Wyoming Office of Tourism are taking steps to help assure visitors during the coronavirus…

Details released on Sunday’s crashes involving nearly 100 vehicles

March 5, 2020 4:13 PM News Team

Troopers have learned roughly 30 vehicles collided on the westbound side of Interstate 80 around milepost 184…

Wyoming issues first hemp processing and producing license

March 5, 2020 9:50 AM Associated Press

The Wyoming Department of Agriculture says the state has issued its first hemp processing and producing license.…

Downturn in sage grouse numbers catch attention

March 4, 2020 2:53 PM News Team

A recent decline in local Sage Grouse in the Jackson Hole area has pushed wildlife and land managers to consider new strategies to reverse the trend.…

Wyoming court orders return of $470K seized in traffic stop

March 4, 2020 9:59 AM Associated Press

The Wyoming Supreme Court has ordered state authorities to return $470,000 police seized during a traffic stop.…

Teton County health officials offer coronavirus advice

March 3, 2020 8:32 AM News Team

The Teton County, Wyoming Health Department is working with St. John’s Health, the Wyoming Department of Health and local partners to prepare for…

3 dead, dozens injured in multiple crashes involving more than 100 vehicles

March 2, 2020 11:31 AM News Team

At least three people are dead and dozens injured in crashes involving multiple vehicles around milepost 181 and 184 on Interstate…

Major GOP donor Friess decides against Wyoming US Senate run

March 2, 2020 4:26 PM Associated Press

Republican mega-donor Foster Friess has decided not to run for an open U.S. Senate seat in…

Planners seek input on Wilson corridor

March 2, 2020 4:16 PM News Team

Teton County and WYDOT are studying the Highway 22 corridor through…

Wyoming suicide rate in 2018 was second-highest in nation

March 2, 2020 12:36 PM Associated Press

Wyoming had the second-highest suicide rate in the United States in 2018, a new report…

Wyoming lawmakers poised to pass 5% statewide lodging tax

March 2, 2020 10:12 AM Associated Press

A measure to impose a 5% statewide lodging tax appears likely to pass the Wyoming Legislature after the state Senate approved it.…

Judge to view report on offensive school flyers in Wyoming

February 28, 2020 3:29 PM Associated Press

A judge will privately review a school district’s report on racist and homophobic flyers posted at a Wyoming junior high school as he considers a…

Wyoming tribe declares state of emergency over meth use

February 28, 2020 11:43 AM Associated Press

Tribal leaders in Wyoming have declared a state of emergency over the use of methamphetamine amid fears increasing drug use could threaten the tribe…

Wyoming House passes bill mandating freight train crew sizes

February 27, 2020 5:40 PM Associated Press

The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced legislation to the Senate that would mandate crews of two persons or more on all class-one freight…

Wyoming school board approves $230K asbestos settlement

February 26, 2020 3:59 PM Associated Press

A pending lawsuit was settled with a Wyoming school board after they agreed to pay $230,000 over asbestos exposure at Kelly Walsh High School in…

Grand Teton: 36 mountain goats killed in helicopter shooting

February 26, 2020 2:43 PM Associated Press

Officials say sharpshooters killed 36 mountain goats from a helicopter in a contested effort to eradicate the nonnative animals from Grand Teton…

Jackknifed truck injures Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper

February 25, 2020 4:11 PM Associated Press

A crash in northeastern Wyoming has injured a Wyoming Highway Patrol…

$2,000 reward offered in Wyoming golden eagle poisoning case

February 25, 2020 4:13 PM Associated Press

Federal investigators want help from the public as they try to find out who poisoned a golden eagle and ravens in southwest Wyoming four years…

Government approves industrial hemp-growing rules in Wyoming

February 25, 2020 3:01 PM Associated Press

Industrial hemp-growing regulations in Wyoming were approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after producers expressed concerns about missing…

Almost $4M in work planned at Devils Tower National Monument

February 25, 2020 12:55 PM Associated Press

The National Park Service is about to begin facility and trail work totaling almost $4 million in Devils Tower National Monument in northeastern…

Park curtails mountain goat “gunning”

February 24, 2020 2:48 PM News Team

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has intervened to call off a planned mountain goat culling through aerial gunning at Grand Teton National Park.…

Bald eagle crash likely caused by lead poisoning

February 24, 2020 2:06 PM News Team

The Teton Raptor Center says lead poisoning may have caused eagle to crash through a…

Rescuers in helicopter aid injured skier in Grand Teton

February 24, 2020 12:33 PM Associated Press

Rescuers used a helicopter to get an injured skier out of the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park.…

Mountain goat removal continues over Game & Fish objections

February 21, 2020 2:10 PM News Team

Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik has again called on Grand Teton National Park to stop culling mountain goats through aerial…

Four-year degree planning approved for 2 Wyoming colleges

February 21, 2020 10:23 AM Associated Press

The Wyoming Community College Commission has given a college district permission to begin planning to offer four-year degree…

Taco John’s launches re-branding and growth initiative

February 20, 2020 3:22 PM Associated Press

A Wyoming-based fast food company is attempting to revamp its branding and expand the franchise as it adds new stores and remodels older…

Gregory W. Bowman, Edward Seidel and Daniel M. White

University of Wyoming trustees pick 3 president finalists

February 20, 2020 11:23 AM Associated Press

University of Wyoming trustees have chosen three finalists for the job of university…

Clif Bar wrapper recycling to end in Wyoming, elsewhere

February 20, 2020 11:03 AM Associated Press

A program to recycle energy bar wrappers is ending in Jackson and…

Antelope worries prompt lawsuit over Wyoming gas field plan

February 19, 2020 5:04 PM Associated Press

Environmental groups are suing over plans for a potentially huge Wyoming gas field they say would endanger antelope in Grand Teton National Park by…

Police seek help identifying burglar

February 19, 2020 4:24 PM News Team

Jackson Police report the AT&T store in Jackson was burglarized on Jan. 28.…

Jackson officer honored with Medal of Bravery

February 19, 2020 3:22 PM News Team

A Jackson Police officer who rescued a man from the burning Rusty Parrot Lodge has been recognized with the Town of Jackson’s Medal of Bravery.…

Wyoming high court rules against town in daycare tax case

February 19, 2020 2:57 PM Associated Press

The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled against a small town that sought to avoid paying taxes on a daycare…

Yellowstone launches housing replacement plan

February 19, 2020 2:01 PM News Team

Yellowstone National Park will spend millions over the next 2 years to replace employee housing. …

FAA allows Jackson Hole business to resume helicopter tours

February 19, 2020 1:03 PM Associated Press

Federal officials are allowing a scenic helicopter business to resume flights in Jackson Hole despite…

NTEC reaches deal to pay taxes on Wyoming coal production

February 19, 2020 12:51 PM Associated Press

The new owner of two Wyoming coal mines has reached an agreement to pay $44 million in local…

Wyoming jail returns funds after receiving counterfeit bills

February 18, 2020 5:13 PM Associated Press

A Wyoming jail unwittingly helped an inmate earn a profit from counterfeit money when it returned unused funds from a commissary account where he’s…

Wyoming considering land purchase

February 18, 2020 2:01 PM News Team

Wyoming lawmakers are considering legislation that would authorize the state to evaluate a significant land purchase.…

Republican county commissioner joins Wyoming US Senate race

February 18, 2020 11:36 AM Associated Press

Another Republican has entered the race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming.…

Wyoming man pleads not guilty to killing girlfriend

February 18, 2020 10:59 AM Associated Press

A Wyoming man who has suffered two traumatic brain injuries has denied charges that he killed his girlfriend during an argument in which she returned…