Wyoming Archives

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…

State leaders propose purchasing land in southern Wyoming

February 18, 2020 9:47 AM Associated Press

State officials have discussed purchasing land to improve public land access and generate new…

University of Wyoming president finalists to visit campus

February 17, 2020 2:42 PM Associated Press

The search for the University of Wyoming’s next president has narrowed to three finalists, all of whom are expected to visit the campus next week, a…

Wyoming lawmakers reject Medicaid expansion effort

February 17, 2020 10:05 AM Associated Press

Wyoming lawmakers have rejected the second effort to expand Medicaid in five…

Wyoming lawmakers kill ‘Defend the Guard’ deployment act

February 14, 2020 5:18 PM Associated Press

Veterans and lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, rallied in support of a bill in Wyoming that would restrict combat deployment of…

Task force looks at Hoback water options

February 14, 2020 2:13 PM News Team

The Hoback Drinking Water Quality Stakeholder Group have come up with proposals to improve drinking water in Hoback…

Wyoming looks at wildlife corridor options

February 14, 2020 12:20 PM News Team

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a Wildlife Corridor
executive order…

Apparent gas leak empties Jackson elementary school

February 13, 2020 2:41 PM News Team

Students and teachers at Jackson’s Munger Mountain Elementary School were evacuated at around 10:20 a.m. Thursday.…

University of Wyoming spent $42,000 fighting records lawsuit

February 13, 2020 1:14 PM Associated Press

The University of Wyoming paid attorneys more than $42,000 in an unsuccessful attempt to block the release of records involving a decision not to…

Police: No charges recommended in fatal Gillette shooting

February 13, 2020 11:40 AM Associated Press

Police in Gillette aren’t pursuing charges in a shooting…

Wyoming native dies in horse-riding accident at Utah ranch

February 13, 2020 11:35 AM Associated Press

Police say a Wyoming native has died in a horse-riding accident in Utah.…

Report: Wyoming app received more anonymous safety reports

February 12, 2020 3:12 PM Associated Press

An anonymous tipster application marketed to Wyoming students received a record number of tips last year, with suicide being the most frequently…

FCC Chairman Pai tours Wyoming reservation broadband project

February 12, 2020 11:22 AM Associated Press

A top federal official toured Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation to look at efforts to improve internet access for tribal…

Competitors gather at Jackson Hole for Kings and Queens of Corbet’s

February 11, 2020 6:43 PM News Team

Low temperatures and howling winds couldn’t stop 24 skiers and snowboarders from taking a leap for $10,000.…

Wyoming officials seek recommendations on Teton bighorns

February 11, 2020 2:52 PM Associated Press

Wyoming officials plan a series of public meetings on how to protect the last bighorn sheep in the Teton Range.…

Wyoming man sentenced up to 18 years for killing 1 in 2003

February 11, 2020 2:44 PM Associated Press

A man was sentenced up to 18 years in prison after he fatally shot his former co-worker in a Wyoming parking lot in 2003, a judge…

Wyoming governor pledges to protect, promote fossil fuels

February 10, 2020 12:44 PM Associated Press

Wyoming has enough savings to take time and be thoughtful about future spending cuts, particularly for education, amid declining revenue from fossil…

Jackson debates length of liquor license suspensions

February 10, 2020 11:22 AM Associated Press

The penalty for liquor license holders in Jackson who repeatedly sell alcohol to minors could be reduced from a suspension of four months to 10…

Quebec musher wins Pedigree Sled Dog Race

February 10, 2020 11:03 AM News Team

The 25th annual Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog race wrapped up Saturday in Teton County,…

Federal officials OK drilling in Beartooth Mountains

February 10, 2020 11:33 AM Associated Press

U.S. Forest Service officials have given conditional approval to a Canadian company to conduct exploratory drilling at 35 sites in Montana’s…

2 men charged in airport disturbance

February 10, 2020 9:20 AM News Team

Two Connecticut men were arrested after they became aggressive on a passenger plane at the Jackson Hole Airport. …

START cancels commuter runs; US 89 closed for avalanche control

February 7, 2020 9:01 AM News Team

START Bus has cancelled all Teton Valley and Star Valley commuter services…

$7,000 offered for help in 2018 Wyoming bird, dog poisonings

February 7, 2020 10:56 AM Associated Press

U.S. and Wyoming officials are offering cash rewards for useful information as they investigate the poisoning deaths of three dogs and dozens of…

University of Wyoming may now revoke honorary degrees

February 7, 2020 11:31 AM Associated Press

University of Wyoming trustees will now be able to revoke honorary…

Highway 26/89 closed due to avalanche

February 6, 2020 9:32 PM News Team

LINCOLN COUNTY, WY (KIFI/KIDK) – Highway 26 and 89 from Alpine Junction and Hoback Junction has been closed due to an avalanche. This comes from the…

Wyoming Democrats reaffirm confidence in upcoming caucus

February 6, 2020 5:13 PM Associated Press

Wyoming’s Democratic Party has confidence in the process that will be used to tally votes in the state’s upcoming presidential caucus, an official…

Wyoming school district discusses plan to arm educators

February 6, 2020 1:03 PM Associated Press

Officials in a Wyoming school district have held the first of three public meetings about a proposal to arm educators at six rural…

Teton County seeks to assign “omitted lands”

February 6, 2020 9:22 AM News Team

Teton County, Wyoming Commissioners are seeking proposals from consultants to finally resolve ownership of omitted lands…

Teton Pass to close Thursday at 2 p.m.

February 5, 2020 8:49 PM News Team

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be closing WYO 22 Teton Pass at 2 p.m. Thursday for avalanche mitigation…

Wyoming legislation promotes hunter education in schools

February 5, 2020 11:05 AM Associated Press

A Wyoming legislative resolution seeks to make firearms and hunter safety courses a regular part of the public school curriculum.…