Wyoming
POWELL (WNE) —- With hunters now afield, a recent case points to a rising trend of wanton waste violations. Lewis Cornell of Fullerton, California, pleaded guilty in Park County Circuit Court to waste or abandonment of a big game animal.
On June 19, Circuit Court Judge Joey Darrah sentenced...
GREYBULL (WNE) — A 59-year-old man from Texas died in what appeared to have been an accidental fall Monday night in the Big Horn Mountains. Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn withheld the man’s name, saying it would be released after his family had been notified.
While it will be left to the...
Girls in grades K-12 will have the opportunity to check out the Girl Scout STEM van for free on Sept. 18, when the Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming will bring their science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming to town from 3:15 to 5 p.m. outside of the Weston County Library.
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During its regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 23, the Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees revisited a number of policies, including sabbaticals and pay structure for certified staff.
But the most notable change may have been to district policy GCMD-E, No. 1, concerning the...
The American FFA Degree is the highest honor awarded to an FFA member because it takes countless time and effort to achieve, and receiving this award means one has demonstrated the highest level of prioritizing FFA.
The requirements to earn this award are extensive to ensure that the best FFA...
Several Newcastle residents approached the Newcastle City Council on Sept. 5 to discuss their frustrations with recent rate increases for water and sewer use.
According to some of the residents in attendance, their bills had doubled after the rate increases went into effect and they were...
After being informed of email issues plaguing two different county offices, the Board of Weston County Commissioners voted on Sept. 5 to move their online communications into the future by upgrading all county offices to Microsoft Office 365.
As previously reported in the story “County officials...
Weston County is moving closer to having a new county wide landfill, according to Ed Wagoner, chairman of both the Weston County Solid Waste District board and the Weston County Commissioners. He reported last week that an average of 12,000 yards a day of dirt is presently being moved to build pits...
FROM WYOFILE:
Biologists and volunteers who combed the landscape this spring observed a 15% rise in males gathered at leks, signaling the potential beginning of a years-long increase.
Wyoming’s sage grouse are out of decline and officially on the upswing — at least for now.
Counts in 2022...
FROM WYOFILE:
Federal officials reduced available oil and gas lease acres due to wildlife habitat concerns.
Oil and natural gas developers offered up $13.2 million to lease the drilling and production rights to 53 federal parcels in Wyoming this month.
One lease parcel in Converse County...
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