Wyoming Department of Transportation
CHEYENNE — Southeast Wyoming and other parts of the state broke low temperature records Thursday morning following the arrival of an extreme cold front.
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne reported the record low was -26 degrees Fahrenheit early in the morning Thursday, which persisted until...
JACKSON (WNE) — Billowing flurries of snow have kept avalanche technicians on their toes trying to keep people safe from Mother Nature’s winter fury.
Wednesday morning kicked off with a natural avalanche, to the dismay of the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
County avalanche specialists had...
SHERIDAN (WNE) — The Sheridan Police Department reported 38 motor vehicle accidents on city streets, not including hit and run accidents, between Dec. 1 and Dec. 15. Data for Dec. 8 was not available, so the number could be even higher.
“One of our biggest safety issues is the number of people that...
CHEYENNE — Close to $100 million in leftover American Rescue Plan Act money will be spent next year in a variety of ways, if the Wyoming Legislature follows Gov. Mark Gordon’s recommendations.
Gordon proposed that a significant portion of the funding go toward projects previously approved in the...
CHEYENNE — Nearly six times as many people travel north to Cheyenne from Fort Collins as travel south to Colorado from Wyoming each day, new data shows.
As a part of the CO/WY Transit Feasibility Study, consultants collected cell phone data showing how many people make daily trips across the...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Department of Transportation continues to struggle to recruit and retain employees, a problem reported by many other state agencies in recent budgetary hearings.
Lawmakers were made aware of the issue Monday at the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee meeting...
LARAMIE — With storms building up as winter continues, snowplow drivers across the state are preparing for another busy season.
Last year, Wyoming had a decrease in snowplow drivers, leading to a strain in the process of keeping roads open.
Heading into the 2022-23 plowing season, Wyoming...
DOUGLAS — Patrick Ostlund understands trucking. He’s been in the oil field and trucking business his whole adult life.
What he doesn’t get is why City of Douglas officials have been allowing heavy trucks, many hauling crude oil, explosives and other hazardous materials to drive through – or worse...
SHERIDAN — According to statistics provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, road deaths in Sheridan County are down significantly this year with five reported in 2020, two reported in 2021 and one reported so far in 2022.
However, an interesting trend can be found among those numbers...
JACKSON – Soon after Michele Voorhees pulled the trigger, she realized something was up.
It was Sept. 16 and Voorhees, 58, was out hunting in Granite Creek with her niece when they saw a mule deer grazing just across the creek. She pulled the trigger and hit the buck in the lungs. But when the...
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