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A boy swims in the Star Plunge in May 2024. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile) Star Plunge owner Roland Luehne stands in front of historic signs decorating a wall at the aquatic facility. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile) In a state where generations of families grew up visiting the pools, the issue has touched off debates pitting nostalgia and local-business values against modernity and outsider ideas. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com HOT SPRINGS STATE PARK-The tang of sulfur drifted from mineral springs... Full story
Wyoming State Highway 22, Teton Pass will reopen this Friday with an interim detour around the Big Fill landslide at milepost 12.8. Wyoming Department of Transportation officials began work on a detour around the site immediately after its collapse on June 8. Crews from Evans Construction and WYDOT personnel have been working around the clock for the last three weeks to construct a paved, two-lane detour to connect the severed communities in the Teton Valley. "We saw the viral video of the... Full story
Via Wyoming News Exchange LANDER - Wildlife officials are warning of a disease that is killing rabbits in Wyoming, and are seeking the public's help in identifying dead rabbits to monitor the spread of the disease. Called Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2), the disease targets all of Wyoming's lagomorphs, including game and nongame species such as cottontail rabbits, jack rabbits and pygmy rabbits, explained Jessica Jennings-Gaines, Game and Fish wildlife disease specialist. "Any rabbit... Full story
Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Casper Police Department has released bodycam footage of the fatal June 6 encounter between three police officers and Army veteran Trae Spurlock. The incident left Spurlock dead in his home at The Ridge at Blackmore Apartments. The video shows a tense confrontation between the officers and Spurlock, who was seated on his balcony with a rifle when officers arrived at the scene. The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a previous release from the Casper Police Department. A... Full story
Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wind turbines, which produce some of the cheapest energy on the grid, have long been an environmental darling. But in recent years the wind industry is catching blowback for its end-of-life footprint as decommissioned blades– some of them longer than the wings of a BOEING 747 airplane–are piling up in landfills across America. The Casper Regional Landfill has interned more than 1,200 blades since 2020 and is slated to receive hundreds more in the coming years. As utilities nation-wide double down on wind... Full story
Plan hasn’t been released for Teton Pass temporary fix, fueling speculation and questions from the public. Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Bob Hammond has heard the criticism: The Wyoming Department of Transportation is moving too fast as it rebuilds the part of Teton Pass that collapsed last week. But WYDOT’s Jackson-based engineer sees speed as a necessity. As Hammond and a team of WYDOT geologists and contractors from Evans Construction and HK Contractors move earth around the “Big... Full story
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Wyoming startup businesses get help CASPER (WNE) — Five Wyoming companies have been selected to participate in Microsoft’s “gBEta” business accelerator program, which helps startup companies ramp up promising concepts quickly with access to coaches, mentors and investors. In a nod to the popular television series Shark Tank, startup founders will pitch their companies to investors and the public during a showcase event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 2 at Frontier Brewing. The gBETA program is funded by Micr... Full story
United States flag facts and handling etiquette The United States flag was first imagined after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Continental Congress authorized creation of the first national flag on June 14, 1777. It was decided that the flag should have 13 stripes, alternating red and white, to represent the original 13 colonies, and that the new union be represented by 13 white stars in a blue field to signify a "new constellation." Francis Hopkinson, one of the... Full story
On June 19th, 1865, Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas with news of the Emancipation Proclamation, liberating more than 250,000 people enslaved in that state. Despite President Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1st, 1863, freedom for the enslaved was not immediate. It took more than two years of war to free all of the people held in bondage in the rebellious states. Meanwhile, people enslaved in the border states that remained loyal to the Union through the... Full story
PINEDALE - Approximately 200 folks were on the ground in the unincorporated community of Daniel in Sublette County on Sunday, May 26 for the planned Hogs for Hope ceremonial check presentation scheduled to take place in front of the Green River Bar. People from across the United States attended the event, billed as a peaceful protest, including from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Iowa, Maine, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado, California and beyond. 'Protecting their town' Starting the... Full story
SUNDANCE — The case of the defaced herd is moving up to District Court following a preliminary hearing last week, at which the prosecution argued that restoring the cows to their previous condition cost the alleged victim thousands of dollars. Two ranchers are accused of using bleach to paint markings, including drawings of penises, on a total of 189 cows and six bulls belonging to their neighbor. Father-son duo Patrick Sean and Tucker Carroll claimed their actions were intended to bring their neighbor’s attention to the problem of broken fen...
The Geek Squad scam is making the rounds again: A Wyoming citizen reported that he received multiple invoices from The Geek Squad for hundreds of dollars…despite never having had an account with them. CyberWyoming note: Even if you have an account with The Geek Squad, either call or access your account through their portal after looking up the address in a web search. Never click on an attached invoice or click a link from an email. Memorial Day Scams: As we spend the weekend commemorating all those who lost their lives serving our country, r... Full story
RIVERTON — State troopers and regional law enforcement agents staged barricades and a decontamination unit at Riverton City Hall and stood poised to intervene if the dozens of death threats lodged against state wildlife officials were realized. And while speakers filed up to the podium and zoomed into the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission’s meeting in Riverton Wednesday with decorum, the topic of the day was one of violence – what’s been described as the torture of a young female wolf allegedly run down by Cody Roberts earlier this month, its mo... Full story
As incident impacts ripple worldwide, state tourism agency is also temporarily suspending ‘all ads related to wildlife experience.’ Wyoming’s state tourism agency has suspended social media posts and paid ads relating to wildlife amid the worldwide furor over the wolf abuse and killing in Daniel. The Wyoming Office of Tourism, also known as Travel Wyoming, alerted unknown recipients to the social media suspension in a letter obtained by WyoFile. “I know you are all well aware of the public criticism over the wolf abuse by a residen... Full story
WYDOT on Friday announced plans for a $285 million overpass over Jackson Hole's city core, citing long-standing complaints from every driver who has ever passed through the tourist spot. The overpass would begin near the edge of the National Elk Refuge on the outskirts of town and arch over the city's downtown, allowing drivers to steer clear of traffic snarls and snow bunnies crossing the busy intersections leading into Jackson's core. The overpass would then merge on Teton Pass Highway just be... Full story
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming announced today that federal authorities will not pursue criminal charges against the Wind River Police Department officer involved in the fatal shooting of Terrance Skye Posey of Ethete, Wyoming, on August 11, 2022. This incident occurred on the Wind River Indian Reservation and was thoroughly investigated by the FBI. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Civil Rights Division's Criminal Section of the Department of... Full story
Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, a $30 court processing fee, and a $10 special assessment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick imposed the sentence on Mar. 14, in Mammoth, Wyoming. Mr. Brosnan pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal area. According to court documents, on or about Nov. 1, 2023, Brosnan uploaded pictures to his Instagram page of himself standing on a Yellowstone National Park thermal feature at M... Full story
Small-business owners will have the opportunity to learn how to get a first small-business loan request approved Thursday, March 7. Devan Costa-Cargill will lead a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network workshop titled “The Inside Scoop: How to Get Your First Small Business Loan Request Approved” from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in the Washakie County Library Worland Branch, located at 801 Big Horn Ave. To register, go https://www.wysbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=50440004&nocache=y Registration is free, and attendees are encouraged to b... Full story
Hacker’s Brief 3/1/2024 Hang Up & Verify: A citizen received a suspicious call appearing to be from their boss, indicated by the correctly displayed name and phone number. However, upon answering, they were prompted to press a number to speak to the caller, which raised suspicions. After confirming with their boss, who denied making the call, it became evident that this was likely a scam attempt. Notably, the boss had used her phone at three airports the day before, but had not connected her phone to Wi-Fi. CyberWyoming Note: Exercise caution w... Full story
Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team died in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 287 about 10 miles south of the Wyoming-Colorado border Thursday afternoon. Two other members of the men's swimming and diving team were injured in the crash. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The crash happened between Livermore and Virginia Dale, Colo., at the intersection of Highway 287 and Red Mountain Road, according to reports from the Colorado State... Full story
Hacker’s Brief 2/23/2024 Payroll Ploy: A Jackson citizen received a scam email purportedly from a former employee, requesting assistance in updating their direct deposit information before the next payday. The citizen speculates that the email may have originated from LinkedIn, as the employee has not worked for the company for two years but has not updated their LinkedIn account. The email used the former employee's full name in both the sender's email address and the message content. CyberWyoming Note: Always verify the authenticity of unexpe... Full story
CHEYENNE — One man is dead after a shooting that took place around 2 p.m. Thursday in the 3300 block of Dunn Avenue. The Cheyenne Police Department said in a Facebook post that investigators believe two male shooters were involved in the incident. “Both sustained gunshot wounds and were transported to the hospital,” an update to the post said. The 3300 block of Dunn is just north of Pershing Boulevard and west of the Capitol 16 movie theater. While CPD has not confirmed whether the shooting took place outdoors or in a home, the body of the d...
SUNDANCE (WNE) — With an unknown number of counterfeit one hundred dollar bills believed to now be in circulation after an incident in Billings, MT, last week, Andy Miller, President of Sundance State Bank, is warning businesses and citizens that some could make it through to Crook County. “I don’t know how much trickle will make it through to our area, but there’s certainly potential,” he says. “Be aware when you take a $100 bill from somebody to make sure it feels right, make sure it looks right, make sure the security features are there a... Full story
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding his wife Bobbi, who passed away in Casper after a two-year battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer. "After a courageous battle with cancer, Bobbi is now at peace and at home with the Lord. In addition to being a devoted wife and mother, Bobbi was a leader, fierce advocate for Wyoming, and friend to everyone she met. We miss her dearly. On behalf of our entire family, we thank everyone for your prayers and continued... Full story
Council scrambled Monday to react to slurs, after trolls hit Victor meeting in November. JACKSON - Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson shut down online public comment midway through Monday night's council meeting after one commenter started shouting slurs. The incident follows a similar "Zoombombing" incident that prompted the Victor City Council to reexamine how the Idaho municipality handles virtual participation. The Jackson Town Council was taking public comment via Zoom about a proposal to allow... Full story