Students and staff will not be required to wear masks in Johnson County School buildings when they return to school later this month. That is according to a press release sent Monday from the Johnson County COVID Task Force. 

As the woman stood just 10 yards from the mother grizzly, snapping photos with her smartphone, the sow made a bluff charge, and one of her cubs scampered into the woods. Investigators determined that the bear came within 15 feet of the woman, who quickly dropped the phone to her side and walked away.

Legislation passed last year created a meat processing expansion grant program with a $2 million allocation, according to Sen. Brian Boner, R-Douglas – but about $6 million in requests have been received. 

JACKSON — A soupy mix of beans, rice and quinoa down the hatch, Erica Robertson prepared to get cozy last Thursday evening at one of her favorite places to call home: Curtis Canyon.

Just eight Wyoming counties are seeing low enough transmission for that recommendation not to apply, according to state data. That list includes Crook, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Niobrara, Sheridan, Washakie and Weston counties.

Local contractors are facing an unheard of set of circumstances: volatile prices, increased transportation costs, material shortages and a rapid rise in new construction. 

Johnson County voters must remember to bring an acceptable form of identification to the polls on Aug. 17 because the state’s new voter ID law won’t let you vote without it. 

CODY — A Crandall rancher had his more than $120,000 request in reimbursement for cattle losses caused by grizzly bears and wolves in 2020 mostly rejected by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission on July 15.

The variant is estimated to be 60% more transmissible than its mutated predecessor the Alpha variant, or B.1.1.7, which in turn is roughly 50% more contagious than the initial virus strain. And it’s overtaken the state as our rate of new vaccinations stalls.

It all started when Roberts was working as a bartender at the former Rendezvous Lounge and Liquor in Sheridan. A man walked in and, to strike up a conversation, she asked him about a red, metal bracelet he was wearing.

The change affects students who wish to begin racking up credits toward the Hathaway scholarship before they enter the ninth grade. 

In Wyoming, Indigenous people make up 3% of the state’s population. But they account for 14% of missing persons and 21% of total homicide victims in the state, according to a January report by the Wyoming Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force. 

The steep decline was caused in part by the pandemic-fueled drop in energy demand, coupled with natural gas prices being driven down simultaneously by the pandemic. But it also reflects an ongoing shift away from coal in both domestic and international markets.

The software, still in the beta phase, is geared toward young people, providing them with a digital, interactive extension of interpretative signage and other features passed annually by the million or so annual visitors who go check out Jenny Lake. 

JACKSON — Sandwiched between staff promotion and visitation tips, Yellowstone National Park’s Instagram page has a screenshot from a video taken by park visitor Darcie Addington.In the image, which has been liked more than 50,000 times and likely seen by a good fraction of the park’s 1.2 mil…

CASPER — The University of Wyoming on Tuesday proposed sweeping changes at the institution, including budget cuts that would lay off 75 positions — some tenured, a reorganization of a slew of academic departments, and the formation of a school of computing — among other additions.

Residents of Turkey Lane are fed up with noisy disturbances and excessive traffic caused by users of the Clear Creek Trail System, and they have asked the Buffalo City Council to move the Mentock Trail parking lot, which is located at the end of their street.

Some lawmakers are worried that school districts are using federal pandemic-relief and recovery funds to add new positions and purchase equipment that might add to ongoing costs for the state.

POWELL — Fewer people entered Yellowstone National Park through the East Gate over the Independence Day holiday, but local leaders say it continues to be a strong year for tourism in Park County. 

District court judges are appointed for life, subject to Senate confirmation and responsible for the oversight of all federal jurisdiction cases in Wyoming, overseeing everything from civil to criminal cases. 

He was riding an all-terrain vehicle by a creek when he realized he could not go forward. When he put the ATV into reverse, the rear wheels fell off the edge and gravity took over and flipped him down in the creek.

WORLAND (WNE) –- The second earthquake in four months south of Ten Sleep struck about 3:17 p.m. Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website. 

Developers have submitted an application to Johnson County for a new 99-lot subdivision that would be located north of the city limits between North Main Street and Airport Road. The subdivision, named Mather Peak Estates, is being developed by Tri Mountain Homes owner John Alt, according to…

After more than five years of collaboration between county commissioners, Bureau of Land Management officials, recreational users and conservation groups, seven Wilderness Study Areas in Wyoming are one step closer to having their management status made permanent. 

SHERIDAN (WNE) — Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel received a report the evening of July 1 that a black bear had been shot and killed by a homeowner near Red Grade Road.

SHERIDAN (WNE) — Two motorcyclists died Saturday after a vehicle hydroplaned and crashed into the riders while driving on U.S Highway 14 in the Bighorn Mountains. 

When Susan Gore arrived in Wyoming more than two decades ago, the heir to the Gore-Tex fortune was a minor player in the state’s politics.

CASPER – Some communities would balk at the idea of a company building an experimental power source on the edge of town. Glenrock is not one of them.