Kyle Martin, the deceased, was kayaking with a friend on May 30, 1995, a day the duo planned to float from Granite Creek to the Snake-Hoback river confluence.

CASPER – Gov. Mark Gordon is planning to combat President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate through legal action from the state attorney general and a special legislative session, he announced Wednesday. 

A spate of fatal crashes on U.S. Highway 16 is giving officials pause. In the past five weeks, three people have died in motor vehicle crashes while passing through the Bighorn Mountains. 

TEN SLEEP — Two adult men, one from Sheridan and one from Story, were arrested in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, near Meadowlark Lake east of Ten Sleep. Names have not been released.

The number of Wyoming deaths tied to coronavirus climbed over 900 on Tuesday as the Wyoming Department of Health announced 39 more deaths.

GILLETTE — A small group of people gathered at Dalbey Memorial Park Saturday evening in what may be the start of a more large-scale movement toward less restrictive marijuana laws throughout Wyoming.

CODY (WNE) — A Powell resident is facing first degree murder charges related to the death of his four-month old infant.

During a June candidate forum in Casper, several challengers said they would drop out of the race by May 1, 2022 if they were not leading. They were also asked if they would drop out if Trump endorsed another candidate.

Gordon called the policy an “egregious example of big government overreach” in a written statement shared by his office Thursday.

CASPER — Nearly 8,800 people in Wyoming received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine within the last two weeks. That’s the highest amount statewide since this spring, when the shots first became available to the general public.The rise in vaccinations has coincided with the emergence of the d…

Bread of Life Food Pantry is headed home. 

Amie Holt Care Center is seeking volunteers to screen and check in visitors.

CASPER — Far-right House members continue to push to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from the Republican Conference following her appointment Thursday as vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 Select Committee.

It’s not so quiet in Mills anymore.

“However, this bear had learned in the past that this was an easy food source and its behavior had escalated toward seeking out human foods despite a fairly abundant berry crop,” he said. 

At least one bill related to elections will be introduced by committee during Wyoming’s 2022 legislative session, while the fate of two other proposed bills is murky. 

LOVELL (WNE) — After 80 students and employees were quarantined in the first week of school, Big Horn County School District No. 2 opted in an emergency meeting Saturday to make quarantining optional when a student is determined to have been in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case. 

The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased to levels not seen since early December on Wednesday.

CASPER — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wyoming rose to 195 on Monday — the most since Dec. 10. 

Wyoming should adopt a species-specific permit system for sage grouse hunting to better account for the fall take, a university professor recently told a state panel.

JACKSON — A former Jackson student was one of the 170 people and 13 U.S. Marines killed in Afghanistan after a suicide bomber attacked Hamid Karzai International Airport Aug. 26.

JACKSON — A little-known species in Wyoming is smaller than the average house cat but part of a big conservation success story.

As federal water managers declared the first-ever official Colorado River water shortage last week, a top official said he’s confident Wyoming will responsibly implement its plans to store and divert even more flows from the troubled waterway.

SUNDANCE — On the instruction of Governor Mark Gordon, the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil case with District Court that could see County Treasurer Mary Kuhl removed from office.

POWELL (WNE) — A Yellowstone National Park visitor from Connecticut was ordered to spend a week in jail after she was caught walking on thermal ground in the Norris Geyser Basin last month. 

Roger Forsman, of Great Falls, Montana, is in the custody of the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office after he engaged in a crime spree that began in Buffalo, according to law enforcement. 

SHERIDAN — By Labor Day and the official end of the summer tourism season, the Best Western Sheridan Center may be fully staffed.

The Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County are suing the Buffalo Bulletin for $36 million for alleged libel, defamation and slander they say was contained in an “article” that was published two weeks ago. 

JACKSON — A former Jackson resident has recovered the largest sum of unclaimed property ever possessed by the Wyoming State Treasurer’s Office.The man owned some 16,000 shares of a publicly traded software company that were worth about $420 a piece. In all, he was missing $6.72 million.Becau…

Roughly 40% of Wyomingites have received at least one vaccine dose. More than 210,000 residents were fully inoculated as of Friday.

After every 10 year-census count, state governments take on the task of redistricting, or redrawing the maps that determine who will represent a given area.

Now, 130 people are hospitalized statewide, and the numbers are rising nearly every day. 

By a 4,160-to-1,724 margin, Campbell County voters overwhelmingly approved the college's separation from the Northern Wyoming Community College District.