Wyoming

LANDER —  It was in the back room of Pizza Hut when she first met his eye and held his gaze. She didn’t have a name back then, but while her brothers and sisters were tumbling, as puppies do, out of a basket and all around the PAWS’ adoption event, Aggie stood aside and watched the humans in the...
SHERIDAN — Uprising Executive Director Terri Markham and Wyoming Internet Crimes Against Children Commander Chris McDonald presented to a room full of parents, school liaisons and victim advocates Tuesday on the topic of online youth sexual exploitation. Markham said children and teens are...
LOVELL — Those in agriculture can be especially at risk, but the truths in Darla Tyler-McSherry’s talk to the Rocky Mountain FFA Thursday night are universal. The group met Thursday night to discuss a topic not often associated with farmers: mental illness and...
JACKSON — What’s old is new again. Continuing to make good on a promise to respect the heritage and maintain the character of Jackson’s well-loved motor lodge, new owners of The Virginian took its signage back in time with a retro neon overhaul that gives Broadway a new, old glow. Earlier...
  BUFFALO — Sarah Sexton likened the process of getting a guide dog to applying for graduate school. So when Sonny Boy, a 2-year-old black Lab with a shiny coat, medium build and a wiggly butt finally walked through her door in September, she cried tears of joy. "It's like meeting your baby...
JACKSON — With Wyoming in the throes of an opioid crisis and deaths from fentanyl skyrocketing, Jackson Hole High School, Summit Innovations School and Jackson Hole Middle School now carry a supply of naloxone, a medicine that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. Last week the Teton County...

DeWitt showed off some of the crazy things his drones can do, including thermal imaging and high-powered zoom for crisp, clean images.  Photo by Shawn O’Brate.

High flying business soaring in Shoshoni   By Shawn O’Brate Lander Journal Via Wyoming News Exchange   LANDER — The Shoshoni Wranglers’ football team was able to reach back-to-back State Championship games in the Class 1A 9-Man division, winning last year’s and falling one score short of winning...
Biologists worry about die-off after ewe hunt failed to substantially cull pneumonia-prone bighorn herd   By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange   JACKSON — For the past few years the Gros Ventre range has been crowded — at least by bighorn sheep standards. Biologists...
Better with age: Class gives residents creative stomping ground, friends   By Cassia Catterall Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange    GILLETTE — AnDee Steiner’s vase at first looked like a potato. And Carol Pahlke, 79, called her bowl an improvised “candy dish.” The dish that graced the...

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