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CASPER – An array of Sublette County ranchers are among the nearly two dozen inductees for the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame’s (WCHF) Class of 2024. Representing Region 10 and three …

Between 2020 and 2024, Roberts’ trucking company worked for the Game and Fish Department at least 12 times, according to the state’s financial transparency platform, WyOpen.gov. In that time, Roberts also worked for the Wyoming Department of Transportation. But he was cited by Game and Fish wardens, not highway patrollers, which is why wildlife advocates are more heavily scrutinizing those contracts. In total, Roberts made $43,050 from the state agency. His work included remodeling, landscaping, habitat improvements, engineering, maintaining roads and sidewalks, and supplying rock, sand, gravel and wood.

Big Piney’s Cambry Jenks, a sophomore, earned bronze, silver and gold medals and Pinedale’s Seren Noble earned bronze and silver medals. Jenks and Noble were two of 34 Wyoming youths who were approved to receive their medals this year.

PINEDALE — Despite operating a tip line seeking valuable information to aid in the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing investigation into Cody Roberts’ alleged …

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 …

For comparison, a minor in possession of alcohol paid a larger court fine that week than Roberts did, and Roberts wasn’t even required to appear. Not even Sublette County Sherif KC Lehr knew what had occurred on Feb. 29 until recently. Roberts’ case was marked “closed” in circuit court, but the shockwaves are far from over.

This footage released Wednesday, April 10 by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department of a muzzled and chained gray wolf suffering on the floor of the Green River Bar in Daniel corroborates some of the …

Wyoming is home to a whopping 50 percent of the world’s pronghorn, the iconic ungulate so named for its laterally flattened, blade-like horns. But that may not be the case forever, as a new study shows that Wyoming is becoming a less friendly place for pronghorn to foster offspring.

Seven of the 10 wrestlers competing earned All-American honors, with Pinedale’s own Cody Phelps, a sophomore at Western, winning an individual National Championship at 133 pounds. He was also voted the NJCAA Outstanding Wrestler of the year. National Champion Phelps said, “It’s hard to describe in words what it means to be part of this team. I accomplished my goals but I couldn’t have done it without all of my teammates, coaches, fans and supporters as well as my family. Western is an amazing place!”  Sophomore River Wardle of Heber City, Utah received the Bruce Traphagen Award, given to the wrestler with the most falls in the least amount of time.

The Special Olympics Wyoming 2024 State Winter Games were held in Jackson Feb. 27-29. Two local athletes, Ian Jones of Big Piney and Scott Covill of Pinedale, represented Sublette County in cross-country skiing.

The purpose of the seasonal closure is to minimize human disturbance to migrating mule deer in the spring and fall. In collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the Pinedale Ranger District decided to implement a no-human presence closure from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30 and from April 1 through April 30, in a crucial area along the Sublette Mule Deer Migration Route which was designated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.  

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