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 …
CHEYENNE — Casper resident Angie Dax sat on the edge of her bed with a bottle of pills in her hand. She resisted the urge to swallow the entire container. Her parents had just lost her …
STATEWIDE — More than 17,500 Wyoming enrollees lost Medicaid or Kids Care CHIP coverage over the previous 12 months ending March. That ’ s because the Wyoming Department of Health is …
AFTON – Medicaid expansion featured heavily in discussion at the interim ’ s first Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on Monday, May 1. While discussing a proposal for a …
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 Middle School student Delaney Edwards won first place in the 2024 Letters About Literature statewide contest hosted by the Wyoming Center for the Book and Wyoming Humanities.
A source close to White Pine said work is being done to obtain snow-making equipment and have it in place for the upcoming 2024-2025 ski season, but because of all the necessary steps, like obtaining proper permits from the United States Forest Service and groundwater testing, it’s more likely that the snowmaking capabilities will be up and running for the 2026-2027 season.
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 …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of the recent drawn-out torture of a captured and bound gray wolf, a coalition of organizations has filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and …
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 …
STATEWIDE — 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 by Daniel resident …
One week after photos and videos of Roberts interacting with the brutalized animal, shown with its muzzle bound by duct tape and wearing at least one shock collar, went viral online, local organizations, businesses, ranchers, hunters and other community members are still grappling with the aftermath.
CASPER — He was known by friends and neighbors as Bobby, a familiar face on the basketball court and recognized by his dashing mop of curly brown hair and boyishly charming smirk. He’s …
PINEDALE — Although the news of Cody Roberts capturing and torturing a live wolf by running it down on his snowmobile and binding its mouth shut before killing it in Daniel has captivated the …
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.