Author: Andrew-Rossi
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The forecast stays snowy in northwest Wyoming, with a good chance of scattered snow showers expected for the next week – but at least it’ll be a bit warmer. The National Weather Service Office in Riverton has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for “the Western Mountains” of Wyoming. The outlook is in effect for the…
The Bureau of Reclamation, at the request of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and in coordination with Willwood Workgroup Two, has scheduled a flushing flow in the Shoshone River downstream of Buffalo Bill Dam. The flushing flow will begin with rapidly increasing flows on April 11 and conclude on April 14. During this time,…
The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reports that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.9% in January to 3.8% in February. Wyoming’s unemployment rate was slightly higher than the current U.S. rate of 3.6% and higher than its February 2022 level of 3.4%. From January to February,…
The much-anticipated temple will become an architectural landmark in Cody and northwest Wyoming is already a point of pride for the local church community. Anticipation and excitement are building in northwest Wyoming for the Cody Temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Now, local church members have an image of what…
Yellowstone National Park returns to critical road construction projects to improve and enhance the visitor experience, taking a sizeable chunk out of the park’s maintenance backlog. There will be four major road improvement projects in Yellowstone National Park in 2023. All four projects – Lewis River Bridge, Old Faithful to West Thumb, Yellowstone River Bridge,…
As the winter’s snow begins to melt, there’s an increased risk of rock falls throughout northwest Wyoming, and one notorious spot in the Wind River Canyon is already causing problems. There’s always a risk of falling rocks in the Wind River Canyon. However, the transition from the cold of winter to summer heat tends to…
Clearing U.S. Highway 14/16/20 between Cody and Greybull will take more time and effort as W.Y.D.O.T. repairs essential equipment, which means drivers must be even more cautious if they take the trip. W.Y.D.O.T. Public Relations Specialist Cody Beers says two feet of snow fell on sections of the highway during the weekend’s winter storm. Sections…
The next massive construction and rehabilitation project in Yellowstone National Park begins in June thanks to $118 million from the Great American Outdoors Act. Yellowstone National Park recently awarded an approximately $118 million construction contract to replace the structurally deficient Yellowstone River Bridge on the Northeast Entrance Road near Tower Junction. Funded by the Great American…
A Wyoming woman was one of 458 Americans indicted in 975 cases of people and businesses taking advantage of a national crisis to fraudulently obtain money for personal benefit. Three years after the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (C.A.R.E.S.) Act, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) has investigated 975 tax and money laundering…
The first grizzly spotted in Grand Teton National reminds the Jackson Hole community to be safe and proactive as they continue to share their backyards with the local wildlife. Early in the evening on March 22, the first grizzly bear of 2023 was observed in Grand Teton National Park. As bears become active this spring,…