I-80
Wyoming Highway Patrol Video of Trooper’s close call on I-80 has gone viral across social media. WHP shared a video of a dramatic close call on I-80 near Rawlins. The hair-raising video is a stark reminder for drivers to slow down when approaching emergency vehicles. In the latest winter storm to hit the state of…
W.Y.D.O.T.’s website was getting great traffic last year as people repeatedly checked the state’s go-to road information resource for closures and road conditions. The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s 511 travel website registered about 2.2 billion site visits in 2022. “This is by far the most hits in a calendar year since the department started tracking…
W.Y.D.O.T. has nearly $24 million to construct charging stations in seven Wyoming communities along federal highways as part of the recent federal investment in electric vehicle infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration announced Tuesday that Wyoming’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (N.E.V.I.) plan has been approved. With that approval, the Fiscal Year 2022 funding for construction has…
Yesterday’s storm managed to cripple much of the Bighorn Basin as highways became too slick with snow to travel safely, shutting down many regional services. The National Weather Service Office in Riverton complied snow amount totals recorded by northwest Wyoming communities on Tuesday, April 12. Every Bighorn Basin location experienced at least half an inch…
A 25-year-old man pleads not guilty to carrying over one hundred million dollars of fatal Fentanyl along I-80 in Wyoming this July. The Cowboy State Daily reports that Diego J. Aguilar-Valdovinos appeared in U.S. District Court sometime last week. During the hearing, he pleaded not guilty to possessing fentanyl with an intent to distribute. Aguilar-Valdovinos…
The impact of this week’s intense winter weather is enormous – major Wyoming highways were closed, communities isolated, and tourists unable to travel. Wyoming was hammered by unseasonably snowy weather earlier this week. And, based on W.Y.D.O.T.’s Travel Information Map, it shut down a significant portion of Wyoming on Tuesday and well into Wednesday. The…
One group has voiced their opposition to the tolling of I-80. In response to reports the Wyoming Legislature – specifically the Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee – has introduced legislation allowing for tolling on I-80, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has written a letter against the proposition. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is the…
Wyoming small business owners have spoken – more vocation, less taxation. A survey of small business owners across the state has revealed almost unanimous consent on several issues. This is part of an annual poll on state and federal issues conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association. Four…
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