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• Health department encourages flu shots during pandemic

  Officials at the Wyoming Department of Health reiterated the importance of flu shots to protect Wyoming residents from influenza with hopes of replicating an unusually quiet 2020-21 flu season.

  3 days ago

• GTNP experiences second-busiest September

  Grand Teton National Park statistics show the park experienced its second-busiest September in history, falling just behind last September.

  3 days ago

• Prescribed burned slated for La Barge project

  The Kemmerer District of Bridger-Teton National Forest is planning two prescribed burns to further vegetation projects, including one near La Barge. Initial plans said burns could start as earlier as Sunday, Oct. 10, although the week’s weather could have postponed them.

  1 week ago

• Barrasso weighs in during Mining Law discussions

  Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso invited president and CEO of Wyo-Ben, Inc., David Brown, to testify to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources last week to examine and consider updates to the Mining Law of 1872.

  1 week ago

• SAFV receives grant from United Way

  The SAFV Task Force of Sublette County was recently awarded a $2,500 grant from Southwest Wyoming United Way to help support programming for individuals affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

  2 weeks ago

• Silent auction created to benefit McCollum family

  Brooks Lake Lodge & Spa has created a silent auction website featuring a collection of luxury and outdoor experiences donated by Wyoming businesses that will donate all proceeds to the family of Rylee McCollum.

  2 weeks ago

• G&F seek info in pronghorn poaching by Riverton

  Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials are seeking information regarding a doe and fawn pronghorn dumped and left to waste along Bushwacker Road, near Missouri Valley Road north of Riverton.

  2 weeks ago

• Clover to receive Lifetime Contribution award

  Robin Clover, the executive director of Sublette County SAFV Task Force, is the recipient of the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault’s 2021 Lifetime Contribution award.

  3 weeks ago

• Big Piney District project starts new phase

  Phase two of the Monument Ridge Vegetation and Recreation Management project is currently under way in the Big Piney Ranger District of Bridger-Teton National Forest near Bondurant.

  3 weeks ago

• Commissioners discuss future of county scholarships

  A statewide meeting among county employees in Gillette later in the week forced the Sublette County Board of Commissioners to meet a day early for a morning with little action inside the Commissioners’ Chambers on Sept. 20.

  3 weeks ago

• Tourism funds to come from CARES Act remainders

  The tourism boom of 2021 has already hit Wyoming hard, with record numbers of visitors to both Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

  3 months ago

• Garvey thanks district for support in trying year

  Kevin Garvey, Sublette County School District No. 9 interim superintendent, gave his final report to the board of trustees at the June 15 meeting.

  3 months ago

• County discusses upcoming tourism fund plans

  Members of the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce and Sublette County Visitor’s Center joined the county’s board of commissioners inside the Pinedale Library’s Lovatt Room on June 15 to get on the same page going forward in regards to tourism.

  3 months ago

• Judge rules Biden leasing pause is illegal

  A federal judge in Louisiana has struck down the Biden administration’s suspension on new oil and gas leases on federal lands.

  3 months ago

• Vaccinations move into Public Health offices

  As of the end of last week, Sublette County has had 800 cases of COVID-19, with 790 recoveries and seven deaths.

  4 months ago

• Boulder Canal project brings public meeting

  The United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service is holding a public scoping meeting on June 9 for a proposed project outside of Boulder.

  4 months ago

• Proposed change for grazing allotments allow public comment

  Bridger-Teton National Forest is seeking public comments on a proposed Elk Ridge Complex Rangeland Supplementation.

  4 months ago

• SCUF seeks public input into strategic plan

  Sublette County Unified Fire is inviting the public to attend upcoming workshops discussing its 10-year strategic plan.

  4 months ago

• Forest Service alarmed by abandoned fires

  The United States Forest Service in western Wyoming issued a release on June 4, stating concern over the amount of abandoned campfires in Bridger-Teton National Forest.

  4 months ago

• BPHS shares Trig Star test results

  Britney Jones won the scholarship while Jocie Banks finished second and Sierra Keiter finished third.

  4 months ago

• Sublette students can sign up for vaccine

  In the weekly Public Health update it was reported that the county has fully vaccinated 2,267 people – about 21.9 percent of its population.

  4 months ago

• Input sought in communication tower project

  Projects planned in latest Union Wirless outreach.

  4 months ago

• Dock, launch improvements underway

  Boat launch and dock work has begun outside of Pinedale.

  4 months ago

• Lummis part of group asking for carbon capture update

  Thirteen senators attached their signatures to the letter.

  4 months ago

• Gov. Gordon introduces RIDE Advisory Group

  Gov. Mark Gordon announced the membership of the K-12 Education advisory group he created after the Legislature failed to come to an agreement on an education funding bill.

  4 months ago

• Rep. Sommers hosts town hall

  Sommers fielded questions on numerous topics – most focused on declining revenue and the economic outlook for Wyoming.

  4 months ago

• Sommers talks education funding with SCSD9

  Rep. Albert Sommers attended the Sublette County School District No. 9 Board of Trustees' May 18 meeting to discuss school funding and a possible upcoming special legislative session this summer.

  4 months ago

• Hall of Fame selects local cowboys

  For Region 10 – Sublette, Lincoln and Teton counties – the names are historic legends who worked and lived the cowboy and family-ranch life.

  4 months ago

• Meeks gets startup funds in UW competition

  A Big Piney native’s entrepreneurial endeavor was one of six finalists to share a total of $77,000 in prize money from the University of Wyoming College of Business John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition.

  5 months ago

• Cheney will continue to 'fight for the truth,' says GOP can be fixed

  U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said she remains dedicated to “fight for the truth” in her escalating feud with former President Donald Trump as he continues to “mislead and betray” the Republican Party and American people.

  5 months ago

• Student earns award for study into Upper Green River Basin

  A study by a University of Wyoming agricultural and applied economics student exploring a proposed water demand management program on the Upper Green River Basin has received the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award.

  5 months ago

• State's economic numbers dropped in 3Q 2020

  Wyoming’s employment numbers dropped 7.6 percent and total payroll fell by 8.1 percent.

  5 months ago

• Gordon bans vaccine passports

  The governor’s directive instructs the aforementioned entities to provide full access to state spaces and services regardless of someone’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

  5 months ago

• Fed paves way for Wyoming's digital financing goals

  Gov. Gordon, Sen. Lummis praise the Federal Reserve's decision.

  5 months ago

• DOE invests in Wyoming's latest initiative

  Among UW projects is one in the Greater Green River and Wind River basins.

  5 months ago

• Active COVID cases continue drop in Sublette

  Dr. Brendan Fitzsimmons anticipates all summer activities to go on without limitations.

  5 months ago

• Big Piney airport to host Emblem during closure

  Timetable for completion is mid-September.

  5 months ago

• Wyoming delegation reacts to State of the Union

  The Wyoming delegation responded to President Joe Biden’s April 28 State of the Union address with their own individual critiques and one consensus – discontent with Biden’s first 100 days in office.

  5 months ago

• WDH: Fraud reports stem from data breach

  The Wyoming Department of Health has issued a warning to residents about fraudulent calls from people falsely claiming to represent WDH, the first significant development relating to the recent health information breach at the department.

  5 months ago

• PAPO wildlife report welcomes comments

  Wildlife monitoring reports for 2019-2020 submitted to the Pinedale Anticline Project Office are also open for public review and comments through May 15, but have little new information.

  5 months ago

• The ‘closeout’ goes on hold

  With an administrative bell poised to ring a death knell for the Jonah Interagency Office’s mitigation, a financial policy shift will actually keep it functioning for another year.

  5 months ago