Pinedale

The project was proposed by Jonah Energy and was intended to be an expansion of the current Jonah Field, which was a top producing natural gas field in the country a couple decades ago.

The local BOCES offers everything from pottery classes to college credits to childcare. But the majority of their budget comes from the natural gas industry. The group says they may have to scale back if revenues keep declining.

The 25-year-old raced for the Pinedale High School Nordic Ski Team and got into biathlon while going to college in Alaska.

The emergency declaration allows the Wyoming National Guard and the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security to aid in response. Another fire south of Afton has grown substantially since it started Friday.

Some say the near miss shows how vulnerable Wyoming’s news ecosystem really is.

Longtime local newspaper executives announced plans on Aug. 12 to intervene and keep them running.

The News Media Corporation closed on Aug. 6 without notice, leaving news deserts in its wake.

The fire is about 35 miles west of Pinedale and is roughly 900 acres as of midday Monday.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) has detected the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease on an elk feedground in the state.

Fire crews are starting to do some prescribed burning in Grand Teton National Park this week. The efforts help reduce future wildfire risk by burning dead wood and brush in the cooler late fall conditions.