Pinedale

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.

The local Sublette County newspaper wasn’t the one to break the major news story that is now being referred to as the Sublette County wolf incident. Why not? Last winter, News Media Corporation laid off the two reporters at the paper leaving one editor to run the entire show by herself. So how does the paper function with one employee?The local Sublette County newspaper wasn’t the one to break the major news story that is now being referred to as the Sublette County wolf incident. Why not? Last winter, News Media Corporation laid off the two reporters at the paper leaving one editor to run the entire show by herself. So how does the paper function with one employee?

Last Saturday, former President Donald Trump survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania. The political violence caused many to question the national rhetoric around politics today. We wanted to hear how this event impacted Wyomingites. So Wyoming Public Media reporters went out onto the streets of Cheyenne, Laramie, and Pinedale to listen.

Reckless Rooster, from Pinedale, helps fight fires in his free time so that he can tour and play his music.