Kemmerer, WY

Laura Vietti and two University of Wyoming researchers recently accompanied some UW students to three fossil fish quarries near Kemmerer. Their mission: to gather ash samples in the fossil fish layers to discover how quickly the fossil lake filled up millions of years ago. “We focused on a new and...

KEMMERER — Kemmerer resident Shaun Nelson attended the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Class 44 in July of 2021. He spent five and a half months in Guernsey, working on high school credits and learning valuable job and life skills. Nelson chose to attend WCCA because he was behind on...

Florence Rose Bertagnolli Krall Shepard passed away peacefully on July 26, in Salt Lake City. Florence was born in Kemmerer on Oct. 30, 1926, the daughter of Matilda and Matt Bertagnolli. She grew up with her two sisters, Barbara and Dolores, on a sheep ranch on the lower Hamsfork. She...

ORDINANCE NO. 2022-872 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 5, KEEPING OF CHICKENS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming, that Article IV of the Kemmerer City Code is hereby amended as follows:. SECTION 5-32. NUMBER, TYPE AND LOCATION. The maximum...

CASPER, Wyo. — One person died and another person was injured after a minivan- and semi-involved crash on Friday, July 22 near Cokeville in western Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The person who died has been identified as Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Debra Sandack, 68, WHP...

According to Wyoming Highway Patrol, on July 22, Debra Sandack, 68 from Utah, died in a car accident near Cokeville at 12:23 p.m. In the narrative provided by Highway Patrol, a Dodge Grand Caravan being driven by Sandack was northbound on WY-89. The Dodge was approaching an intersection with US-30...

On Friday, July 15, 2022, Kemmerer Mayor Bill Thek and City Administrator Brian Muir met in person with TerraPower and Bechtel officials to get an update on the progress of the TerraPower Natrium(tm) Advanced Nuclear Power Plant. The officials said that the site drilling went very well and that the...

HEYBURN — A 39-year-old Wyoming man is facing numerous criminal charges after police said he went on a rampage after crashing his vehicle on Interstate 84. At about 6:30 a.m. July 23, an Idaho State Police trooper was dispatched to a reported hit-and-run collision near milepost 204 on I-84 in Minidoka County, the ISP said in a statement. The trooper was advised that a 2006 Toyota Sequoia collided with a 2008 Ford F-350 pickup. ...

HEYBURN, ID - On Saturday, July 16 at approximately 6:30 a.m., a trooper with the Idaho State Police was dispatched to a reported hit and run collision on I-84 in Minidoka County, ID. The trooper was advised by dispatch that a 2006 Toyota Sequoia had collided with a 2008 Ford...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Idaho State Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that occurred in Minidoka County on July 16. They say the incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. that day when an ISP trooper was dispatched to a reported hit and run collision near milepost 204 on I-84.

As hospitals across the U.S. face workforce shortages, several have had to halt services. At least six hospitals announced plans in recent months to scale back care due to staffing shortages. Cleveland-based University Hospitals announced July 14 that it is ending inpatient, surgical and emergency services at UH Bedford (Ohio)...

The South Lincoln Special Cemetery District will be holding an election for Board of Trustees that will run in conjunction with the general election on November 8, 2022. The positions available are two (2) four (4) year and three (3) two (2) year terms. Anyone interested in running is invited to come to the Cemetery District Office between August 10 and August 29, 2022, to pick up an application for election which is to be filed with the Cemetery District Office no later than August 29, 2022.