News across Fremont County

Malnutrition killed Wyoming pronghorn in peak summer as vegetation withered during record heat, severe drought
Stunted lowland vegetation in the Green River Basin doesn’t bode well for one of the state’s premier herd's survival the coming winter.
Wyoming woman killed after vehicle pulling boat fishtails, crashes near Riverton
RIVERTON, Wyo. — A 36-year-old Wyoming woman was killed in a crash southwest of Riverton on Saturday, Sept. 26. According to a report made by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, she was not wearing her seat belt when the crash occurred. The deceased was identified by the WHP as Lacey…

Wyoming woman killed after vehicle pulling boat fishtails, crashes near Riverton
RIVERTON, Wyo. — A 36-year-old Wyoming woman was killed in a crash southwest of Riverton on Saturday, Sept. 26. According to a report made by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, she was not wearing her seat belt when the crash occurred. The deceased was identified by the WHP as Lacey…

When can Wyoming children be treated like adults in court?
Data has shown that Wyoming kids often are treated as adults in the state’s judicial system.

1,289-year-old whitebark pine, oldest on record, found in Grand Teton National Park
Beetles killed the tree in 2021. It had been growing since 732 A.D.

Your democracy needs you
This election season is a time for all Wyomingites to not only vote, but help strengthen our system to be more inclusive and accessible to all voters, writes the Equality State Policy Center board of directors.

Grand Teton National Ballpark? Visitors call it a field of nightmares.
Park visitors greet news of a potential MLB game in front of the Tetons with disbelief.

Trump orders plans to unlock isolated public land, revise river-trip permitting
The efforts are contained in a push to bolster hunting heritage.

Celebrating the Wyoming way of life on Public Lands Day
Let’s celebrate the past, but more importantly, let’s make sure we’re securing the future, writes guest columnist Sam Mead.

What will ‘super’ El Nino bring to landlocked, parched Wyoming?
While poised to wreak havoc across the globe, El Nino might mean a closer-to-normal Wyoming winter after a wild, snowless one last season.

Who is the Christian legal group representing the Wind River church embroiled in sermon controversy?
Amid tribe’s call for banishment, Florida-based Liberty Counsel says Foundations for Nations church “will not be leaving its property.”

What, a bribe?
President Trump pitched $5,000 to each American adult citizen as a "dividend" if Republicans win, but let’s not pretend to be fooled, writes columnist David Romtvedt.