Wyoming News

Slow Moving Landslide Threatens Wyoming Town

A slow-motion disaster continued unfolding in the Wyoming resort town of Jackson on Saturday, as a creeping landslide that split a hillside home threatened to swallow up more houses and businesses. The ground beneath the 100-foot hillside had been slowly …

Safety Group’s Report Highlights Worst Traffic Laws in Wyoming

An alliance of insurers and safety groups ranks Wyoming’s traffic laws as among the worst in the country in part because state law permits drivers in their early teens to get behind the wheel although the state’s top police chief …

Report Doesn’t Fault Guides in Wyoming Climbing Death

Investigators have concluded that climbing guides are not to blame for a 55-year-old client’s fatal slip while descending the Grand Teton in northwest Wyoming last June. The report by Grand Teton National Park rangers says the Exum guides made sound …

Jackson Outlaws Cellphone Use While Driving

The town of Jackson, Wyo., has banned the use of cellphones while driving or biking. The Jackson Town Council approved the ban on Monday but the new ordinance doesn’t take effect until March 1. Mayor Mark Barron tells the Jackson …

Wyoming Workplace Deaths Reach 5-Year High in 2012

Workplace fatalities in Wyoming reached the highest number in five years in 2012, slightly surpassing the number of deaths the state has seen in each of the past several years. Last year, 35 people died on the job in Wyoming, …

Court: Wyoming Hospital to Pay Woman $2 Million

A federal appeals court has ordered Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Wyoming to pay a Nevada woman $2 million for damages she suffered when a doctor there failed to diagnose that her husband had broken his neck in a vehicle …

Wyoming Court Rules Hospital to Pay Woman $2M

A federal appeals court in Wyoming has ordered Campbell County Memorial Hospital to pay a Nevada woman $2 million for damages she suffered when a doctor there failed to diagnose that her husband had broken his neck in a vehicle …

Wyoming Lawmakers Look to Improve School Bus Safety

Nine students around the nation, including one in Wyoming, died at or near school bus stops in 2011. The horror of that death and the number of drivers who disregard rules involving buses stopped for students has prompted a Wyoming …

Fire That Destroyed Wyoming Trailer Home Traced to Stove

The Riverton, Wyo., fire administrator says a blaze that destroyed a trailer home this week was traced back to a greasy pan on top of a stove. Riverton fire administrator Jeff Kehl tells the Riverton Ranger that no one was …

Wyoming Firm Fined More Than $15,000 for Deadly Fall

Wyoming regulators have fined a modular home construction company more than $15,000 in the death of a worker last year in Grand Teton National Park. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that the state Department of Workforce Services cited …