Forecasters are using the most dire language possible to characterize an exceptionally dangerous fire threat in parts of Colorado and Wyoming’s foothills on Friday. “This is a Particularly Dangerous Situation that poses a significant threat to life and property in the event of a wildfire start,” the so-called PDS red flag warnings issued by the…
CHICAGO (AP) — A United Airlines plane heading for its gate clipped the tail of another United aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, authorities said. No one was hurt in Friday’s incident and the 113 passengers on Flight 2652 from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were able to leave the plane normally after a delay, United officials said…
A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their removal from youth shelves will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit. Terri Lesley was fired as the library system director in northeastern Wyoming’s…
JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday morning between 9 a.m. and noon, Teton County will conduct its first-ever live Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) test. Teton County Emergency Management (TCEM) wrote in a press release that individuals within the county who have enabled WEA test alerts on their cell phones can expect to receive a test alert…
A small plane crash in the mountains of northern Wyoming killed a 13-year-old girl and injured three relatives, authorities said Tuesday, adding a medical service helicopter spotted the wreckage. The crash occurred late Monday afternoon in the area of Big Mountain, an 8,200-foot peak in the Bighorn Mountains about 15 miles west of Sheridan. The…
Stocks rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a rate cut could be coming, during a speech at policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 936 points, or 2.1%, as of 11:56 a.m. EST on Friday, while the S&P 500 gained 102 points, or 1.6%. The tech-heavy…
U.S. stock futures inched higher Friday as investors await news out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to speak later this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points, or 0.2%, as of 8:55 a.m. EST, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 140 points, or 0.3%. Tech-heavy Nasdaq…
A second airman in a month at a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming stands accused of involuntary manslaughter for a shooting death. F.E. Warren Air Force Base Airman First Class Jadan Orr, 20, remained jailed on Monday after he allegedly shot a man in a Cheyenne apartment early Saturday, according to police and sheriff’s…
Mainland Chinese stocks rose on Monday, driving a key gauge to a decade high amid increasing signs that investors have been rotating out of bonds and bank deposits into equities in hunt for better returns. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.9 per cent to 3,728.03 at the close, a level not seen since August 19,…
Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who may have been exposed to rabies in bat-infested cabins in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park over the past few months. As of Friday, none of the bats found in some of the eight linked cabins at Jackson Lake…