Update: No suspect in weekend attack
Posted: Wednesday, Jul 28th, 2010
The Sublette County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) does not have a suspect or a motive in the attack of a 20-year-old woman at her Pinedale home Sunday morning.
However, SCSO Spokesperson Randy Hanson said in a press conference Wednesday, "There are some people we are looking into."
Hanson also said everybody within 500 miles of Sublette County is a ...more

Swordplay
Posted: Monday, Jul 26th, 2010
Paul Rock of Pinedale swings a katana sword while learning a Japanese samurai martial art form on Saturday at the American Legion Park in Pinedale. See more photos on page 23. ...more

Lighning-sparked growing Bull Fire
Posted: Monday, Jul 26th, 2010
Lightning clearly doesn't strike twice in the same place, as seen in the aftermath of a July 21 storm that swept through the area and sparked at least nine wildland fires in the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF).
The lightning-sparked Bull Fire, in Hoback Canyon between Bondurant and Hoback Junction, grew from 60 to about 480 acres with dry heat and ...more

RHCD foundation can start raising money
Posted: Monday, Jul 26th, 2010
The Sublette County Rural Health Care District (RHCD) Foundation can begin collecting funds after RHCD board members voted, two to one, to sign a service agreement on July 21.
The service agreement allows the foundation to operate with the RHCD.
Board members Jason Zakotnik and Cindy Van voted in favor with Kenneth Shriver's vote
dissenting.
Shriver wasn't the only ...more

‘No’ to S&R stand-by helicopter
Posted: Monday, Jul 26th, 2010
Sublette County won't have a trial stand-by helicopter after two county commissioners said the cost doesn't justify the need.
The commissioners had decided to lease a Bell 206 L3 helicopter for 60 days from Classic Helicopter Service (CHS) at a cost of $72,000, primarily for Tip-Top Search and Rescue (TTSR).
The county had budgeted the revenue but no contract was ...more

Wondering Wyoming Range
Posted: Monday, Jul 19th, 2010
Two people stand in a field of arrowleaf balsamroot blooms during a tour of Noble Basin in the Wyoming Range Thursday. The Wilderness Society and the Wyoming Outdoor Council hosted the tour to coalesce opposition for a natural gas project proposed in the area. ...more

Hiker still lost in Winds
Posted: Monday, Jul 19th, 2010
Searchers continued combing the Wind River Range Monday afternoon for a young man from Rock Springs lost while hiking between Boulder and Burnt lakes.
On Saturday at 5:24 p.m., Mya Boren of Rock Springs notified the Sublette County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) that her brother Bodie Moody, 18, had not returned to their truck at the Boulder Lake Lodge.
"The lost ...more

Groups oppose PXP wells
Posted: Monday, Jul 19th, 2010
A battle is brewing south of Bondurant.
On Thursday, a group of 40 people joined The Wilderness Society and the Wyoming Outdoor Council for a tour of an area at the edge of the Wyoming Range being proposed for a natural gas development.
Plains Exploration and Production Company (PXP) of Houston, Texas, is seeking approval from the Bridger-Teton ...more

BLM turnover high, not excessive
Posted: Monday, Jul 19th, 2010
The Pinedale Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office has seen a lot of recent turnover, with another new BLM field manager just signing on.
Former Pinedale Field Office Manager Chuck Otto left in 2009 and Brian Davis, of Tulsa, Okla., has temporarily filled the position since January.
Before Otto there was Dennis Stenger, who retired in 2007.
The agency's ...more