Increasing clouds today. Snow showers move into the north and northwest this afternoon. Wednesday will see snow across the west and north. Temperatures will be colder on Wednesday and for Thursday morning as well. Today's highs mostly in the 40s for the Bighorn and Wind River Basins with the mid 30s at Worland and the upper 30s at Dubois. Tonight's low in the mid-teens across the region

All persons arrested or cited are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law: Arrests/Citations 1/14-to 1/17/22 Tyreke Dewey, 21, Ethete, Arrested on two Fremont County warrants at 3:14 p.m. in the 700 block of West Main Sylvia Friday, 40, Lander, was Cited for Possession of Marijuana at 12:52 p.m. on the 16th at the Smith Creek Apartments Chauncey Friday, 55, Riverton, Arrested for Public Intoxication and Trespassing at 10:24 p.m. on the 16th at Mr. D’s Food Center Arrests/Citations 12/29-to 12/30 There were no arrests during this 24 hour period Arrests/Citations 12/20-to 12/28 Robert Metz, 45, Fort Washakie, […]

Arrests/Citations 12/10 to 12/13 Windy Boy Yellowplume, 22, Ethete, Arrested on a Fremont County Warrant at 10:50 a.m. at North Federal and East Park Steven Brewer, 44, Riverton, Arrested on a warrant from Laramie County at 3:32 p.m. at an address on West Adams Avenue Shaniece Headley, 28, Riverton, Arrested for Interference with Police and Trespassing at 9:04 p.m. at an address on North Federal Boulevard Harley Guina, 28, Fort Washakie, Arrested for Public Intoxication at 1:41 a.m. Saturday on East Main Street. Robert Willow, 41, Ethete, Arrested for Public Intoxication at 1:57 a.m. in the 200 block of North […]

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports over the past 72 hours the Fremont County Emergency Dispatch Center has taken 78 calls for service. During that same time period the county’s ambulances were dispatched 59 times. There were three fire calls.  12 persons were booked into the Fremont County Detention Center for charges including three driving while under the influence charges, one other alcohol-related charge, two felony charges and 28 misdemeanor charges. The Detention Center currently has 184 inmates that it is responsible for. Of these, `179 are bing held in the Lander jail, one is on home detention and four [...]

There is a vacancy in the Riverton Subdistrict for the Central Wyoming College Board of Trustees. Board Chairman Steve Peck announced his resignation on Friday in an email to President Brad Tyndall and the board. Peck, who just sold The Ranger where he was publisher, has applied for a position at Wyoming PBS, which would make him ineligible to retain his seat as he would become a college employee if hired at the public television station.  Just last month, Peck was elected the new chair of the board after having served as vice-chairman for the past two years. He's served [...]

The Fremont County Commissioners Tuesday morning will begin the process of reviewing the commissioner election districts with new population numbers from the U.S. Census. The review is a once every ten years discussion and establishes the boundaries for the five commissioner districts in the county.  The Commission will also begin discussions on its 2022-23 fiscal year budget process and will meet with the County Assessor and Treasurer as the County Boundary Board.  See the full agenda belowl 

The Riverton City Council on Tuesday night will consider on first reading a new ordinance on a disorderly house or business. The ordinance was the subject of a work session last week at which it was explained that threshold for fines for will be lowered for landlords who rent to disorderly tenants. Object of the ordinance is for landlords to manage their tenants and prevent frequent problems/  The new ordinance came about after Riverton Police were called to the College Hill Apartments west of Central Wyoming College over 400 times during the last 12 months diverting police resources to deal [...]

The University of Wyoming’s Anthropology Building now bears the name of George Frison, a Worland native and UW graduate who achieved international acclaim as an archaeologist during a lengthy career as a UW faculty member. UW’s Board of Trustees voted today (Friday) to name the building in Frison’s honor, at the request of UW’s Department of Anthropology, the university’s Naming Committee chaired by Provost Kevin Carman, and President Ed Seidel. The George C. Frison Building, a 53,000-square-foot facility that was completed in 2007, houses the Department of Anthropology, the State Archaeologist’s Office, the cultural records section of the State Historic [...]

Jilliam Balow, WDE Image Governor Gordon has issued the following statement thanking Superintendent Jillian Balow for her service to the state. Superintendent Balow announced today she is resigning to become Superintendent of Public Instruction at the Virginia Department of Education. “I have enjoyed working alongside Superintendent Balow for the past seven years in my roles as Treasurer and Governor, making her the second-longest currently serving statewide elected officer. We will miss her experience and expertise. She has worked to improve our state’s education system, and I thank her for her efforts. Her service to the State has been exemplary, and I wish [...]

Partners celebrate another positive step for bison conservation   MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Wednesday, January 12, the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck Indian Reservation completed the transfer of 28 Yellowstone bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Montana, under the Bison Conservation Transfer Program. All the bison completed Phases I & II of the brucellosis quarantine protocol at Yellowstone National Park and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) facilities and will finish assurance testing (Phase III) at Fort Peck (see information below for details about the protocol). The National Park Service (NPS), APHIS, State of [...]

The Wind River Family & Community Health Care's Dialysis Center on West Main Street in Riverton, the former Days Inn Motel, is on track to open this spring. Wind River Care's Lisa Yawakia reported Thursday in a Wind River Radio Network interview that there still is a lot of work to be done. "We're looking to open early in 2022, perhaps by spring," she said.  Yawakia reported that the center will also house the Northern Arapaho Tribe's Diabetes Program and the Tribe's Cent$ible Nutrition program when complete.   Yawakia also noted that the mask mandate for the Wind River Reservation is [...]

Deaths in Fremont County were 28 less in 2021 than in 2020 according to a year end report by the Coroner's Office. In a presentation to the Fremont County Commissioners on Tuesday, Coroner Larry DeGraw and Deputy Coroner Erin Ivey said there were 388 recorded deaths in 2021, compared with 416 in 2020. Of those cases, 45.3 percent were cases investigated by the coroner, or 176 deaths. That was four more than in 2020. Of the coroner cases, 36 percent or 63 deaths were non natural in nature, that is an accident, homicide, suicide or undetermined. Of those: • Accidental [...]

Fremont County School District #25 received an "unmodified" opinion from an examination of its financial records from the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the school board learned Tuesday night. Auditor Tim Fixter of the Lander firm of Fagnant, Lewis and Brinda, P.C. said there were "no differences of opinion with the district. The report is outstanding. Giving an unmodified opinion is the highest level of assurance things are accurate and your internal controls are working effectively." Fixter said he had asked "for a mountain of information from the districts business office and that everything was ready when we showed up." He had [...]

One more dry day today with sunshine mixing with clouds. Breezy conditions will continue in the favored locations. An Alberta Clipper will approach later tonight and bring strong winds and a chance of snow.Today's highs will be in the low to mid 40s for Lander, Dubois, Riverton and Thermopolis with the upper 30s in Shoshoni and Worland

If Covid restrictions don't get in the way, the Riverton High School American Heritage Program students will be headed to the Boston and New York City area this coming March.  Student Daniel Cardenas appeared before the Riverton School Board Tuesday night to talk about the trip. " This is a tremendous interdisciplinary program which will allow us to visit literature and history sites from New England, " he said. "We'll see writing from the Revolutionary war era and experience history in person. The highlights will include a visit to Salem, Lexington and Concord, plus the Boston Commons, the first city [...]

The Riverton School Board Tuesday night approved an out-of-state travel request for the Middle School Band to travel to Utah. Band Instructor Dan Foster said the group was unable to make the trip last year due to Covid-19, but they are excited for the Utah trip this y ear May 6-7. Three band students were there to plead their case before the school board: • Fiona Frazer: "I play flute in band and jazz band. I am excited about the 8th grade being able to play at Lagoon. Middle School has been really hard with covid and it'll be great [...]

Imagine digging in your yard when you unearth what appear to be human bones. What’s your next step? Of course, law enforcement is your first call, but legislation enacted in 2019 provides a process for what happens next. Senate file 78 outlines how human remains are addressed when found on private and state property in Wyoming. In a typical case, law enforcement is contacted by the discoverer(s) to secure the area, the county coroner determines if the remains are relevant to an ongoing criminal case, and the Wyoming State Archaeologist is called in if the remains are historical in nature. [...]

The Riverton School Board Tuesday night welcomed Terry Hays as its new Poverty Alleviation Support Facilitator during a pre-meeting presentation about Circles USA. Superintendent Dr. JoAnne Andre Flanagan said District 25 started talking about the issues that kids and families face that get into the way of their education. "If we could work with the community to help lift those families out of poverty and keep them out of poverty that would be a great accomplishment," Flanagan said. "Then we found Circles USA which has been very successful in other states doing just that." Flanagan said she found it was [...]

The Central Wyoming College Board of Trustees will meet in regular session on Wednesday evening, January 19, at the Intertribal Education and Community Center on Campus. The meeting will be available on Zoom as the college is still following Covid protocols and only the trustees and senior staff will gather in person.  In addition to routine reports from the college students, staff and president, the Trustees will review the academic calendar for the 2022-23 academic year.  The agenda is copied below:

Learn how biologists trap and track Burrowing Owls to identify their migration routes and wintering areas using satellite transmitters! Time: 7PM Location: Fremont County Public Library, Carnegie Room in Lander Speaker: Andre Orabona