Evanston High School Class of 2025 valedictorian Paul Baxter addresses fellow students at Kay Fackrell Stadium on Saturday, May 31.

EHS Class of 2025 celebrated

EVANSTON — Evanston High School seniors enjoyed a bright sunny day on Saturday, May 31, for their graduation ceremony held at the football stadium. Opening ceremonies included a group of six …
Sagebrush covers much of the state land slated to become the Wyoming State Shooting Complex. The southern third of the 2,036-acre site is designated as “core” habitat for noise-sensitive sage grouse, which gather and breed on two nearby leks.

State biologists warned of wildlife conflicts at proposed shooting complex site. Wyoming approved the location anyway.

When a task force of lawmakers and appointed citizens decided last summer where best to locate a state-funded destination shooting facility, they chose a picturesque 3-square-mile tract of state land …
This burbot was captured trying to eat a good-sized rainbow trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

Bye-bye, burbot: nearly 65,000 invasive fish removed since 2010 through derbies

Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwest Wyoming is one of the most popular fisheries in the state and the West. Anglers come from near and far to pursue lake trout, along with other trout and kokanee …
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Senior citizens plead for help from city council

Uinta Senior Citizens Executive Director Glenn Roach, backed up by many seniors in the audience, makes another plea to the Evanston City Council for financial assistance for the local senior center during the council meeting on Tuesday, May 20.

EVANSTON — Many senior citizens attended the regular meeting of the Evanston City Council on Tuesday, May 20, to plead a case for financial assistance from the city for the senior center. …

Suicide prevention addressed at mental health forum

Gov. Mark Gordon speaks during a mental health forum held on Thursday, May 22, at the South Lincoln Training and Events Center in Kemmerer. Also pictured are suicide survivor Malorie Bishop and former state Sen. Fred Baldwin, both of Kemmerer.

Editor’s Note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, Wyoming’s Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online …

‘Broken and Beautiful’

EVANSTON — The Evanston Youth Club’s most significant fundraiser of the year, the annual dinner and recognition night, was held on Friday, May 16, and was truly a night of inspiration. …

Local sports

Outlaws starting pitcher Roan Appel had a no-hit shutout going for the first five innings of Saturday’s game against Lovell, though a 7th-inning comeback by the Mustangs proved to be Evanston’s undoing in a 7-4 loss at Ross Kesterson Field.

MV Buffalo Landon Solaas — a 2A All-State and All-Conference selection following the 2024 season — was chosen to represent Mountain View in the 52nd Annual Shrine Bowl, scheduled for this Saturday in Casper. The game will be played at Natrona High School.

Three players from county chosen for Shrine Bowl

With graduation ceremonies around the state now officially in the books, all three of the high schools in Uinta County have now officially sent their seniors on to the next chapter of their lives. …
Lady Devil Leilani Richardson finished 10th in the shot put at last month’s WHSAA State Unified Track and Field Championships in Casper, with a toss of 16 feet, 4.5 inches.

EHS unified track team repeats as Unified State Champs!

The Evanston High School unified track and field team made history last season, winning the first-ever team title at the WHSAA State Unified Track and Field Championships in Casper. Two weekends …
Lady Devil Emma Lonsway finished sixth in the 300 hurdles (47.86) at the 4A State Track and Field Championships in Casper. Lonsway also placed fifth in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet, 6 inches.

Red Devils 8th, Lady Devils 11th at 4A State Track

CASPER — Enjoying an abundance of sunshine for the first two days of the 4A State Track and Field Championships, the Evanston High School track and field teams used the warmer temps to turn in …
With weather that gave participants a little taste of all four seasons over the course of two days, the Evanston High School track and field teams hosted last weekend’s 4A West Regional Track …
Adding to an already impressive list of accomplishments and accolades, Evanston High School boys’ basketball standout Jordan Mendez will stay (relatively) close home to begin his collegiate …
On an afternoon where the Evanston High School boys’ soccer team honored its seven seniors for their years of hard work and dedication to the program, the Red Devils seemed to have everything …

Local heroes dedicated to saving Evanston’s history

Shelly Horne displays his book of humorous articles he wrote years ago for the Uinta County Herald.
EVANSTON — Two local senior citizens have each spent many years working to save historical landmarks, buildings and artifacts in the Evanston area. Jim Davis and Shelly Horne, both in their …

Cook reflects on 20th anniversary of house fire that took the lives of two EFD volunteers

Uinta County’s second-ever Emergency Medical Services Chief Matt Cook, also longtime Evanston Fire Department volunteer, holds a photograph of himself wearing bunker gear with his family — wife, Valerie, and twin sons Jacob and Aiden, the former of whom was named after Matt’s late brother, who was killed while responding to a local house fire on April 18, 2005.
EVANSTON — This week marks 20 years that have passed since one of Evanston’s notable tragedies. “I had just left school and went to my afterschool job when my mother …
Obituaries
H. Bruce Harvey Aug. 6, 1934 – May 26, 2025
Harold “Bruce” Harvey, age 90, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at his home on Monday, May 26. Bruce was born on Aug. 6, 1934, to Claire L. and Edna Fern W. Harvey in the …
Howard Gene Woody Sept. 29, 1964 – May 22, 2025
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Howard Gene Woody, 60, on Thursday, May 22, at Renown Hospital in Reno, Nevada. He was born Sept 29, 1964, in Laramie, to John G. and Judy A. …
Colby Jay Ervin March 8, 1993 – Nov. 5, 2024
Colby Jay Ervin, 31, passed away in Malad City, Idaho. He was born in Evanston to Daryl and Leslie (Newsome) Ervin. He graduated from Evanston High School in 2011. He married his high school …
Marvin J. Wagstaff July 14, 1946 – May 8, 2025
Marvin J. Wagstaff ,78, passed away on Thursday, May 8, in St George, Utah. He was born on July 14, 1946, often referred to as the “best day of the year,” in Hilliard, Wyoming. …
Hollis Clark Eugster Nov 8, 1957 – May 6, 2025
Clark Eugster passed away on Tuesday, May 6, surrounded by family. He was born to Max Kirkham Eugster and Irene Butler Eugster in Salt Lake City, on Nov. 8, 1957. He moved around a lot as a …
Public Notices
Uinta County Herald Legal Notices, June 11, 2025
NOTICE OF LIEN SALE To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that on June 18, 2025, 10:00 a.m., at 77 Riverside Loop #G, Evanston, WY the undersigned will sell at public auction in …
Uinta County Herald Legals, June 4, 2025
Public Notice The Governing Body of the Evanston-Uinta County Airport Joint Powers Board, will hold a special meeting on Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 11:30am in the Best Western Dunmar Inn …
Uinta County Herald Legal Notices, May 28, 2025
Official Proceedings of the Uinta County Commissioners Evanston, Wyoming May 20, 2025 The Uinta County Commissioners met in regular session on May 20, 2025 in the commission …
Opinion

Space: the final frontier for litterbugs

I just heard an alarming news story about the increasing dangers of space garbage. What? I went straight to that source of all knowledge, the internet, to find out who’s been leaving their …

Legislature’s ‘book police’ want Wyoming libraries to pay fines

I get angry when I think about legislators determined to subvert Wyoming public libraries’ most crucial role — promoting the freedom to read — under the guise of stopping them from …
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You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving from the backcountry to backyards, the public is becoming more aware …
Flag Day, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it. June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted …
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Man sentenced for sexually assaulting State Hospital patient
EVANSTON — A former Wyoming State Hospital (WSH) mental health technician was sentenced by Third District Court Judge James Kaste on Friday, May 30, for sexually assaulting a female patient …
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, TerraPower founder Bill Gates and TerraPower President and CEO Chris Levesque prepare to move some dirt during the company’s groundbreaking ceremony in Kemmerer in June 2024.
Gov. Gordon briefed at Kemmerer Natrium site
Late last month, Gov. Mark Gordon returned to the site in Kemmerer where TerraPower is building its Natrium Plant, for a progress briefing and tour from Eric Williams, TerraPower’s Executive …
Corner-crossing hunters’ attorney Ryan Semerad addresses the jury in the hunters’ criminal trial in Rawlins in 2023.
Ranch owner wants U.S. Supreme Court to hear corner-crossing case
The Elk Mountain ranch owner at the center of Wyoming’s closely watched corner crossing case is preparing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, new filings show. Lawyers for Fred Eshelman …
A Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologist captured this photo of Little Soda Lake while surveying for wildlife on Dec. 4, 2024.
Post-thaw, Pinedale’s red lake quickly tagged as Wyo’s first ‘harmful’ cyanobacteria bloom of 2025
A once-prized trout fishery in the Pinedale area that raised concerns in late 2024 when it turned the color of a taconite tailings pond is again struggling with water quality. The ice just came …
Matt Kauffman, co-founder of Wyoming Migration Initiative, takes a laptop break during a capture-and-collar operation near Big Piney in 2014. To his left is then-PhD candidate Matt Hayes and, to his right, University of Wyoming professor Kevin Monteith.
‘Liquidation plans’ could wipe out Wyoming research group renowned for migration work
The future of a Wyoming-focused science team that helped understand and popularize the phenomenon of wildlife migration is uncertain after a series of moves by the Trump administration’s U.S. …
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