Wyoming Highway Patrol investigates fatal hit and run on I-80 near Rock Springs

ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol took to social media to make a plea over the weekend — to help identify a hit-and-run semi-truck driver. The crash occurred on I-80 at …

WGFD officials seek help in identifying who illegally shot antelope north of Kemmerer

RIVERTON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking information on twelve pronghorn illegally shot and left to waste north of Kemmerer in antelope hunt area 93. Kemmerer Game …

SAFV director: ‘Start by believing them’

EVANSTON — April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the federal government has recently been slashing crucial funding toward its prevention. On the first of the month, the Department …
Community News

Residents chastise mayor over steam engine project

John Davis, Evanston Historic Preservation Commission volunteer worker on the steam engine 4420, confronts Mayor Williams and city attorney Mark Harris with his concerns over the memorandum of understanding, and that it doesn’t protect the engine from being removed from the Roundhouse, along with the city’s treatment of the volunteers working to restore the engine.

EVANSTON — During public participation at the end of the Evanston City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 15, local residents questioned Mayor Kent Williams and Evanston City Attorney Mark …

Biker rodeo coming to Evanston Memorial weekend

Professional Biker Rodeo Association officials and supporters met at the Dunmar Inn in Evanston on March 9 to discuss its upcoming Silver Horse Rodeo & Rally — a biker-style rodeo scheduled for Sunday, May 25, at the Uinta County Fairgrounds. Pictured are PBRA board member Rudy Lopez, Evanston VFW Post #4280 bar manager Daunna Smith, PBRA Secretary Kristina Bjorem, PBRA board member Saylor Bell, supporter Cooper Baumeister, PBRA President Ben Barto (aka Bone Daddy), supporter Brandi Bell, PBRA Vice President Keith Bell, Idaho Motorcycle Rodeo Association Chair Barry Huskey and Jack Martin of Family Auto Racing.

EVANSTON — Professional Biker Rodeo Association President Ben Barto, otherwise known as “Bone Daddy,” is bringing his horse and biker-style rodeo to Evanston on Memorial Day …

Evanston, Bear River support National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Evanston officials and advocates gathered recently to commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured are (front row) Evanston Police Chief Mike Vranish, officer James Schmidt, SAFV Task …

Local sports

Lady Devil Kyrsten Hiatt wins a ball out of the air during Saturday’s 11-0 loss to Jackson at Kay Fackrell Stadium. The Lady Devils beat Star Valley 1-0 earlier in the week to complete the season sweep of the Lady Braves.

Red Devils beat Star Valley on road for season sweep; lose at home

The Evanston High School boys’ soccer team kept their state tournament hopes alive last week by accomplishing a first in program history: earning the season sweep of rival Star Valley with a …
Lady Devil Celeste Swensen was Evanston’s lone entry in the long jump at Saturday’s BYU Invitational, jumping a distance of 13 feet, 2.5 inches.

Records fall at PAC BYU Invitational in Provo

The Evanston High School track and field teams were back in Utah over the weekend competing at the PACS BYU Invitational in Provo, turning in solid performances amongst a stacked field of 132 teams …
Evanston Outlaw Damian Kaman blasts a 3-run home run Sunday during the Outlaws’ 12-10 win over the Laramie Rangers. Evanston opened the 2025 Legion A season with a 3-game sweep of Laramie.

Outlaws sweep Laramie to open 2025 season

The Evanston Outlaws Legion A baseball team had a productive opening weekend to the 2025 season, sweeping the visiting Laramie Rangers 3-0 at Field 1 of the Overthrust Complex, while Ross Kesterson …
The Evanston High School girls’ soccer team played a pair of 4A West conference games late last week, struggling Thursday against Green River, but rebounding with a solid outing Friday against …
Hoping to build on a pair of strong showings at home, the Evanston High School boys’ soccer team welcomed Green River and Rock Springs to Kay Fackrell Stadium last week for back-to-back 4A West …
The EHS track and field teams were in Kaysville, Utah, Saturday for the Davis Invitational Saturday competing against some of the toughest the region has to offer, and turning in some of their best …

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 …

Evanston’s Furniss retires after 43 years with First Bank

Evanston’s Kelli Furniss and her husband, Craig, celebrate her retirement at the party in her honor at First Bank of Wyoming on Friday, Feb. 28.
EVANSTON — Starting in 1982 as a loan teller and escrow officer, Evanston’s Kelli Furniss worked her way up to executive vice president and chief deposit officer at First Bank of Wyoming …
Obituaries
Shirley Walker Oct. 29, 1942 – April 26, 2025
Shirley Walker passed away Saturday, April 26, peacefully at her daughter’s home in Evanston. She was born in Owosso, Michigan, on Oct. 29, 1942, to Gerald and Loretta Vincent. She married …
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Ferd Christiansen Aug. 23, 1927 – April 29, 2025
Ferd Christiansen died peacefully at his home in Piedmont on Tuesday, April 29. Ferd was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Monroe, Utah, to Godfred Elvin and Louise (Bown) Christiansen. He was a member of the …
Shauna Jean Brimhall Aug. 13, 1934 – April 28, 2025
Shauna Jean Brimhall peacefully received her promotion on Monday, April 28, in Evanston, leaving a void her family cannot fill. She was born in Green River on Aug. 13, 1934, to Preston Eugene …
Dustin Matthews Aug. 28, 1984 – April 23, 2025
Dustin Matthews, 40, was reunited with his older brother in heaven on Wednesday, April 23. He was born on Aug. 28,1984, to Doug and Sandra Matthews, in Ogden, Utah. He was greatly admired as the …
Roger R. Holden Dec. 27, 1941 – April 1, 2025
Our beloved husband, father, mentor and friend, Roger R. Holden, 83, of Evanston, passed away Tuesday, April 1, in Heber City, Utah. He was born on Dec. 27, 1941, in Winner, South Dakota to Thomas H. …
Public Notices
Uinta County Herald Legal Notices, May 7, 2025
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, IN AND FOR UINTA COUNTY, WYOMING IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION           ) FOR …
Uinta County Herald Legal Notices, April 30, 2025
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL SETTLEMENT UINTA COUNTY LIBRARY CEILING TILE UPGRADES UINTA COUNTY LIBRARY, WYOMING NOTICE IS HEREBY PUBLISHED that the Uinta County Library has …
Uinta County Herald Legal Notices, April 23, 2025
Official Proceedings of the Uinta County Commissioners Evanston, Wyoming April 15, 2025 The Uinta County Commissioners met in regular session on April 15, 2025 in the commission …
Opinion

Commission should meet in the Valley periodically

Editor: The greater Bridger Valley has been unable to elect a representative to the board of county commissioners in the past two elections because we continue to split our votes between the …

I could never be a lion tamer

T here are a lot of jobs I’d be too afraid to do: lion tamer, smokejumper, elementary school teacher. Last week I was reminded to add veterinarian and veterinary technician to the list. …
Poll
I grew up in the 1990s. It wasn’t perfect — there were a lot of cultural trends we’d probably all like to forget — but one thing my generation tried to get right was this: We …
A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. “Grandma,” said a young man pretending to be her grandson, Jerrod, “I’m in trouble.” …
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The Wyoming Republican Party headquarters in downtown Cheyenne.
In dispute over local elections, Wyoming Republican Party attorney says law, court ruling don’t apply
Legal counsel for the Wyoming GOP advised county parties to disregard state statute and a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling when considering who should be allowed to vote in local party elections, …
Intermountain Health (IH) Grants Project Director Krystal Richards and IH Nurse Care Coordinator Courtney Bettinson showcase their new Maternal Health Clinic located in suite 7 at the Uinta Medical Group. The virtual and hands-on hybrid clinic, which is not a birthing center, offers an array of maternal health care support before, during and after pregnancy.
Maternal health clinic opens in Evanston
EVANSTON — A new Intermountain Health (IH) Maternal Health Connections (MHC) clinic opened its doors in Evanston on Friday, April 4. The Herald met with IH Grants Project Director Krystal …
This map from the 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care shows overall scores by state.
Lawmakers didn’t fill Wyoming’s ‘unacceptable’ maternity gaps this session. They’ll likely try again.
Four Wyoming birthing facilities have closed over the last dozen years — ending options for mothers to deliver babies in Riverton, Kemmerer, Rawlins and Evanston. With 11 of the state’s …
PacifiCorp’s Naughton Power Plant outside of Kemmerer is set to close by the end of the year.
PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another
Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while solidifying plans to stop burning coal at the Naughton power …
Sen. Wendy Schuler, R-Evanston, answers a question from the audience during the legislative breakfast held on March 27 in the Portland Rose Room in the Roundhouse. The event was sponsored by the Evanston Chamber of Commerce.
Local lawmakers update constituents on legislative session
EVANSTON — The Evanston Chamber of Commerce held its annual legislative breakfast on Thursday, March 27, at 7:30 a.m. in the Portland Rose Room in the Roundhouse. Sixty-four people came to …
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Tick bites are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

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Many Americans Want to Keep Their Natural Teeth—But Aren’t Taking the Right Steps

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