Wyoming Indian Schools expects normal school bus schedule this week as WYO 132 highway improvements continue

Work on the $14.63 million WYO 132 (Blue Sky Highway) highway improvement project is continuing, and Wyoming Indian School District 14 is planning its normal school bus schedule this week with the beginning of the 2019-20 school year. Prime contractor High Country Construction Inc., of Lander, will be working with the Ethete-area school district and the Wyoming Department of Transportation to help...

Powell-area farmers invited to Sept. 5 pre-harvest meeting with Frannie Port-Of-Entry personnel

A pre-harvest meeting for Big Horn Basin growers is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 5, at the University of Wyoming Research Center in Powell.   The Powell meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m., Sept. 5, and a public safety presentation will take place at 9 a.m., according to Barb Pierson of the Wyoming Department of Transportation's Frannie Port-Of-Entry.   The University of Wyoming Research Center is located...

Aeronautics Commission to meet Aug. 22

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will meet for a special business teleconference meeting at 10 a.m., Aug. 22. At the meeting the commission will vote on Memorandums of Understanding for Gillette, Riverton, Rock Springs and Sheridan for the capacity purchase agreement with SkyWest Airlines as well as Wyoming Aviation Capital Improvement Program (WACIP) budget modifications for fiscal year 2019 and...

WYDOT cautions river users of elevated velocities and wave trains near construction

JACKSON - The Wyoming Department of Transportation is warning river users on the Snake River south to exercise caution when navigating the section of river near the Jackson south construction site below the Snake River bridge north of the KOA campground. The velocity of the flow and the size of the wave train have increased substantially due to bridge construction activities.    “This section of the...

I-80 bridge work will cause brief closure under interchange

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be closing a section of roadway underneath the bridge at the WYO 371 Superior Road and Interstate 80 interchange today through tomorrow. WYDOT, along with contract crews Kilgore Companies doing business as Lewis & Lewis Inc. and DeBernardi Construction Company, will be setting girders on the bridge at the interchange. For the safety of the work crews and...