Big Piney News

Wintry weather was expected to persist over the Northeast and New England on Friday, while the Central U.S. could start to warm.The low pressure system that brought heavy snowfall to the Central and Eastern U.S. was expected to push northeastward into eastern Canada and off the East Coast.But due to the large size of the storm, it could continue ...

Temperatures in Jackson Hole dipped to as low 24 degrees below zero Thursday morning as the jet stream pushed frigid air from the Yukon south into Wyoming.

Though Forest Service officials say they have yet to make a decision on an unpopular plan to sell administrative land on North Cache Street, they have already spent some of the money they expect to generate from the sale on a new office building in Big Piney.

Big Piney, Wyo. a ' In just over a month, the employees of the Bridger-Teton will say good-bye to Big Piney District Ranger Greg Clark, as he retires after more than 31-years with the United States Forest Service.

Drier weather was expected to return to much of the West on Monday as a building ridge of high pressure replaces the eastern Pacific storm from Sunday.Ridging over the region and offshore winds were forecast to instigate a gradual warming trend in California and areas of the Pacific Northwest, allowing temperatures to warm nicely through the ...

Western Wyoming. a ' The Bridger-Teton National Forest announces that Christmas tree permits are available for purchase from any of the Bridger-Teton National Forest District Offices which include the Kemmerer, Big Piney, Pinedale, Greys River , and Buffalo Ranger Stations.

The hunts are available for some limited quota license holders _ but not those with general elk licenses _ in three Hunter Management Areas near Big Piney, Daniel and Boulder.

Big Piney - Several human caused fires on the Bridger-Teton National Forest have fire officials urging visitors of the Bridger-Teton to use extreme caution with campfires or warming fires when recreating on the Forest.

Sage grouse hunting season opens on Saturday and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging all hunters to drop off one wing for testing from every bird they harvest.

More than 4,400 acres of an historic western Wyoming ranch has been placed in permanent conservation.

T hey're nothing if not improbable: Wyomatoes are the real thing all right, grown near Big Piney, Wyo., at an elevation of 7,500 feet by Stewart Doty, who had been in a greenhouse only once before launching his enterprise.

Bridger-Teton National Forest personnel recently visited the Big Piney Elementary Summer School to teach students about fire ecology.

A Manhattan, Montana man died in a one-vehicle accident on I-90, seven miles east of Sheridan on Sunday, June 28.

International announced on June 24, 2009 that High Country Counseling and Resource Centers has been accredited for a period of one year for its Outpatient Treatment Services for adults, adolescents and children.

A Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held in Kemmerer Saturday, July 11, at 1 P.M. at the Kemmerer arena two miles north of town.

Big Piney, Wyo. a ' The Bridger-Teton National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed burn in the Maki Creek area this spring.