Medicine Bow News Archives

“We feel that sets a precedent for this”

Over the past seven years, Bridger Coal Co. has slowly expanded its 34-year-old Sweetwater County mine to include a new underground operation, while maintaining the existing surface mine. via Casper Star Tribune

The Forest Service is proposing to conduct prescribed burns on about 4,400 acres in the Sierra Madre Range in southern Wyoming. via KIFI Idaho Falls

“And I think that leaving it to the bugs is a bad option.”

The U.S. Forest Service's plan for targeted logging in the Medicine Bow National Forest is a knee-jerk reaction which will do nothing to stop the spread of pine beetles, a Laramie-based conservation group says. via Casper Star Tribune

A committee has been established in Medicine Bow to look at rebuilding the southeast Wyoming town's old rodeo arena. via Rapid City Journal

“PacifiCorp will provide temporary housing (for the workers) at another wind project site near Glenrock”

Wyoming's largest electrical utility last week received a state Industrial Siting Council permit for a planned wind farm in Carbon County, but not before the council heard some serious concerns about the ... via Casper Star-Tribune

Work on a wind farm in Carbon County could begin as early as April. The project by PacifiCorp would be located on private and state land north of U.S. 30 between Hanna and Medicine Bow. via Billings Gazette

"July 25, 11th day, continued: Lunchtime must have been an ordeal for the wives. via Statesman Journal

WYDOT crews were able to open I-80 in both directions this morning by overcoming extremely high winds and zero visibility, especially in the Elk Mountain/Arlington area. via Casper Star-Tribune

“We're just putting out feelers to anybody who may be interested”

Beetles are killing off large swaths of forest throughout the Rocky Mountain region, but every cloud has a silver lining, right? Officials in Carbon County think so. via Rapid City Journal

The Wyoming Department of Transportation officials have opened the east and westbound lanes of Interstate 80 between Rawlins and Rock Springs. via Casper Star-Tribune

Interstate 80 between Laramie and Sinclair closed in both directions at about 8:45 a.m. today, the Wyoming Department of Transportation says. via Casper Star-Tribune