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Fremont County DUI Task Force focusing on impaired driving on Halloween

The Fremont County DUI Task Force will patrol for impaired drivers this Saturday, Halloween night. Through September 2026, Fremont County has had 13 fatal crashes and 18 fatalities. Eight of these fatalities involved impaired driving. Task force operations in Fremont County have yielded 1,732 traffic stops and 16 arrests of impaired drivers so far this year. “Planning a safe ride is just as important...

Public Safety Communications Commission to meet November 4-5

The Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission will meet November 4-5, 2026 for an education session and business meeting in the Turn Table Room of the Thyra Thomson State Office Building, 444 W. Collins Drive in Casper. The education session is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The agenda includes presentations from Tango Tango and AT&T FirstNet. Commission members...

Culvert replacement on WYO 353 will force temporary closure, detour

BOULDER, Wyo. — Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), will temporarily close a section of Wyoming State Highway 353 just west of the intersection with Boulder Lake Road (County Road 210) for three days to repair and replace two irrigation culverts. Impact on Local Traffic: Detour: Drivers who need access to the east side of the closure will have to detour south...

Work on traffic signal installation will cause detours

JACKSON, Wyo.  The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and contract crews are continuing work on two infrastructure projects in the downtown Jackson area. Drivers will see some disruption next week as WYDOT and the contractor move ahead setting new signal poles.   Beginning Monday, Oct. 26, crews will be setting vertical signal poles. The work will force temporary road closures at several...

WYDOT awarded competitive federal grant for Green River tunnel safety improvements

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation was recently awarded a $6.659 million competitive federal grant for safety improvements in the Green River tunnels on Interstate 80. The US Department of Transportation recognized WYDOT with a competitive Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects grant (often called INFRA for short) in October. Project scope includes...