2019 releases

March 8 2019

Aeronautics Commission to meet March 12

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will meet 1 p.m. March 12 by teleconference. The commission will vote on Air Service Enhancement Program (ASEP) grant amendment for Cheyenne as well as Wyoming Aviation Capital Improvement Program (WACIP) budget modifications for fiscal year 2019. ASEP is a grant program that provides funding to improve or retain air service within the state of Wyoming. The WACIP...

March 5 2019

Transportation Commission awards $11 million in highway contracts in February

Construction crews will repave a section of WYO 290 west of Meeteetse in Park County to improve the road surface. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland, a $2.2 million contract for the work. The commission awarded that and eight other contracts totaling $11 million at its recent meeting. For the work on WYO 290, crews will pave about five miles...

March 5 2019

Public shows interest in new wildlife conservation plates

The new wildlife conservation plates are off to a strong start, with the public acquiring more than 500 since the Jan. 1 unveiling. The new plate features a mule deer design as a way to raise awareness about wildlife conservation and to help protect wildlife migration routes. The state Legislature passed a statute last year creating the new plate. The Wyoming Transportation Commission then approved...

March 1 2019

WYO 22 closed due to avalanche at Twin Slide

JACKSON - The Wyoming Department of Transportation has closed WYO 22 Teton Pass again this morning around 7:30 a.m. for an avalanche at the Twin Slide. The cause of the slide is currently being investigated. No one has been injured by the slide. WYDOT is currently working to clear the Teton Pass area of recreationists so that they can conduct more avalanche mitigation. “We need folks to clear out...

February 25 2019

Snow plow rear ended near Moorcroft on I-90

MOORCROFT – Another WYDOT snowplow was struck by a truck while clearing snow in the left hand, passing lane of the westbound lane of Interstate 90, mile marker 159, during a midday run on Feb. 22. A WYDOT snowplow operator was plowing about 1 inch of light, powdery snow in the passing lane of the interstate when he was hit from behind by a half ton truck. The plow operator was traveling at about...