2019 releases

February 13 2019

Weather conditions cause avalanche near Jackson

Deteriorating weather conditions caused an avalanche to come down on US 26/89/189/191 south of Jackson near High School Road. The Wyoming Department of Transportation sent a text notification at about 12:21 p.m. alerting subscribers of the incident. The slide pushed its way over two lanes of traffic and struck a vehicle in its path. The driver of the vehicle did not sustain any serious injury. A single...

February 11 2019

Public Safety Communications Commission to meet in Cheyenne

The Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission will meet at 11 a.m., Feb. 13 at the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s auditorium and executive staff conference room, 5300 Bishop Blvd. in Cheyenne. The commission’s agenda includes new WyoLink applications as well as updates on a project to add 16 towers to the existing system. For more information about the meeting agenda or the commission,...

February 8 2019

Fremont County law enforcement officers arrest 8 drunk drivers

Fremont County law enforcement officers arrested eight drunk drivers between Feb. 1-3 as part of a county-wide, multi-agency DUI enforcement operation recently. During the three-day operation, county law enforcement officers made 215 traffic stops, and issued 32 speeding citations, one seat belt citation, one child restraint citation, 43 other citations, issued 172 warnings and arrested 33 people...

February 8 2019

Webbwood Road reopens to traffic Friday morning in Riverton

Webbwood Road, east of North Federal Boulevard in Riverton, reopens to traffic this morning. Webbwood Road has been closed to allow for storm sewer installation between North Federal Boulevard and Pure Gas Road, according to Robert Scheidemantel, Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer in Riverton. "We apologize for the inconvenience, but this work was necessary to keep the second year...

February 8 2019

Driver hit-and-runs tow plow working north of Riverton Wednesday afternoon

A second hit and run crash since Jan. 21 involving a Wyoming Department of Transportation plow truck happened Wednesday afternoon north of Riverton. Wednesday's incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. between Haymaker Draw and Burma Road (milepost 109.01) north of Riverton in the five-lane section of US 26/WY789. The WYDOT plow truck was pulling a tow plow, and the fully-deployed tow plow was struck from...