Kemmerer Gazette

10/03/2025

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09/16/2025

Today in Wyoming History: In 1924, a coal mine explosion at Kemmerer killed 55. (Thanks Wyoming Historical Society and Wyoming News Exchange)

09/04/2025

Today in Wyoming history:

In 1945, two new Civil Air Patrol squadrons were formed, one in Kemmerer and one in Evanston.

The Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. It had its origin in World War II when the decision was made to employ the nation's light civil aircraft fleet for anti-submarine patrols. The organization was kept after World War II for the purpose of search and rescue and continues to exist today for that purpose.

(Thanks Wyoming Historical Society and the Wyoming News Exchange)

08/24/2025

UPDATE: US 89 is now open. For more information about community impacts, head to Lincoln County Homeland Security & Emergency Management.

Heads up Star Valley folks: US89: the ID State Line - Afton: Closed BOTH DIR due to fire. As of Aug 23 at 18:53, the est open time is unknown. 23-AUG 18:54

08/20/2025

PINEDALE — Eighteen months after a female yearling wolf was tortured and killed at the Green River Bar in Daniel, Wyo., a Sublette County grand jury has indicated the man prosecutors say is …

08/12/2025

BREAKING NEWS: The Kemmerer Gazette is saved!!

BREAKING NEWS
Veteran Wyoming News Execs Announce Agreement To Save 8 Newspapers
BUFFALO – Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced Tuesday they have reached an agreement in principle with News Media Corporation to purchase the company’s Wyoming publications and resume publication immediately.
The announcement comes six days after News Media Corporation suddenly announced the immediate closure of all of its publications, including eight publications in Niobrara, Goshen, Platte, Sublette, Lincoln and Uinta counties.
Robb Hicks said the agreement includes rehiring all the newspapers’ staff members and immediately resuming publication of all titles.
“We are honored to assume stewardship of these legacy community newspapers,” Robb Hicks said. “Our foremost priority has been to ensure that these counties are not left without a credible, enduring source of local journalism.”
“We also owe an immense debt of gratitude to JJ Tompkins,” added Mortimore. “It would have been far simpler for him to yield to the demands of creditors. Instead, he chose to work with us to safeguard the future of these Wyoming communities, to preserve their newspapers, and to ensure that every employee was paid and retained.”
Both Hicks and Mortimore also extended their appreciation to the newspapers’ staff for their dedication, professionalism, and steadfast belief that a solution could be secured to revive these publications.
“We are equally grateful to community members for their unwavering support,” said Hicks. “A newspaper is the lifeblood of a community, but it can only thrive when the community it serves invests in its survival.”
On Aug. 6, Tompkins, CEO of News Media Corporation, announced that the company’s eight publications in five Wyoming counties, as well as its newspapers in other states, would close immediately. Citing a “significant economic slowdown impacting our industry” and a recent failed attempt to sell the company, Tompkins said he had made the “difficult decision” to shutter the company’s newspapers immediately.
The news of the papers’ closure was met with shock and sadness in the communities the papers serve. In Facebook comments, community members lamented the loss to their communities and questioned whether there might be options to reopen the publications.
Mortimore has more than two decades of experience in the news industry and he was the group publisher of News Media Corporation’s Wyoming publications prior to the company closing those papers. He will continue to serve as group publisher. He and his wife Shaylee reside in Torrington.
Robb and Jen Hicks have owned and operated the Buffalo Bulletin (Johnson County, Wyoming) since 1996. The Hicks family has multigenerational ties to Wyoming newspapers that dates back over seven decades.

08/06/2025

This week's newspaper is the final edition of the Kemmerer Gazette.

07/25/2025

From our sister paper, the Pinedale Roundup.

PINEDALE — Every morning this week, usually around 4 a.m., more than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, or ICE, gathered beneath a light outside of a Pinedale hotel to …

04/28/2025

Did you know that we are the only hospital with Obstetric Services in Sweetwater, Lincoln, Uinta, Sublette and Carbon counties? It's true!

We have a wonderful team that is here for you and your baby. Find out more at https://www.sweetwatermemorial.com/services/obstetrics/

04/18/2025

ICYMI — in this week's Gazette:

KEMMERER — Bullying and school safety were focal points at the Lincoln County School District No. 1 board meeting on Tuesday, April 8. Approximately 15-20 concerned community members attended …