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Editor’s note: This story contains terms that some readers might find offensive. EVANSTON — Uinta County School District No. 1 has asked for parental help in putting a stop to students attempting to pull off school pranks modeled after challenges circulating on the social media app TikTok. An email sent to parents on Oct. 7 by Superintendent Ryan Thomas said the challenges trending on TikTok had created an issue at schools across the country, including in Evanston. One of the circulating challenges in September included vandalizing school bathr...
EVANSTON — In some exciting news for Uinta County, the Wyoming Department of Health announced on Monday that a large special testing study conducted at the Wyoming State Hospital found no new cases of COVID-19. A Community Protection Initiative Team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently visited WSH as part of a national effort to visit areas with low incidence of the disease to help support infection control efforts and hopefully keep infection rates low. During that visit, the CDC team recommended WSH p...
EVANSTON — Uinta County School District No. 1 has again been sued over Rule CKA, which allows for approved staff to carry concealed firearms on district property. The latest suit was filed in Third District Court on Monday, Aug. 26 — the first day of school — by multiple plaintiffs, including local attorney Tim Beppler and retired teacher Katie Beppler, individually and on behalf of their minor grandchildren, as well as parents Nathan Prete (individually and on behalf of his minor children) and Tiffany Eskelson-Maestas (also individually and o...
EVANSTON — A proposal to construct an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Evanston may again be moving forward following a long period of inactivity since first being proposed more than two years ago. A notice was posted on fedbizopps.gov, the federal business opportunities website, on June 27, stating that ICE “intends to solicit for a contractor-owned/ contractor-operated facility that will provide detention management, food and transportation services preferably within a 90-mile radius of the Salt Lake City, Enf...
EVANSTON — On March 6, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed legislation making hemp possession and production legal within the state, which was welcome news to those who view hemp as an agricultural commodity and a possible economic benefit to Wyoming. However, that enthusiasm may be blunted by the potentially long and twisted road ahead for Wyoming hemp producers and transporters. The Wyoming Legislature took action to legalize and regulate hemp following federal passage of the Farm Bill of 2018, which was signed into law by President Trump in D...
EVANSTON — The Uinta County School District No. 1’s policy allowing for concealed carry of firearms by approved staff has been declared null and void. Judge Nena James of the Third District Court of Sweetwater County issued her decision on Friday, Sept. 14. Policy CKA was passed by the UCSD No. 1 Board of Trustees in March of this year following the passage of legislation during the 2017 session of the Wyoming Legislature that granted districts the authority to adopt rules and regulations allowing for approved staff to carry concealed fir...
EVANSTON — Evanston residents concerned about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center proposed for Uinta County had another opportunity to share their concerns and ask questions during a Uinta County Say No event held earlier this month. Evanston Mayor Kent Williams and Uinta County Commissioner Craig Welling both attended the March 17 event, along with about two dozen other individuals. Local event organizers shared a brief film focusing on how detention of illegal immigrants impacts the families left behind, following w...