Authorities have identified the Casper-area man found dead in the North Platte River on Sunday as Bruce Wayne Campbell, whose friends feared had ventured out onto the ice of a state park river in January to take photographs.
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The chief ranger for Wyoming’s State Parks said when rescuers drove off the ice shelf at Keyhole Reservoir last month, they were trapped in the cab of the vehicle and drowned.
After a minor wreck set off a snowmobiler’s iPhone emergency alert, search and rescue squads in two counties, along with a chopper crew from a third county, were scrambled for what turned out to be a fruitless three-hour search.
Sublette County search and rescue authorities said the likelihood of the victim’s body resurfacing on its own is “very unlikely” because of the depth, pressures at the depth, and extreme cold temperatures.
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An Ohio man died on Tuesday following an accident that occurred while he was rafting in Class IV rapids on the Gros Ventre River in Teton County.
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The wreckage of an airplane discovered in the Gros Ventre drainage this past weekend was from a crash more than 30 years ago, authorities said.
The Park County Sheriff’s Office rescued an elderly man late last week after he fell while fishing.
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A Cheyenne anesthesiologist whose body was found in the Wind River Mountains earlier this week apparently died from a fall, officials said Thursday.
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A 41-year-old Cheyenne anesthesiologist who disappeared while hiking in the Wind River Mountains over the weekend was found dead on Monday by a Sublette County search and rescue team.
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Two siblings helped save their father from the Bighorn Mountains this week after he was thrown from his horse.
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Teton County Search and Rescue saved a backcountry ranger and her dog Tuesday morning from the Teton wilderness after the ranger had been hit by a falling tree.
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Teton County Search and Rescue spent their evening looking for two different groups of hikers who’d been reported as returning home late.
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Park County Search and Rescue spent Friday saved a mother and five-year-old child after high winds flipped their kayak at Buffalo Bill reservoir.
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A woman was rescued in Park County last week after being thrown from her horse while out riding with her family.
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Teton County Search and Rescue had a busy weekend, with two rescues in two days.
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A couple driving a Volvo got stuck in snow after driving around a “road closed” sign on Highway 212 in Park County, Wyoming.
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A Powell man was rescued from rugged terrain in Park County this week after crashing his dirt bike in a remote area over the weekend.
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An Idaho couple was left dangling over a 100-ft gorge after their vehicle broke through a guardrail on a bridge.
This winter has brought the deadliest avalanche season in American history.
Eight snowmobilers were saved this week by Teton County Search and Rescue after becoming lost on Beartooth Pass.
Teton County’s Search and Rescue Team has been involved in more active missions since Jan. 1 than it was through all of the 2019-2020 winter season, officials have announced.
After 48 hours in the wilderness, search and rescue crews saved two men after both of their snowmobiles became disabled in the mountains of Park County.
The importance of search and rescue volunteers and law enforcement professionals was on display this month as two emergencies happened simultaneously in the Beartooth Mountains, while being complicated by the weather.
