Wyoming
Montana sweeps all-star basketball series with Wyoming for 6th consecutive year
LOCKWOOD — For the sixth consecutive year, the Montana boys and girls swept the all-star basketball series with Wyoming after picking up wins on Saturday night at Lockwood High School.
Montana 82, Wyoming 62 (girls)
The Montana girls and head coach Wes Keller extended their winning streak to 13 consecutive games over Wyoming with an 82-62 victory.
“I thought, especially as we went into halftime, that they played harder than us,” Keller said. “Give them credit. I thought their ball pressure bothered us and we had some turnovers that we shouldn’t have had just being loose and careless with the basketball. … It’s always hard. You win big one night and you can tell them until you’re blue in the face, ‘Tonight’s a different night. It’s going to be a different game. They got their butts kicked and they’re coming for you.’ I’m proud of the kids for withstanding several runs and then we made plays down the stretch.”
Montana opened up a 13-point lead at halftime, but Wyoming trimmed it to five, 58-53, late in the third quarter. Montana answered with a 17-5 run to essentially put the game out of reach.
“We made a few different substitutions and had a few different combinations. We had some more ball handlers to help with the pressure, and I think that paid off,” Keller said.
Alyse Aby led Montana with 13 points while Malea Egan and Alex Bullock added 12.
The Montana girls now hold a 39-13 all-time advantage.
Montana 101, Wyoming 66 (boys)
The Montana guys continue to own the all-star basketball series with Wyoming.
Montana picked up its 22nd consecutive victory in the series on Saturday night at Lockwood High School with a 101-66 win.
“We didn’t come out with that fire. We played five good minutes in the first half and gave us a cushion,” said Steve Keller. “We just carried that to the second half. We’ve got a bunch of really good players who can all score and attack the rim. We were shooting a lot of 3s early, and we wanted them to attack the rim. We’re hard to guard.”
Wyoming played noticeably harder than Friday night, and in turn had a much more competitive game. Montana led by just one after the first quarter but by 14 at the half and 24 after three.
Several players once again contributed to the victory. Seth Amunrud led Montana with 21 points, while Eli Hunter and Royce Robinson each added 18.
“It makes it so much easier. When you have 10 of the best players from across the state sharing the ball and you get a great shot every time down the court, you’re going to get really good results,” Amunrud said.
“We all have the utmost confidence in each other to hit open shots, so it helps the defense not be able to key in on any one of us,” said Hunter.
Montana’s defensive effort over the weekend was the elite, holding Wyoming to just 110 total points.
“Sometimes in all-star games teams don’t want to play defense. But we don’t want to be the team to break the streak, so we wanted to play defense to make sure that didn’t happen,” Amunrud said.
“They’re athletic and they have good feet. They helped each other,” Keller said. “I take no credit for their defense because we never worked on it one bit. That’s all them.”
The Montana guys hold a 67-27 all-time advantage.
Wyoming
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While pests like rodents and cockroaches are well-known by homeowners, others can be just as troublesome, often with less awareness about the threats they pose and their impact on existing ecosystems.
Some species, such as ticks and red fire ants, can be a health concern.
These guys can rapidly take over new environments, disrupting nature and causing concern for both entomologists and pest control. Some species are less harmful than others, but it’s important that homeowners to be informed about each one. This awareness helps prevent unnecessary alarm and ensures homeowners are prepared if a species does become a threat.
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Wyoming
Peninsula Energy to restart production at Lance Projects in Wyoming in December
Peninsula Energy, along with its US subsidiary Strata Energy, has announced that its Lance Projects in Wyoming, US, are on schedule for a production restart in December 2024, despite a two-month delay in the delivery of refurbished yellowcake dryers.
The final expansion capital cost is projected at approximately $48.8m, following a cost increase of $9.5m over previous estimates.
The preconditioning operations for the Lance Projects’ Header House 11 began in early November, after a delay due to commissioning challenges with new acid storage and delivery systems.
With these issues resolved and operations at full capacity, the header house is functioning at around 67% of the design flow rate. This, coupled with flowrate variability, has led Peninsula to revise its production guidance for 2025 to roughly 600,000 pounds of Triuranium octoxide (U3O8) and to withdraw other guidance for the year.
The company claims that these delays will not affect the cumulative production estimate for 2026 and 2027.
The expansion of the Ross uranium recovery plant at Lance is progressing, with the phase two expansion set to increase production capacity and include a complete central processing plant (CPP) for dry yellowcake production.
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Peninsula and its contractors, Samuel Engineering and Samuel EPC, have agreed on a fixed lump sum contract for the CPP.
Major construction has moved indoors, with the plant expected to house a 5,000-galllons-per-minute uranium recovery ion-exchange process with the capability to produce up to two million pounds of U3O8 annually.
The Ross and Kendrick areas together contain a joint ore reserves committee (JORC)-compliant resource base of 26.2 million pounds dry yellowcake (U3O8), sufficient for at least ten years of production.
Peninsula managing director and CEO Wayne Heili said: “Our teams of workers are busy across the Lance Projects preparing for the resumption of uranium production operations before the end of the year. The progress is evident on many fronts and the team is to be commended for continuing to proceed with safety at the forefront while keeping to the overall schedule.
“While some aspects of the project development are slightly lagging earlier projections, it is pleasing to know there are no indications that the impacts will extend beyond the initial ramp-up phase.”
Wyoming
Snow for eastern Idaho and western Wyoming – Local News 8
Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings have been issued for parts of the region as our next storm moves in. Snow totals will vary.
- In the lower snake river plane, expect 1-3″ of snow (Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls).
- The SE highlands will see about 2-4″ of snow (Lava Hot Springs, Soda Springs).
- In the central snake river plane, 2-4″ (Idaho Falls, Rigby).
- The upper snake river plane, 3-6″ of snow (Rexburg, Saint Anthony, Dubois).
- Mountain valleys should expect 2-4″ (Driggs, Jackson, Star Valley).
- Mountains along the continental divide and Teton range could see 6-12″ of snow (Island Park).
Most of the snow will happen tonight into the first part of Monday with some leftover mountain snow showers through Monday evening and even into Tuesday.
Another Storm system looks to move through late Wednesday into Thursday, but we’ll be a bit warmer for this one meaning valley rain/snow mix is more likely as highs look to reach the mid 40s.
The weekend stays unsettled with a brief break Friday, but another storm system on Saturday that will usher in cooler temperatures to start Thanksgiving week.
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