JACKSON, Wyo. – Nearly three weeks after the catastrophic failure of the main highway connecting Wyoming to southeast Idaho, drivers are once again using the thoroughfare due to non-stop work by ...

But not before the story slithered all over social media, prompting the Wyoming Highway Patrol to issue a statement making it clear the city was not, in fact, facing a king cobra emergency.

A section of a busy mountain highway collapsed after a landslide. The road, linking Idaho and Wyoming, has been closed indefinitely, according to officials. Photo: Wyoming Highway Patrol via AP ...