Gov. Mark Gordon has asked for federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law money to fix the dangerous LaPrele Dam as he wrangles with state water developers over priorities for hundreds of millions of federal infrastructure and stimulus dollars.
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
A lawsuit claims staff at the Wyoming State Hospital are illegally blocking access to an independent advocacy organization, leaving patients vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
by Daniel Bendtsen, WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
A lawsuit claims staff at the Wyoming State Hospital are illegally blocking access to an independent advocacy organization, leaving patients vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
by Daniel Bendtsen, WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
An attorney for one of four hunters charged with criminal trespass in a corner-crossing case in Carbon County has asked a judge to dismiss the count against his client and the three other defendants.
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
The coal-bed methane gas boom that dotted northeast Wyoming with rigs and workers in the 2000s and left a legacy of bankruptcies and orphaned wells will also have lingering impacts on groundwater for up to 144 years,
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
A phalanx of elk swept across the snowy prairie, a tawny-coated mass on the move that caused National Elk Refuge Biologist Eric Cole to slow his U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pickup truck, retrofitted with snow tracks for outings like this.
by Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange
Updated: 3 months ago
KEMMERER — A relic of 1950s-era motor lodges, the Antler Motel in the heart of Kemmerer rarely has to light its “no vacancy” sign, though customer traffic is steady during the summer tourist season and holidays, manager Rose Lain said.
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
For the last two weeks Robyn Rofkar has been waking up in the cold darkness of 3 a.m.,
by Sofia Jeremias, WyoFile.com
Updated: 3 months ago
VICTOR, Idaho — U.S. women’s downhill ski champion — Wyoming native Breezy Johnson — races into three World Cup events in January after storming the podium earlier this season and nipping the heels of the reigning Olympic gold medalist.
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com
Updated: 4 months ago
POWELL — A donation of 20 rare brass instruments to Northwest College may bring a new sound to the Trapper music department.
by Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange
Updated: 4 months ago
Sublette County Rural Health Care District Director of Nursing Vicky Marshall has been a nurse for nearly 24 years, but lately she’s found herself daydreaming of becoming a waitress or bartender.
by By Sofia Jeremias, WyoFile.com
Updated: 5 months ago
After an energy company at the troubled Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield discharged more pollution than allowed under a 2020 permit, Wyoming is poised to change that permit to remove limits on, and monitoring of, some waste flows.
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com
Updated: 5 months ago
CASPER — Harriet Hageman, the Donald Trump-endorsed candidate in the U.S. House race against Rep. Liz Cheney, released her first paid ad of the campaign Wednesday as she ramps up her effort to unseat Wyoming’s lone congresswoman.
by Victoria Eavis Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange
Updated: 5 months ago
BUFFALO — The day after more than 350 Japanese aircraft attacked U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, Johnson County High School students assembled in the school gymnasium to listen to President Franklin Roosevelt address the nation.
by Seth Taylor Buffalo Bulletin Via Wyoming News Exchange
Updated: 5 months ago
SHERIDAN — Two computer science classes offer Sheridan High School students the chance to receive practical skills and aid the school district they attend.
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Updated: 3 years ago
Stakeholders are working behind the scenes to strike a compromise that avoids a federal shutdown of two coal-burning units at the Jim Bridger power plant, according to parties involved.
3 months agoCODY — South Fork resident Boone Tidwell is fed up with voting machines.
3 months agoCASPER — Last fall, two of the Wyoming Legislature’s top lawmakers held a press conference with the then-schools superintendent to announce plans for a bill tied to public concerns over critical race theory.
3 months agoCHEYENNE – A hearing panel convened by the Wyoming State Bar found Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove in violation of multiple rules of professional conduct that govern attorneys in the state.
3 months agoCASPER — Another company is eyeing pumped storage hydropower in Wyoming.
3 months agoCHEYENNE – Several current and former employees of the Laramie County District Attorney’s Office took the witness stand Wednesday to defend against wide-ranging allegations against DA Leigh Anne Manlove.
3 months agoCHEYENNE – Several current and former employees of the Laramie County District Attorney’s Office took the witness stand Wednesday to defend against wide-ranging allegations against DA Leigh Anne Manlove.
3 months agoCODY — Tana Shively is finally starting to feel some closure regarding the passing of her husband Dan Shively. “It’s going to take awhile, but yes,” she said.
3 months agoCASPER —The effort to bring runoff elections to Wyoming’s primaries has been revived.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — Retaking the stand Monday morning to defend against charges brought by the Wyoming State Bar,
3 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 517 over the weekend.
3 months agoAsian giant honey bees might seem a remote concern for someone in tiny Inez, a ranch community in Converse County almost too faint to register on maps.
3 months agoSome Wyoming lawmakers want to provide a tax refund to fossil fuel producers to help offset a potential federal mineral royalty rate hike.
3 months agoGILLETTE — Gillette’s new mayor doesn’t plan on coming in and making a lot of changes.
3 months agoCASPER — The Republican National Committee voted Friday to censure Rep. Liz Cheney over her service on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove was called to testify Friday in her ongoing disciplinary hearing, kicking off a tense back and forth between her and the Wyoming State Bar’s attorney.
3 months agoCongresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) is outraising her Donald Trump-backed opponent, Harriet Hageman, by a four-to-one margin. Campaign finance data from the Federal Election Commission this week revealed a record-breaking $2.05-million haul by the congresswoman in the fourth quarter of 2021.
3 months agoFour hunters challenging criminal trespass charges in a corner-crossing case in Carbon County allege the operators of the Elk Mountain Ranch illegally harassed them while they were hunting and camping on public land.
3 months agoJACKSON — The push to re-list wolves as an endangered species in the northern Rocky Mountains is being further studied, drawing ire from some outfitters and state wildlife agencies and guarded optimism from wolf watchers.
3 months agoSHERIDAN — The ongoing conversation about a Convention of States is likely to continue this legislative session, with Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Parkman, again leading the charge.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — On the second day of the disciplinary hearing of Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove, two former employees testified that the DA’s office under Manlove had been “chaotic” and “hostile,"
3 months agoBUFFALO — The Biden Administration announced in early January it is setting aside $1 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds to help foster a “fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain.”
3 months agoCASPER — A group of state lawmakers filed a bill Wednesday that would bar transgender women and girls in Wyoming from participating in high school and collegiate sports that match their gender identity.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — A disciplinary hearing in the case of Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove began Wednesday,
3 months agoWyoming communities bracing for coal production downturns and coal-fired power plant closures will receive support from assorted federal “revitalization” grant programs,
3 months agoJACKSON — Wyoming Balloon Company is now facing five lawsuits after three of its hot air balloons crashed near Teton Village due to an unexpected gust of wind during a flight on Aug. 3, 2020.
3 months agoCASPER — Boat loads of cash flowed into Wyoming’s House race during the past year.
3 months agoCHEYENNE (WNE) — Breakthrough COVID cases leading to hospitalization at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center currently outnumber the number of unvaccinated people who are hospitalized.
3 months agoThe tip came in by phone.
3 months agoRep. Robert Wharff (R-Evanston) was “ready to go to the carpet” in the fall when he learned county predator boards were reprimanded by federal investigators for killing predators from aircraft over federal lands.
3 months agoAn elk face-plants on a dirt road after tripping over a fence. A mule deer entangles a hind leg in barbed wire.
3 months agoFollowing a process challenged by legal maneuverings and allegations of unconstitutionality, Gov. Mark Gordon appointed Brian Schroeder as the state’s superintendent of public instruction on Thursday.
3 months agoSHERIDAN — A bill sponsored by the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affair Committee would require telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation — or teleCPR — training for Wyoming dispatchers.
3 months agoGILLETTE — Coal production in the Powder River Basin saw growth in 2021 after a significant pandemic-related setback marred the extraction industry the year before.
3 months agoCASPER —Average weekly applications to Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program have more than doubled this fall and winter compared to the summer, according to data from the Department of Family Services.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — Wyoming’s Speaker of the House has asked that a fellow legislator respond in writing to allegations that he does not live in the district he was elected to represent.
3 months agoWyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan has referred a complaint lodged against Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne) to the Wyoming House of Representatives. The complaint, lodged by Zwonitzer’s own party, concerns his residency status.
3 months agoLARAMIE — Last summer’s bombshell announcement that Wyoming will be home to a first-of-its-kind nuclear demonstration project has energized the Cowboy State’s efforts to wean itself from dependence on fossil fuels.
3 months agoSHERIDAN — Even more so than usual, the Wyoming Legislature has a lot of work to do at its upcoming budget session.
3 months agoSHERIDAN — Even more so than usual, the Wyoming Legislature has a lot of work to do at its upcoming budget session.
3 months agoCASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday appointed the head of a private Christian school in Cody to serve as Wyoming’s next superintendent of public instruction.
3 months agoRIVERTON — In the lawsuit against Fremont County School District Number 14, a jury trial is set tentatively for Dec. 12, 2022, under U.S. District Court Judge Nancy D Freudenthal.
3 months agoLARAMIE — Businesses around the United States continue a desperate search for employees during worker shortages sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the trade industries are no exception.
3 months agoGILLETTE — The Campbell County Public Library board voted Monday night to keep three more challenged books in the teen section.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a Casper man’s murder conviction on Wednesday, but the court ruled that his sentence was illegal and will need to be corrected.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — A U.S. District Court judge said Wednesday morning the court would rule on a temporary restraining order seeking to halt the governor’s appointment of a new state superintendent of public instruction by noon Thursday.
3 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 32 on Wednesday.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — A longstanding Cheyenne lawmaker said he does live in the district he was elected to represent, responding to a complaint his own party filed Tuesday with the Secretary of State’s office.
3 months agoCODY — The Clark community is at odds with an investigative report it was presented regarding the cause of a fatal wildfire that occurred in November.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — A GoFundMe campaign has been created to benefit the Laramie County District Attorney's legal defense against what it calls "overreach" by the Wyoming State Bar.
3 months agoCASPER — The Wyoming Republican State Central Committee selected three candidates Saturday to fill the state superintendent spot left vacant by Jillian Balow’s resignation earlier this month.
3 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming dropped by 319 over the weekend.
3 months agoMaj. Marilyn Burden is optimistic lawmakers are on the right track toward addressing workplace discrimination and retaliation issues she witnessed over 17 years working at the Wyoming Air National Guard.
3 months agoThe Wyoming state government is struggling to attract and retain enough qualified employees to accomplish the state’s work and meet its obligations, according to recent reports by the Department of Administration and Information.
3 months agoCASPER — Wyoming reported 1,875 COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking the state’s single-day record. The previous record occurred on Wednesday, when the state recorded 1,592 laboratory-confirmed and probable cases.
3 months agoLARAMIE — A former Albany County Sheriff ’s deputy is suing a longtime colleague alleging a years-long pattern of racial abuse and discrimination.
3 months agoCHEYENNE — With the rising cost of living far outpacing state wages, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says it can’t keep up.
3 months agoSHERIDAN — Waldo E. “Spike” Forbes has brought and appealed another case against members of the Forbes family to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
4 months agoCHEYENNE – Two teenagers accused of involvement in the July 5 shooting death of a local 14-year-old are set to appear next Friday in Laramie County Circuit Court.
4 months agoCASPER — After more than two months of declines, Wyoming hospitals are again experiencing a rise in COVID-19 patients, figures compiled by Wyoming Department of Health show.
4 months agoPOWELL — Yellowstone National Park officials are ramping up plans for its 150th birthday celebration.
4 months agoCHEYENNE — Prices are on the rise, and one nationwide report recently estimated that residents of the Cheyenne metro area experienced an increase of 12.1% in the cost of living between 2010 and 2020.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 482 on Wednesday.
4 months agoAs the owner of Crenshaw Craftsmanship in Lander, Adam Crenshaw, 41, has seen the effects of the changing workforce.
4 months agoCountless studies have chronicled the importance of Wyoming’s mule deer migrations. They’re some of the longest in the world, stretching, in some instances, across hundreds of miles.
4 months agoThe Bridger-Teton National Forest will consider phasing out the Dell Creek and Forest Park winter elk feedgrounds as it studies Wyoming’s request to continue feeding 900 or more elk at the two sites.
4 months agoJACKSON — At a time when many are scrounging for COVID-19 tests, hoping for the assurance of a negative hit, a new program has given hundreds of public school students the green light.
4 months agoRIVERTON — The Wyoming Business Council asked the state Wednesday morning for $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to invite a study team from Harvard to analyze Wyoming's economy.
4 months agoCASPER — The sisters and widow of a Wyoming Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin in federal court, alleging the actor defamed them on his social media after he learned one of the sisters attended a demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.
4 months agoGrand Targhee Resort’s proposal to stretch its ski slopes south into habitat used by a beleaguered bighorn sheep herd has generated enough concern that the ski area’s U.S. Forest Service landlord is considering nixing proposed expansions.
4 months agoCASPER — Until about three years ago, the examination of burial sites or historic human remains was an informal effort between a biological anthropologist from the University of Wyoming, the state archaeologist and volunteers.
4 months agoCASPER — On unit 2 of the Jim Bridger power plant, Wyoming isn’t taking no for an answer.
4 months agoLARAMIE — Slick, snowy highways are a well-known concern to anyone driving through Wyoming during winter.
4 months agoGILLETTE — Alexa Kinney, who is from Gillette and was contracted as a public relations consultant for Campbell County Health in 2021,
4 months agoBetween the budget, federal stimulus allocation and redistricting, Wyoming lawmakers have their work cut out for them in the upcoming session.
4 months agoPINEDALE — A recent FOI request showed search-and-rescue operations inside Wyoming’s national parks ranked among the top 10 in the country in recent years.
4 months agoCASPER — A vaccine mandate for health care facilities that receive federal funding will remain in place, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday,
4 months agoCHEYENNE — Fifth-generation Wyoming native and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow announced her resignation Thursday to take a similar position in Virginia.
4 months agoPOWELL — WYDOT announced seemingly uncontroversial plans in late December to use message signs to remind motorists of posted speed limits and the presence of wildlife along the North Fork Highway.
4 months agoBUFFALO —As the Greater Sage-Grouse population in northeast Wyoming dwindles, the Bureau of Land Management is working to reclaim some land disturbed by energy development and wildfires — two of the biggest threats to the population's survival.
4 months agoCASPER — A decision is in for unit 2 of the Jim Bridger Power Plant. And it’s not the news the state was hoping for.
4 months agoCHEYENNE — A legislative committee plans to sponsor three bills dedicated to improving transparency and accountability in the Wyoming military during this year’s budget session.
4 months agoThe way Rep. Lloyd Larsen (R-Lander) sees it, the $1 billion-plus windfall coming to Wyoming through the American Rescue Plan Act is a little like an inheritance from grandma.
4 months agoThe Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality canceled a meeting with a watchdog group in December after a news story cited the group’s criticism of a pending pollution permit and public documents the group obtained about oilfield waste discharges.
4 months agoThe highly transmissible omicron variant is driving another uptick in Wyoming COVID-19 infections, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.
4 months agoWyoming’s tense redistricting process will come down to the wire this week as lawmakers who believe 2020 Census data warrants changes in the legislative maps will face those who want to stay closer to the lines as currently drawn.
4 months agoROCK SPRINGS – I-80 eastbound was closed from several directions the afternoon of Jan. 6 due to brutal winter conditions. Truck drivers had to stay in Rock Springs and Green River for up to 27 hours.
4 months agoCASPER — Wyoming has officially asked for grizzly bears to be removed from the endangered species list.
4 months agoJACKSON — “These are insane numbers.”
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 158 over the weekend.
4 months agoLARAMIE — In light of developments with the omicron variant of COVID-19, the University of Wyoming has announced second-semester changes to quarantine rules and pandemic testing requirements for students and staff.
4 months agoA year ago on Jan. 7 Rep. Trey Sherwood (D-Laramie) drove to Cheyenne for her swearing in as a member of Wyoming’s Legislature.
4 months agoThe latest data on greater sage grouse in Wyoming indicate an “alarming” likelihood of populations regressing to a 1996 nadir, the state’s top grouse biologist said Thursday.
4 months agoThree years ago, millennials became the largest living adult population in the United States, but not in Wyoming, where a steady flow of young people have migrated out of the state for years.
4 months agoRIVERTON — The Ranger and its affiliated newspapers in Fremont County have been sold.
4 months agoCASPER — It’s only been a few months since the Wyoming Legislature convened for a special session, but it’s already time to start gearing up for the budget session set to begin Feb. 14.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases increased by 655 on Thursday, a rise of 37%.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 259 on Wednesday.
4 months agoDOUGLAS — A group of hospital employees in Douglas and Cheyenne filed a lawsuit Dec. 22 against their respective employers in federal court seeking to halt policies related to Covid-19 vaccinations and testing.
4 months agoPandemic-fueled spikes in park visitation, campground reservations, trail use and other metrics failed to translate into economic growth for Wyoming’s outdoor recreation sector in 2020.
4 months agoCHEYENNE — A judge has asked the Wyoming Attorney General to review a Laramie County child sexual assault case, which the city of Cheyenne says the district attorney has declined to prosecute.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 99 over the long holiday weekend.
4 months agoJACKSON — For the first time in nearly two years, masks are now optional in Teton County School District No. 1.
4 months agoLARAMIE — Despite recent snowfall across southern Wyoming the last couple weeks of last year, the state enters the New Year in a drought that’s held since 2020.
4 months agoCASPER — Two people bundled for the winter winds hurry into the neon green-walled back office of Platte Hemp, tossing thick paper packets into an open safe in the corner before rushing back out again.
4 months agoCHEYENNE — Wyoming personal injury lawyer Jason Ochs spent years fighting for accountability for primary pharmaceutical distributors’ role in the opioid epidemic, and it has finally paid off.
4 months agoKEMMERER — The Wyoming Energy Authority and the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources presented a recent webinar titled “Advanced Nuclear 101” to provide expert information and to answer questions involving the proposed Natrium nuclear plant to be built near Kemmerer.
4 months agoJACKSON — Come the New Year, Teton County residents will get the opportunity to weigh in on the future of tourism in the valley.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 74 on Wednesday.
4 months agoIn the earliest hours of Thanksgiving 2018, Chris Colligan was on the homestretch of a long road trip, headed toward Jackson Hole to join his wife and then 1-year-old daughter for the holiday.
4 months agoFour hunters contesting criminal trespass charges in Carbon County have pushed the debate about corner crossing — stepping over private property to reach public land — into the judicial system, with implications that could impact 1.6 million landlocked acres in five western states.
4 months agoCASPER — Time’s up for unit 2 of the Jim Bridger Power Plant.
4 months agoCHEYENNE — As state legislators continue to discuss redistricting plans, they debated Tuesday whether a statewide plan should cause the least disruption to current boundaries or be an accurate reflection of Wyoming’s changing population.
4 months agoJACKSON — Jackson is ringing in the new year with hundreds of new COVID-19 cases.
4 months agoJACKSON — A recent spike in COVID cases has overwhelmed Teton County case investigators, who are now prioritizing outreach to more vulnerable residents, the Teton County Health Department announced in a press release Monday.
4 months agoPOWELL — After a Chicago-Cody flight proved less popular than expected over the summer,
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 27 over the long holiday weekend.
4 months agoNine years ago, D’Ron and Jason Campbell made a decision that felt a little radical at the time.
4 months agoLARAMIE — Libraries and school boards across Wyoming have become the target of complaints about books that explore LGBTQ and sexual issues on their shelves.
4 months agoCASPER — The coal industry has had an unexpectedly good year. After tumbling 18% in 2020 compared to 2019, U.S. thermal coal use is expected to climb 21% through the end of 2021, according to a report published recently by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
4 months agoCHEYENNE — As revenue from Wyoming’s natural resources industry continues to wane, state legislators are considering alternative options for funding state services, and at least one business lobbying group is pushing back.
4 months agoBUFFALO — The Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County Political Action Committee has been ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in sanctions for forcing unneeded defendants to appear in court for a hearing.
4 months agoSUNDANCE — Though the court has officially accepted Mary Kuhl’s new plea of “no contest” against a felony charge related to her conduct in office as county treasurer, the Crook County Commissioners are less than happy with the agreement.
4 months agoCODY — A former Buffalo Bill Center of the West employee has had her federal lawsuit thrown out against the museum,
4 months agoCASPER — Approximately 62% of people incarcerated in Wyoming state prisons have been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, data from the Wyoming Department of Corrections shows.
4 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 80 on Wednesday.
4 months agoThe Dustbuster vacuum bag arrived in the mail to the wildlife forensic laboratory in Laramie.
5 months agoSublette County commissioners’ rezoning to allow a 68-room luxury resort in what had been a rural hideaway of Bondurant is emblematic of development pressures challenging many Wyoming communities,
5 months agoSHERIDAN — After three interim meetings and hours of deliberation, members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee decided to table its current Title 25 reform bill in a meeting Dec. 17. The bill will not move forward for consideration in the upcoming legislative session.
5 months agoJACKSON — When Public Health Order No. 21-5 expires Dec. 31, masks will no longer be required throughout Teton County.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — Members of the Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees debated a draft resolution Monday night intended to express dissatisfaction with the National School Boards Association, and to request the Wyoming School Boards Association leave the national organization.
5 months agoThe deaths of another 24 Wyoming residents have been linked to the coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health said Tuesday.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by three on Tuesday.
5 months agoCODY — Backcountry outfitters and guides had long been exempted from Wyoming’s statewide lodging tax, but those days are no more.
5 months agoPOWELL — While awaiting a trial on a count of first-degree murder, authorities say a Cody woman fought with deputies at the Park County Detention Center.
5 months agoRIVERTON — The 19-year-old St. Stephen’s resident accused of murdering two people in a Riverton bedroom in January 2019 is being held without bond.
5 months agoCASPER — Wyoming took another step in fighting back against federal vaccine mandates Saturday, this time in the court battle over worker requirements at larger businesses.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases fell by 156 over the weekend, dropping below 1,000 for the first time since August.
5 months agoJACKSON — Fall Creek Road residents are sounding the alarm over the possibility that dozens of high-end commercial campsites, roads and related infrastructure could be carved into the lower flanks of Munger Mountain.
5 months agoRIVERTON — A 19-year-old St. Stephen’s man has been charged as the primary actor in the 2019 shooting deaths of Jocelyn Watt and Rudy Perez in Riverton.
5 months agoCASPER — Wyoming Catholic College and one of its vice presidents are the subjects of two lawsuits filed this month related to ongoing accusations of fraud against the college’s former chief financial officer.
5 months agoCHEYENNE —Discussion continues among state legislators about how best to bridge the gap in funding Wyoming’s K-12 education system.
5 months agoSHERIDAN — The far northeast corner of the state land encompassing the Veterans Home of Wyoming is currently occupied not by veterans but by a private company, with a state-certified sand and gravel lease on the land.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon presented his plan Thursday for the more than $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds given to the state, suggesting more than half should be saved for the future.
5 months agoWyoming Republican Party Chairman William “Frank” Eathorne is one of the nearly 200 Wyoming citizens listed by a whistleblower group as members of the far-right anti-government Oath Keepers group.
5 months agoBUFFALO — The Buffalo Bulletin was victorious in the libel lawsuit brought by the Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County Political Action Committee.
5 months agoPOWELL — When local, state and federal law enforcement agents teamed up earlier this year to bust multiple people with large quantities of meth in Park County, their efforts had an impact on the drug trade not only locally, but outside of Wyoming, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service says.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — Jurors found a Cheyenne woman charged in the shooting death of her fiancé not guilty of second-degree murder in Laramie County District Court.
5 months agoJACKSON — A real estate transfer tax is on the table this legislative session, sponsored for the first time by the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee.
5 months agoJACKSON —Teton County Democrats have disavowed Commissioner Greg Epstein for his stance on COVID-19 and the mask mandate in Teton County.
5 months agoRAWLINS — DNA identification technology has led the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office and Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s Cold Case Team to close a 26-year-old case of brutal attack and kidnapping.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — A judge dismissed four criminal counts Tuesday against a local woman who allegedly shot and killed her fiancé, citing insufficient evidence.
5 months agoCASPER — In October, representatives from all 50 states submitted community development proposals to the federal government’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
5 months agoPINEDALE – Many people are calling for Sublette County commissioners who voted to approve rezoning of 56 agricultural acres to recreational for a destination resort on a Bondurant ranch to answer for themselves.
5 months agoRIVERTON — Four Fremont County residents are being charged in connection with the 2019 double-killing of Jocelyn Watt and Rudy Perez.
5 months agoSHERIDAN — Even in relatively easy years, the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee, which entered its second full week of budget discussions Monday, has a lot of work to do.
5 months agoCASPER — Wyoming’s nascent rare earth elements industry may be inching closer to commercialization.
5 months agoA group supporting public employees is challenging the firing of an environmental analyst who said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a Delaware-sized oilfield in Converse County failed to protect migratory birds as required.
5 months agoWyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality, which oversees the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and many other environmental laws that guide mining, landfills, refineries and other industrial activities, suffers from increasing staff turnover and vacancy rates.
5 months agoCHEYENNE —Sometimes, a legislative change means a world of difference for people who have little control over their current circumstances.
5 months agoJACKSON — There’s a good likelihood that famous Grizzly 399 and her four cubs have put their shaky saga to bed, at least for a few months.
5 months agoCASPER — High winds and icy conditions kept several Wyoming highways closed Sunday, including large portions of Interstate 25 and Interstate 80.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — Demands have been made by some Laramie County School District No. 1 parents to remove at least 15 books from school libraries due to mature content.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — When Laramie County Community College Nursing Program Director Karen Bowen received an intense call at 10 a.m. on a Thursday, she never expected within the hour she’d be directing nursing students to the hospital as a support team.
5 months agoCASPER —A total of 192 cases of coronavirus have been found among Casper city workers since March 2020.
5 months agoJACKSON — Wyoming Senate President Dan Dockstader isn’t too thrilled with how redistricting is shaking out.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming grew by 21 on Thursday.
5 months agoLARAMIE — Following a public hearing for the proposed Rock Creek Wind Project this week, the Albany County Board of Commissioners has 45 days to make a decision about whether to approve its wind energy conversion systems permit.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 59 on Wednesday, according to state figures.
5 months agoGov. Mark Gordon’s open call for ideas on how to spend more than $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act — a measure all three Wyoming Congressional delegates opposed — has so far garnered more than 100 proposals that collectively surpass $3 billion.
5 months agoGREEN RIVER — Buyers continue to show their interest in purchasing parcels of land in the Red Desert, despite the area being devoid of utilities or means to access properties.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — With the support of a Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees member’s husband, parents continued to make their voices heard Monday regarding universal masking policies and the district’s reading materials.
5 months agoJACKSON — The town of Jackson and Teton County received another striking sales tax report Monday, with another record set and further indications that the area’s economy has recovered from the stifling nadir of the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 66 over the weekend.
5 months agoThe Wyoming Republican Party leadership’s recent vote to expel U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney intensified attention on a congressional race widely portrayed as a showdown between former President Donald Trump and his most consistent and vocal GOP critic.
5 months agoCASPER — Former President Donald Trump is expected to visit Wyoming next year for the first time.
5 months agoCHEYENNE —Five state leaders chosen by Gov. Mark Gordon for what he has named his “Strike Team” met in a virtual town hall Friday to discuss plans for spending upwards of $1 billion in federal funding coming to Wyoming.
5 months agoCASPER — Wyoming was founded, in part, on gold. But a small exploration and development company thinks it can bring gold — and copper — mining back to the state.
5 months agoNEWCASTLE — Weston County Commissioner Tony Barton is standing his ground and asserting his legal right to remain on the Board of Weston County Commissioners until the end of his term, as stated by his attorneys, Samuel R. Yemington and Kasey J. Benish, who are associated with the Cheyenne firm Holland and Hart.
5 months agoSHERIDAN — Sheridan County’s joint housing study will be completed this month, and it should include some answers on how to affordably accommodate an influx of new residents into the county.
5 months agoCASPER — Utilities are back in the market for coal.
5 months agoCHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon considers salary increases meant to support state employee recruitment and retention a high priority in the 2023-24 biennium budget.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 14 on Thursday
5 months agoCASPER — Wyoming’s chancery court is now open, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate Fox announced Wednesday.
5 months agoPOWELL — Wyoming is one step closer to adding roadkill to the dinner menu.
5 months agoCODY — The latest effort to delist Yellowstone area grizzly bears took a step closer Tuesday.
5 months agoThe number of Wyoming deaths connected to the coronavirus has increased by 81 in the last two weeks, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday.
5 months agoThe number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 36 on Tuesday.
5 months agoSHERIDAN — Several mental health care providers expressed concerns about the viability of Wyoming’s mental health care during the afternoon session of the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Forum Nov. 23.
5 months agoSHERIDAN — Several mental health care providers expressed concerns about the viability of Wyoming’s mental health care during the afternoon session of the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Forum Nov. 23.
5 months agoThe Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates have had health care workers and their employers on edge in recent weeks, but on Monday, a U.S. District Court judge temporarily halted the enforcement of the mandate in Wyoming and nine other states.
5 months agoCASPER — Taxes on oil and gas drilling on federal lands could go up for the first time in a century, the Department of the Interior said Friday.
5 months agoJACKSON — The Bridger-Teton National Forest will not imminently allow woolgrowers to herd domestic sheep back onto portions of the Wyoming Range near where a bighorn sheep herd roams, a mix that could endanger the wild sheep by introducing diseases.
5 months agoAfter the federal government partially shut down in December, Audra Warburton and other Double H Bar employees packed up brochures for the National Elk Refuge sleigh rides they offer, along with a couple of cash registers, and moved into a corner of the Home Ranch Welcome Center to register tours there.
3 years agoLaramie should significantly increase the penalties leveled to businesses that sell alcohol to minors, University of Wyoming Vice President for Student Affairs Sean Blackburn suggested Monday.
3 years ago