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  • Yellowstone drone ad draws fire

    10 hours ago

    JACKSON — A California-based drone manufacturer is being investigated for promoting its “true follow-me” technology with footage of a Rollerblader kicking it along a West Thumb Geyser Basin boardwalk.

  • Sheridan College researcher studies alternative beef forage crops

    10 hours ago

    SHERIDAN — A Sheridan College instructor presented research focused on addressing the challenges dwindling resources pose to livestock producers at the Mars Agriculture Center Wednesday.

  • Delegation criticizes oil, gas lease decision

    10 hours ago

    CASPER — Wyoming’s congressional delegation on Thursday slammed a federal decision blocking oil and gas drilling on 500 square miles of Wyoming land pending a climate change impact analysis.

  • Wolf deaths eyed in return of elk to historic range

    11 hours ago

    JACKSON — Elk have returned to their historic winter range in the Gros Ventre River drainage, and one theory for their reappearance is the targeted killing of resident wolves.

  • Powell game bird farm shelves sage grouse plans

    11 hours ago

    POWELL — With the effort still proving too pricey, a Powell game bird farm has again shelved its plans to raise sage grouse.

  • Oil and gas leases blocked

    11 hours ago

    CASPER — A federal judge on Tuesday rebuked the Bureau of Land Management over oil and gas leases sold in Wyoming during the Obama administration for failing to take a hard look at how leasing the land for potential oil and gas development would affect climate change.

  • Uranium company proposes Shirley Basin revival

    11 hours ago

    LARAMIE — A uranium company is proposing to re-open the uranium mines in Shirley Basin.

  • Teton County healthiest in state

    1 day ago

    JACKSON — Togwoteee Pass is a sharp dividing line between the healthiest and the unhealthiest counties in Wyoming, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

  • Law firm pushes to legalize ‘skill games’

    1 day ago

    CASPER — A law firm representing Wyoming Skills, LLC — a group of vendors who own and operate gaming equipment — plans to meet with newly appointed Attorney General Bridget Hill to discuss the legality of electronic skill games.

  • Contract disputes suspend work on wind farm near Medicine Bow

    1 day ago

    RAWLINS — Recently inflamed contract disputes between Rocky Mountain Power and Boswell Wind, LLC are likely to cause construction delays for a wind farm projected 15 miles east of Medicine Bow.

  • Supreme Court gets first arguments in UW gun case

    1 day ago

    LARAMIE — An attorney for Lyle Williams, who was cited in 2018 for carrying a gun on the University of Wyoming’s campus, has filed the opening brief in an appeal of a December ruling by Albany County district court judge Tori Kricken, who upended the conventional reading of 2010’s Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act by determining the law unwittingly restricted gun rights in the state.

  • Gordon lets school zoning bill become law without signature

    3 days ago

    Gov. Mark Gordon today allowed a bill stripping county authority over private school zoning to become law without his signature saying in a written statement he found the measure “flawed.”

  • Interior Department finalizes sage grouse rules

    3 days ago

    CASPER — Discord prevailed Friday over an imperiled bird’s future in Wyoming, despite the official end of a one-and-a-half-year battle of words concerning how the Trump administration should balance sage grouse and energy development on public lands.

  • Gordon vetoes two bills, declines to sign several others

    3 days ago

    CHEYENNE – Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday used his veto pen on two bills, one of which would have authorized the Legislature to sue to allow Wyoming’s coal to be exported through Washington state.

  • New rape kit law big step toward rape case reform, says senator

    3 days ago

    JACKSON — A new law will require an annual report of all untested rape kits in Wyoming and forbid agencies from destroying such evidence without a proper order.

  • Enzi, Barrasso vote to uphold Trump emergency declaration

    3 days ago

    CASPER — During the eight years of the Obama administration, Wyoming’s senators spent considerable time criticizing federal overreach. But accusations of overreach by the Trump administration in attempting to leapfrog Congressional authority on funding a southern border wall failed to sway Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi from voting Thursday against the president’s emergency declaration.

  • Grand Teton examines plan to improve cell service 

    1 week ago

    JACKSON — Where a phone call today is an iffy proposition, visitors and residents of Grand Teton National Park may soon have all their smartphones’ capabilities at their fingertips.

  • Convicted murder wins Supreme Court appeal

    1 week ago

    BUFFALO — Convicted murder Donald C. Davis won an appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court, which may set him free.

  • Converse County breaks oil, gas production records

    1 week ago

    DOUGLAS — Three years ago, you didn’t see too many oversized loads rumbling through the county. Douglas felt weary and empty. Few cranes jutted out on the horizon, and only rarely did you see long stretches of exposed earth, marking new pipelines.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, March 14, 2019

    1 week ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, March 14, 2019

  • Curtain call on concerts: Community Concert Association ends 74-year run

    1 week ago

    CODY — “A Carnegie Hall in every town.” That was one of the early slogans of the organization that would later be known as the Live Community Concert Association of Cody and Powell.

  • States waiting on hemp rules from USDA

    1 week ago

    CHEYENNE — While the federal government paved the way for industrial hemp production in the 2018 Farm Bill, states still need direction on how the nascent industry will be regulated before seeds can go into the ground.

  • Wyoming’s middle class faces highest insurance cost

    1 week ago

    JACKSON — High health insurance premiums are walloping Wyoming’s middle class.

  • Snowmobilers top Wyoming avalanche fatality list

    1 week ago

    TETON VILLAGE — Snowmobilers have outpaced backcountry skiers as the group most likely to see members killed by an avalanche in Wyoming, according to statistics from the state’s only avalanche center.

  • Wyoming’s middle class faces highest insurance cost

    1 week ago

    JACKSON — High health insurance premiums are walloping Wyoming’s middle class.

  • Laramie County residents protest Anadarko permits

    1 week ago

    CASPER — Another attempt by mineral owners to wrest drilling control in southeastern Wyoming from the large independent Anadarko Petroleum by opposing the company’s drilling permits failed Tuesday to convince commissioners overseeing Wyoming’s oil and gas industry.

  • Wildlife numbers down at Elk Refuge

    1 week ago

    JACKSON — Fewer elk and bison are chowing down on alfalfa pellets on the National Elk Refuge compared with past winters, even as wildlife are enduring a whopper of a winter.

  • New Hathaway Scholarship targets out-of-state students

    1 week ago

    LARAMIE — Each new session of the Wyoming Legislature brings a handful of bills that aim to revised access to Hathaway scholarships and, in turn, affect the student body at the University of Wyoming.

  • Gordon signs rule to allow more propane deliveries

    1 week ago

    CASPER — With low stocks of propane in some parts of the state and cold weather headed to Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon has lifted restrictions on the number of hours truckers can be on the road for propane deliveries.

  • Bill tackles delinquent ad valorem payments

    1 week ago

    CHEYENNE –- Counties seeking delinquent ad valorem taxes from bankrupt energy companies will automatically move to the front of the line of creditors seeking payment starting in 2021.

  • Women brew special beer for International Women’s Day

    1 week ago

    SHERIDAN — Grey shirts with pink logos and clear safety glasses were the in-vogue fashion for empowered women Friday at Black Tooth Brewing Company.

  • Blockchain laws put Wyoming in unique position

    1 week ago

    GILLETTE — Most new technologies are met with widespread skepticism, but that couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes to blockchain technology and Wyoming legislators.

  • Wyoming ranked fourth for wind power economics

    1 week ago

    CASPER — Wyoming wind is relentless, and anyone who lives in the state knows that the perpetual irritant that makes sagebrush shiver and wind socks live horizontally is also something that can be harnessed for power.

  • UW ‘Cowboys’ campaign wins advertising awards

    1 week ago

    LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming’s “The World Needs More Cowboys” marketing campaign has been winning high praise in different advertisement award circles recently, including the Higher Education Marketing Report and the American Advertising Federation.

  • Bill to save coal power plants signed, skeptics abound

    1 week ago

    CHEYENNE — A bill signed by Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday aims to keep Wyoming's coal-fired power plants online and in business by requiring a utility to try to sell the facility first before decommissioning it.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Friday, Mar. 8, 2019

    2 weeks ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Friday, Mar. 8, 2019

  • Senate Management Council to rule on Hutchings LGBTQ complaint

    2 weeks ago

    Weeks after Cheyenne high school students sparked furor after describing vulgar statements by their state senator in the halls of the temporary Capitol building, the Senate president said the body’s response will be considered by a subcommittee of leading senators from both parties.

  • New details released in fatal avalanche

    2 weeks ago

    JACKSON — The man who died in an avalanche near Breccia Cliffs on Monday was wearing an airbag and a beacon, investigators said. But Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said Dale Laedtke, 27, suffocated under the snow before his friends could dig him out.

  • Bachelor of Applied Science degree bill passed after cost debate

    2 weeks ago

    RIVERTON — Legislators speaking in support of a bill that authorized new academic programs at community colleges in Wyoming said it would be OK if the change results in an increased expense for the state.

  • Wyoming could be facing tough questions on highway funding this interim

    2 weeks ago

    In a nation that tops the world in automobile ownership per capita, Wyoming ranks the highest among states, with nearly 300,000 more vehicles than residents, according to 2015 statistics from the Federal Highway Administration. For many in this far-flung and lightly populated state, the only means of connectivity is the two-lane highway leading out of town.

  • Lincoln County not standing still as energy uncertainty remains

    2 weeks ago

    AFTON — Fear and uncertainty might be good words to describe the emotions of many in the state as the future of coal production in Wyoming remains in question.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, March 7, 2019

    2 weeks ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, March 7, 2019

  • Medicare penalizes 10 Wyoming hospitals

    2 weeks ago

    CASPER — The federal government has penalized nine Wyoming hospitals for high readmission rates, and another one for high levels of hospital-acquired medical conditions, a report from Kaiser Health News shows.

  • Backcountry rescue could lead to charges

    2 weeks ago

    JACKSON — Emergency responders have rescued at least six skiers and snowboarders this winter who became stuck or lost in Granite Canyon, steep and rocky backcountry terrain in Grand Teton National Park, just outside the boundaries of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

  • Gordon signs hemp bill, ag community ready to grow

    2 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — Efforts to diversify Wyoming’s economy got a major boost with the stroke of Gov. Mark Gordon’s pen Wednesday.

  • Crews put finishing touches on UW engineering building

    2 weeks ago

    LARAMIE — Work on the University of Wyoming’s Engineering Education and Research Building should be completed this month, with almost all equipment expected to be moved in by the start of summer session.

  • Delegation seeks to authorize grizzly hunt

    2 weeks ago

    CODY — Following on the heels of state legislation authorizing state grizzly bear management, members of Wyoming’s congressional delegation are reintroducing a bill to authorize just that.

  • Ranchers deal with 15 days of sub-freezing temperatures

    2 weeks ago

    GILLETTE — Charlene and Doug Camblin, like many ranchers in Campbell County, aren’t calving yet.

  • Man arrested after shots fired at Casper hospital

    2 weeks ago

    CASPER — A man fired multiple gunshots inside Wyoming Medical Center early Monday before police officers arrested him at a nearby building on the campus of the Casper hospital.

  • Three men sentenced in 2016 robbery, carjacking

    2 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — The three men responsible for the 2016 attempted robbery of the Medicap Pharmacy in Cheyenne and a carjacking in Wheatland have been sentenced in federal court.

  • Legislature could be facing budget cuts ahead

    2 weeks ago

    CASPER — Since the last energy bust sent Wyoming’s budget in a downward spiral, lawmakers have increasingly called for a means to diversify the state’s revenue streams in ways that avoid direct hits on residents’ wallets.

  • Bill allowing coal terminal lawsuit sends message, legislator says

    2 weeks ago

    GILLETTE — Giving the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council authority to take independent legal action over Washington state’s efforts to kill a coal export terminal project sends a message more than it threatens a lawsuit.

  • Diocese continues to compile list of accused clergy

    2 weeks ago

    CASPER (WNE) — Catholic leaders in Wyoming continue to compile a full list of credibly accused clergymen stretching back to 1950, more than five months after the work began and three months after the diocese announced the effort to its parishioners.

  • Bill allowing coal terminal lawsuit sends message, legislator says

    2 weeks ago

    GILLETTE — Giving the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council authority to take independent legal action over Washington state’s efforts to kill a coal export terminal project sends a message more than it threatens a lawsuit.

  • Legislature could be facing budget cuts ahead

    2 weeks ago

    CASPER — Since the last energy bust sent Wyoming’s budget in a downward spiral, lawmakers have increasingly called for a means to diversify the state’s revenue streams in ways that avoid direct hits on residents’ wallets.

  • Festival to feature women-only adventure films

    2 weeks ago

    LARAMIE — A film festival that aims to “undefine” what it means to be a woman in the outdoor world is set to screen in Laramie for the first time next week.

  • Wyoming works to expand broadband

    2 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — Wyoming's efforts to expand broadband internet access across the state go beyond making sure people can binge their favorite TV show no matter their ZIP code.

  • ‘New sheriff’ Gordon reins in Legislature’s budgeting process

    2 weeks ago

    To cheers from the Wyoming Republican Party and even some lawmakers, Gov. Mark Gordon took a swipe at the Legislature’s budgeting process with a strongly worded veto letter about reining in practices he deemed unconstitutional.

  • Undocumented workers find it hard to access worker’s comp

    3 weeks ago

    JACKSON — When a co-worker ran over a landscaper’s foot with a lawnmower, it took three days for the 25-year-old to go to the hospital.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019

    3 weeks ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019

  • Jackson wildlife getting by despite record snow

    3 weeks ago

    JACKSON — Eight cow and calf elk bedded at central Jackson’s Mateosky Field for a morning last week and later spent part of their afternoon hooving and nosing for nonexistent grass atop the town’s fast-growing snow heap at the fairgrounds.

  • Casper man arrested in mother’s shooting, woman ‘critical’

    3 weeks ago

    CASPER — The man arrested on suspicion of shooting a woman at a central Casper home early Tuesday is her adult son, police said Wednesday.

  • Business owner disputes money laundering allegations

    3 weeks ago

    LARAMIE — Federal prosecutors are relying merely on conjecture in alleging Almanza Mexican Food helped launder money for a Mexican drug cartel, the restaurant’s attorney told the Laramie Boomerang Wednesday.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019

    3 weeks ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019

  • Wind tax backers look to voters

    3 weeks ago

    Proponents of a steeper wind tax in Wyoming intend to put the issue on the 2020 ballot after Speaker of the House Steve Harshman (R-Casper) refused to allow debate of bills raising the tax for the second year in a row.

  • Conservationists ask Gordon to intervene in lease sale

    3 weeks ago

    Conservationists sent an emergency letter to Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday asking him to intervene in a BLM oil and gas lease sale that targets what one sage grouse expert calls “the highest grouse density areas on Earth.”

  • Immigration issue surfaces in court request

    3 weeks ago

    JACKSON — A simple motion made in Teton County Circuit Court on Feb. 11 triggered a complex argument over immigration not often heard in state court.

  • Coal company owner works on payment plan for taxes

    3 weeks ago

    GILLETTE — A coal company that owes more than $8 million in unpaid taxes had approached Campbell County about a monthly payment plan.

  • Wrongful death lawsuit filed in police shooting of Casper man

    3 weeks ago

    CASPER — The mother of a man shot and killed by Casper police last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court Monday on the anniversary of his death.

  • Laramie restaurant implicated in money laundering case

    3 weeks ago

    LARAMIE — Almanza’s Mexican Food on Grand Avenue is implicated as being part of a years-long money laundering scheme for a Mexican drug cartel.

  • Gov. Gordon takes out his veto pen for state budget

    3 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon used his veto pen Tuesday to reject more than two dozen items out of the state supplemental budget passed by the Legislature this month. The vetoes started a domino effect in the Legislature with the House set to meet today, when it will most likely start the process to override at least some of Gordon's decisions.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019

    3 weeks ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019

  • Bill exempting private schools from county zoning moves to Gordon’s desk

    3 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE – A bill to override Teton County zoning regulations on behalf of a private school owned by members of the family of prominent GOP donor Foster Friess passed its final vote in the House on Monday.

  • Researchers argue for ‘low-carbon’ future for state

    3 weeks ago

    SHERIDAN — Researchers from the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources argued last week that the future of Wyoming coal may depend on reduced carbon emission.

  • Speculation surrounds Cloud Peak financial reports

    3 weeks ago

    GILLETTE — To say the past three months have been rocky for Cloud Peak Energy would be a gross understatement.

  • Jackson grapples with new wireless rules

    3 weeks ago

    JACKSON — New federal regulations pre-empting local control over wireless equipment prompted town officials to re-examine their policies on telecommunications infrastructure in an effort to guard Jackson’s character.

  • Statewide lodging tax condemned by Senate

    3 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE – The Senate killed a bill to implement a statewide lodging tax on a final vote Monday after it was pulled from the consent list.

  • Leases overlapping deer migration path opposed

    3 weeks ago

    JACKSON — Activists are once again pushing back on plans to sell oil and gas leases overlapping a celebrated migration path that funnels thousands of mule deer to the Wyoming and Gros Ventre ranges.

  • Communities turn to ‘skijoring’ for winter festivals

    3 weeks ago

    SHERIDAN — Town by town and volunteer by volunteer, communities throughout Wyoming are working to make the state a worthwhile stop for athletes competing in Skijoring America-sanctioned events throughout the year.

  • Jury finds no discrimination in trooper’s demotion

    3 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — A jury ruled Friday that while gender did play a part in a Wyoming Highway Patrol K9 handler's demotion in 2016, the Highway Patrol would have made the same decision regardless of gender.

  • Corporate income tax bill may resurface

    3 weeks ago

    CHEYENNE — A bill to create Wyoming’s first corporate income tax – believed dead since last week – might be making a comeback.

  • Coalition threatens lawsuit over new grizzly law

    1 month ago

    PINEDALE – A conservation coalition is threatening to sue Wyoming over its new grizzly-hunt law, signed by the governor on Feb. 15, that outlines the scenario for a grizzly bear-hunting season and relocations of captured bears to California and other states.

  • Business and historic organizations hope to see Wonder Bar reopen

    1 month ago

    CASPER — The Wonder Bar’s recent closure was a hit to the entire downtown community, according to Kathy Edwards, the president of the Downtown Casper Business Association.

  • Party-switching bill dies

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE – The Senate voted Thursday to kill the last bill in the Legislature that would have closed the state’s primary elections to voters who switched their party affiliation.

  • Final budget bill adds $17.4 million in UW projects

    1 month ago

    LARAMIE — The final supplemental budget bill approved by the state Legislature this week includes $17.4 million in new funding for the University of Wyoming. The final version has $2 million more than the original drafted budget.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

    1 month ago

    NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

  • House approves move to strip zoning authority over private schools

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE – The Wyoming House in its first floor discussion gave initial approval to a much debated bill to strip counties’ zoning authority over private schools.

  • Supreme Court upholds Jackson inquest ruling

    1 month ago

    JACKSON — The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a decision made in Teton County District Court regarding a May 2017 coroner’s inquest, killing an appeal.

  • Cody Labs expected to sell soon

    1 month ago

    POWELL — Cody Laboratories is expected to sell to a new owner by July.

  • Corporate income tax bill dies

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — A bill to create Wyoming’s first corporate income tax is dead.

  • Officials disagree on party switching

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — The vastly divergent views on how to close off primary elections to party switchers between the Senate and the House have been on full display this week.

  • Companies look to build carbon capture project at Dave Johnston Power Plant

    1 month ago

    DOUGLAS — Picture the skeletal towers of oil derricks rising above the sage brush in 1919. The Big Muddy oil field practically oozed black gold, giving up a whopping 10,000 barrels a day. Roughnecks drove out to fields in Model Ts, ambitious fortune-seekers chaotically staked claims. It was Converse County’s first boom, and Glenrock was a place of national interest and importance.

  • Laramie’s free clinic flooded with support following Washington Post story

    1 month ago

    National publicity surrounding a well-known Wyoming family’s political infighting has resulted in an unexpected windfall for Laramie’s free clinic.

  • Court filing alleges unconstitutional conditions at women’s prison

    1 month ago

    Three inmates at Wyoming’s only women’s prison have asked the federal district court to force the state to deal with overcrowding and deteriorating facilities that they allege have created unconstitutional conditions of confinement.

  • Cloud Peak cuts 15 jobs

    1 month ago

    GILLETTE — Troubles for Gillette-based Cloud Peak Energy Corp. continue with the elimination of 15 salaried jobs, including lobbyists and public affairs positions.

  • Council votes against rental housing resolution

    1 month ago

    LARAMIE — The Laramie City Council chambers was standing-room only Tuesday as residents, landowners, tenants and students piled in to voice their concerns and give recommendations to City Council about a rental housing resolution on the agenda.

  • Kemmerer mine sold

    1 month ago

    CASPER — A Virginia businessman will be the newest coal player in Wyoming after being the sole bidder for a bankrupt firm’s coal mine in Lincoln County, according to documents filed in bankruptcy court in southern Texas on Tuesday.

  • Auditor releases years of state expenditures

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — Calling it a "new era in state government," the CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com applauded new State Auditor Kristi Racines on Tuesday for releasing six years of state checkbook expenditures.

  • Ski pass program blamed for Teton Village problems

    1 month ago

    JACKSON — Creeping traffic. Sprawling lift lines. Packed slopes. This is Jackson Hole in the time of Ikon — or at least that’s the talk on the tram. The newest collective pass grants cheap access to resorts from Washington to Maine and Chile to Japan, but also takes the heat for a slew of problems that seem suddenly to have swelled.

  • Local school security bill dies in House

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE – In an overwhelming floor vote, the state House of Representatives killed a school security bill Friday because of what some called an unfunded, and unneeded, mandate on schools.

  • School ‘game’ results in sexual battery reports

    1 month ago

    CASPER — There have been roughly 15 reports of sexual battery in Natrona County’s high and middle schools over the past two weeks as part of a “game” where male students challenge each other to inappropriately touch their female peers, officials told the Star-Tribune on Monday.

  • Companies, activists unite against corporate income tax

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE – Simmering opposition to a corporate income tax pushed by leading lawmakers came to a boil this week when corporate lobbyists and lawyers joined Republican party activists to bash the measure at a Senate committee hearing.

  • Three survive weekend avalanche burials 

    1 month ago

    JACKSON — Satchel Toole, 23, wasn’t breathing when his friends pulled him out of an avalanche Saturday afternoon on Teton Pass.

  • Judge rules Westmoreland can cut employee benefits

    1 month ago

    CASPER — Retired coal miners from Kemmerer likely lost their company health benefits Friday when a judge decided that Westmoreland Coal Co. could eliminate retirement health care and a union contract in order to sell the Kemmerer coal mine to a Virginia businessman.

  • Lobbyists, conservatives oppose corporate income tax

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — In the past five weeks, the Wyoming Legislature has examined a property tax, a tax on wind energy, and taxes on hotel rooms, cigarettes and vape products.

  • Gordon, Buchanan see legislative overreach on new Capitol

    1 month ago

    Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Ed Buchanan characterized an effort by legislative leaders to maintain some control over the Capitol building after restoration work finishes this year as creeping legislative overreach.

  • Bison learn to avoid hunters

    1 month ago

    JACKSON — Near midnight on Sue Pepe’s long commute home to Buffalo Valley, four bison appeared near the S-curves just up the highway from the Snake River Overlook.

  • Arch ends 2018 with strong quarter

    1 month ago

    GILLETTE — Arch Coal Inc. finished off 2018 with a strong fourth quarter, reporting a net income of $86.1 million on revenues of $651 million.

  • Buffalo winner of battle over nursing facility

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — After a drawn out tug of war between Casper and Buffalo for the recommendation to host a new skilled nursing facility for Wyoming veterans, the Legislature has made its final decision: It’s going to Johnson County.

  • Senate kills death penalty repeal bill

    1 month ago

    CHEYENNE — The effort to end the death penalty in Wyoming was unable to get past conservative opposition Thursday in the state Senate.

  • UW parking study shows allocation of spaces is real problem

    1 month ago

    Results from University of Wyoming’s Parking and Transportation Study show the parking issue that seems to have plagued the campus for decades is not centered around lack of spaces, but rather the imbalance in demand for them. The preliminary recommendation is not building a parking garage but restructuring the permit system to make better use of current parking availability on campus.

  • Death penalty repeal heads to Senate floor

    1 month ago

    The bill to repeal the death penalty in Wyoming received unanimous support in a Senate committee Wednesday after emotional testimony on both sides of the issue.

  • Gillette schools study social media monitoring

    1 month ago

    More than 400 school districts in the nation are monitoring social media messages for possible threats from students, residents and parents through a service called Social Sentinels.

  • Cheyenne residents question sale of hemp products

    1 month ago

    Natural Wellness CBD has drawn attention with bright flags advertising its hemp-based products, including tinctures, creams and vape cartridges, for sale in Cheyenne.

  • Senator under fire for homosexuality remarks

    1 month ago

    State Sen. Lynn Hutchings has come under fire for comments she allegedly made to a group of local high school students comparing protections for LGBTQ people to protections for pedophiles and those who practice bestiality.

  • Students accuse Hutchings of vulgar conversation

    1 month ago

    Students from Cheyenne’s Central High School approached their senator, Republican Lynn Hutchings, because they wanted to lobby for protections against job discrimination based on sexual orientation.

  • Hutchings says comments did not come across as intended

    1 month ago

    In the wake of mounting criticism, state Sen. Lynn Hutchings released a statement Tuesday afternoon defending comments she made to a group of Cheyenne students lobbying for a bill to protect workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

  • Jackson prepares for plastic bag ban

    1 month ago

    With plastic sacks set to mostly vanish from Jackson in two months, the town is orchestrating a transition to ease shoppers and businesses into the new, bagless reality.

  • Converse County EIS in limbo

    1 month ago

    The Bureau of Land Management’s Final Converse County EIS was expected to be released in October 2018, some estimated. Many anticipated the Record of Decision to come out in January.

  • Legislative panel approves private school zoning bill

    1 month ago

    A Legislative committee voted 6-3 Tuesday to recommend House passage of a bill that will strip counties of zoning authority over private schools.

  • Gordon: Chamber showdowns don’t advance state

    1 month ago

    Following a budget blow up between the leadership of Wyoming’s House and Senate last week, Gov. Mark Gordon called on lawmakers to avoid head-butting and move Wyoming forward.

  • Females lead herd out of buffalo standoff

    1 month ago

    Of all the duties prospective Wyoming Game and Fish employees envision that a job with the agency might entail, rounding up 50 bison in a 27-degree-below-zero mini-rodeo likely isn’t one of them.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019

    1 month ago

    News around the state from Wyoming News Service member papers

  • Irritable moose is dehorned and relocated

    1 month ago

    A stream of phone calls this winter from Alpine residents irked by a cantankerous bull moose living off grain faithfully left out in a feed trough prompted wildlife managers to take action this past week.

  • JCHC and elected officials come to agreement on skilled nursing facility

    1 month ago

    While talking with friends and neighbors on Main Street and attending legislative sessions in Cheyenne, Mayor Shane Schrader said it has become painfully clear to him that Buffalo is a city divided.

  • On the trail of the hunt: bill to enable dogs to search for big game

    1 month ago

    A bill that would allow hunters to use a blood trailing dog to track big game has the support of local legislators and outdoors groups.

  • City of Casper sues opioid drugmakers alleging companies misled public

    1 month ago

    The City of Casper has filed a federal lawsuit against more than 15 opioid manufacturers and distributors across the country, alleging the drug companies misrepresented the addictive properties of their prescription painkillers, the city announced Thursday.

  • XPrize teams near final stretch to prove CO2 technologies

    1 month ago

    At first glance, it appears there’s not much happening on the 226,000 square feet of flat, open space east and north of the Dry Fork Station power plant about 10 miles north of Gillette.

  • Jackson trivia contest is bilingual

    1 month ago

    The competition among three teams Jan. 24 was friendly at Jackson Hole’s inaugural Bilingual Trivia Night at Teton County Library.

  • 20-year-old festival put on ice

    1 month ago

    The Cody Ice Festival as people have known it is done. That’s exactly how local professional ice climber Aaron Mulkey and other prominent climbers want it.

  • Obit: Critical infrastructure bill 2019 succumbs to deadline

    1 month ago

    Beloved by industry, a bill to stifle protests against “critical infrastructure” died for the third time on Feb. 4, 2019 in the capitol when it missed the deadline for an initial House floor vote. It was two sessions old.

  • Gloves come off in Senate vs. House budget brawl

    1 month ago

    In a dramatic bit of parliamentary maneuvering, the Wyoming Senate suspended its rules Wednesday at the direction of its leadership to introduce four alternative budget bills. The late game shift, they say, is designed to fund essential state operations if the overall budget bill fails.

  • Authorities say man killed in shooting was trying to kill officers

    1 month ago

    The Fremont County Attorney's Office will take no criminal action against the officers who shot a man to death on a city street last month in Riverton.

  • Bill to encourage sale of coal-fired plants moves ahead

    1 month ago

    A bill aimed to shield against collateral damage from the coal industry’s decline passed the Wyoming Senate Wednesday, though even the lawmakers proposing it noted that it was a Hail Mary.

  • Senate passes 4 new budget bills

    1 month ago

    The Senate suspended its rules Wednesday and filed four new spending bills as it and the House try to bridge about a $70 million difference in their two proposed budgets.

  • As lawmakers file financial disclosures, House wants more

    1 month ago

    As lawmakers and officials filed their annual financial disclosure forms last week, Wyoming representatives passed a bill to increase what they must reveal.

  • Senate, House sharply divided over budget again

    1 month ago

    For the second year in a row, the House and Senate differ by around $80 million on the state’s budget, after senators made cuts to their version and representatives added money to theirs.

  • Commissioners seek to turn NE Wyo into ‘Carbon Valley’

    1 month ago

    Campbell County commissioners want northeast Wyoming to become the hub for advanced carbon research, but they need to lay a foundation for that to happen, which is why they’re looking to conduct a study that would offer blueprint for making Gillette a “Carbon Valley.”

  • Minimum wage increase fails once again

    1 month ago

    Wyoming’s minimum wage won't see an increase this year after an attempt to raise it died Monday night on the floor of the state House of Representatives.

  • Jackson schools sued over bus accident

    1 month ago

    A Weston County mother is suing Teton County School District No. 1 for negligence after a school bus driver ran into her son in the fall of 2017.

  • GOP, big donor lobby against LGBTQ employment protections

    1 month ago

    The Wyoming Republican Party and a wealthy conservative donor are opposing a bill that would protect workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity — adding those qualities to existing protected classes like race, sex and creed.

  • Wind farm developers ask for more time

    1 month ago

    If Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality approves an amendment request submitted by Power Company of Wyoming LLC, Carbon County is likely to inherit a few more years of wind farm development.

  • Gillette student charged in school shooting plan

    1 month ago

    A Sage Valley Junior High student has been bound over to District Court to stand trial after the Gillette Police Department presented evidence that he had brought two handguns and 43 rounds of ammunition to school with the intent of shooting specific students and staff members.

  • Murder case dismissed in first test of ‘stand your ground’

    1 month ago

    In the first judicial test of Wyoming’s new “stand your ground” law, a Natrona County judge on Friday dismissed a first-degree murder case, but implored prosecutors to appeal to the state’s highest court.

  • Career-technical paths, accountability, funding are the focus in ed legislation

    1 month ago

    As expected by many, education has been a big topic in the Wyoming Legislature’s 2019 general session.

  • Legislature has work to do to bridge budget bills

    1 month ago

    Wyoming's two legislative chambers are about $70 million apart in their versions of the supplemental budget bill.

  • Shutdown hangover hits federal agencies

    1 month ago

    Stressed out but pleased to be back is how Grand Teton National Park spokesman Andrew White described his colleagues’ attitudes after 35 involuntary days out of the office.

  • Medicaid expansion moves to House floor

    1 month ago

    A Wyoming legislative committee voted to move a Teton County lawmaker’s Medicaid expansion proposal to the full House of Representatives late Wednesday by a vote of 6-3.

  • Proposed drag racing in residential area subject of debate

    1 month ago

    A Rock Springs auto body repair shop owner and a Rock Springs Police Department sergeant are looking to put together a series of drag races in Rock Springs, but not everyone agrees on its proposed location.

  • Jackson snowboarder survives overnight in backcountry

    1 month ago

    After taking a wrong turn on his snowboard in a whiteout, Pierre Bergman ended up stranded alone in the backcountry where the only way out was up.

  • Senate plays chicken with school districts over funding

    1 month ago

    An education budget cut in the Senate budget bill could leave the Legislature vulnerable to school district lawsuits, education advocates said Wednesday.

  • Victim of times, Kemmerer coal-fired generator shuts down

    1 month ago

    Operators at PacifiCorp’s Naughton Plant shut down Unit 3 this week, a giant furnace and electrical generator that consumed 165 tons of coal an hour.

  • Oil group brought ‘critical infrastruture’ bill

    1 month ago

    A trade association representing oil refineries and petrochemical manufacturers across the country brought the controversial critical infrastructure bill to Wyoming, said lobbyist Matt Micheli.

  • New prosecutor in Wapiti murder case

    1 month ago

    A new prosecutor and possible new evidence is entering the fold in the investigation of Wapiti man Dennis Klingbeil, charged with the first-degree murder of his wife Donna Klingbeil in August 2018.

  • Inquest into officer-involved shooting weeks away

    1 month ago

    The inquest into a fatal, officer-involved shooting that took place this month in Riverton likely won't take place until March "at the earliest," Fremont County Coroner Mark Stratmoen said Tuesday.

  • Bonuses sign of likely Cloud Peak bankruptcy, says expert

    1 month ago

    A move to pay Cloud Peak Energy Corp. executives larger retention bonuses and to make those payments up front in a lump sum may be an indicator that bankruptcy is inevitable for the Powder River Basin coal mining company.

  • Crossover voting bill revived

    1 month ago

    Throughout the 2019 Legislative Session, the Wyoming Republican Party has made its No. 1 priority clear: ending the practice of crossover voting — switching one’s party to vote in an opposing race — in the state’s elections.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019

    1 month ago

    State-wide News in Brief from Wyoming News Exchange

  • Tensions rise between top leaders and some lawmakers

    1 month ago

    After two days of sometimes testy testimony by Wyoming Republican Party stalwarts in favor of a bill to close off primary elections, Sen. Tara Nethercott (R-Cheyenne) started pushing back.

  • Investigation finished into outfitter’s death by grizzly mauling

    1 month ago

    A Florida hunter who fled from a grizzly bear that was trying to appropriate an elk carcass thought his Jackson Hole guide was already dead when he first rang 911 from a high slope in the Teton Wilderness.

  • Man sentenced to prison on rare rustling conviction

    1 month ago

    Under cover of night, 63-yearold Robert Blaylock snuck onto a Boxelder Road ranch to do some rustling. He had plenty of rope, a flashlight and everything he needed to make a quick buck off a Converse County rancher’s hard work.

  • Bill would require ID to vote

    1 month ago

    The Wyoming House of Representatives will debate a bill that would require voters to present photo identification at the polls.

  • More blockchain bills head to Wyo. Senate

    1 month ago

    Two influential bills drafted by the Blockchain Task Force passed the Wyoming House of Representatives on Tuesday.

  • Evanston continues debate over guns in schools

    1 month ago

    Public comments about proposed rule CKA continued on Tuesday, Jan. 22, as the Uinta County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees held the second of two public hearings on the rule, which would allow approved district employees to carry concealed firearms on district property. Trustees Russell Cox and Dave Bennett did not attend the hearing.

  • Committee kills tobacco tax increase

    1 month ago

    Lawmakers narrowly killed a proposal Monday that would have increased the tax on tobacco products in Wyoming in an effort to raise revenue and cut smoking rates.

  • Deputy involved in shooting unlikely to return to patrol

    1 month ago

    While Albany County Sheriff’s deputy Derek Colling remains on administrative leave, Sheriff David O’Malley said the controversial deputy is likely to return to work eventually.

  • Bill would impose work requirements for Medicaid

    1 month ago

    A bill working its way through the state Senate would put work requirements on certain Medicaid and food assistance recipients in Wyoming.

  • Touted tax ‘modernizing’ effort staggers in week three

    1 month ago

    Despite the early endorsement of Republican leadership, property and sales tax bills appear dead in the water at the end of the third week of the 2019 legislative session.

  • Some in Wyoming want to force utilities to sell coal plants instead of close them

    1 month ago

    The trend of retiring coal plants has unsettled Wyoming — the largest provider of coal in the country — and now a handful of lawmakers are trying to stabilize one small corner of that industry by pressuring Wyoming utilities that may want out of the coal business.

  • Senator introduces bill to keep national parks open in future shutdowns

    1 month ago

    In the throes of the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States, Sen. Charlie Scott, R-Casper, was sitting down for breakfast and reading a newspaper. Workers for the U.S. Department of the Interior had been furloughed, and in the national parks of the West, things were beginning to go into disarray. In Yellowstone, roads went uncleared and in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, trash began piling up, with those responsible for cleaning it nowhere to be found.

  • Income tax bill dies in Revenue Committee

    1 month ago

    A bill that would have created a state income tax to fund education in Wyoming died in the Legislature's House Revenue Committee on Friday, just a day after introduction.

  • Elk feeding essential, but not needed yet

    1 month ago

    Alfalfa-spewing elk-feeding trucks and the federal employees who drive them will be deemed “essential” and thus unaffected by the partial government shutdown, but so far the herds are OK without the help.

  • Legislators eye lawsuit over coal port

    1 month ago

    Wyoming lawmakers will try to set aside $250,000 to sue Washington state over coal, bypassing Wyoming’s attorney general and hiring a private lawyer, via a bill introduced Thursday in Cheyenne that largely mimics a failed measure last year.

  • Trustees vote to continue Biodiversity Institute

    1 month ago

    The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted Thursday to continue the Biodiversity Institute, an organization that Ed Snyakowski, Vice President of Research and Economic Development, had been making preparations for the closure of throughout the second half of 2018.

  • Bill would use income tax to fund education

    1 month ago

    Two Democratic lawmakers hope to launch meaningful income tax discussions in Wyoming with the introduction of new legislation.

  • Wapiti murder trial set for March

    1 month ago

    With his office shorthanded, Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric has hired one of Wyoming’s most seasoned prosecutors to assist with an upcoming murder trial.

  • 2018 rough year for grizzlies

    1 month ago

    Last year was tumultuous for Yellowstone-area grizzlies both politically and literally, with the bears facing a high rate of often-lethal conflicts, a new report shows.

  • Budget bill would give UW more than $20 million

    1 month ago

    The Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee is wrapping up its review of the supplemental budget bill, would fund an additional $20 million for University of Wyoming projects.

  • Group seeks to put wind tax on ballot

    1 month ago

    A group organized by a Wyoming senator plans to quintuple Wyoming’s wind tax in an unusual way — by a vote of the people.

  • Gun-free zone repeal dealt blow in Senate

    1 month ago

    A Senate bill to repeal gun-free zones created by schools and local governments failed to get out of committee Wednesday.

  • House eyes heavier tax lifts

    1 month ago

    Legislative leaders in coming weeks will test the Legislature’s and the public’s appetite for changes in the state’s tax structure.

  • Gordon: Important to makeup for destroyed grouse habitat

    1 month ago

    Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday embraced what conservationists say is Wyoming’s authority to require developers to make up for impacts to greater sage grouse habitat — a requirement the Trump administration has moved to abandon.

  • Shutdown strikes home

    1 month ago

    If the government shutdown, now a month old, drags on much longer, residents who rely on low-income housing in Douglas could be faced with cuts in services. Those who work in the federally subsidized housing are anxious about the future of their jobs and are admittedly unsure how they’ll maintain crucial services if federal money doesn’t start flowing soon.

  • Men’s death in trench still being investigated

    1 month ago

    Nearly four months since two men suffocated in a trench, investigators are still probing what went wrong and who’s at fault.

  • Wyoming college, police lieutenant, Peabody Energy settle 2015 lawsuit over coal protest arrest

    1 month ago

    A Wyoming college and a police lieutenant settled a 2015 lawsuit Thursday, capping an extensive legal battle over allegations that authorities and an energy company violated two Colorado residents’ constitutional rights when they were arrested while protesting a Peabody Energy Corporation shareholder meeting in Gillette.

  • Legislators back income tax on big corporations

    1 month ago

    Wyoming can impose an income tax on out-of-state corporations without increasing those companies’ overall tax load and without driving up consumer prices, state legislative leaders declared Tuesday.

  • Committee shuts door on closed primaries

    1 month ago

    A Republican’s effort to end party switching before a primary election died in committee after two days of testimony that included demands from local and state party leaders.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

    2 months ago

    News in brief from Wyoming News Exchange member publications

  • Support for anti-public notice bill in error, says legislator

    2 months ago

    The Uinta County Herald was met with confusion when asking Wyoming Sen. Wendy Schuler, R-Evanston, why she co-sponsored a bill last week that would allow municipalities to be their own watchdogs and publish public notices on their own websites.

  • Legislature looks at grizzly recovery fund

    2 months ago

    People who amass medical bills because they’ve been mauled by a grizzly bear in Wyoming may soon have a pot of money to dip into to help fund their recoveries.

  • Laramie man faces seven counts of arson

    2 months ago

    After an extensive Laramie Police Department investigation, Laramie resident Samuel Pennington was arrested Thursday for seven counts of third-degree arson and three counts of burglary.

  • Tribal government opposes critical infrastructure bill

    2 months ago

    The Northern Arapaho Business Council wrote to legislative leaders, Gov. Mark Gordon and Fremont County lawmakers to oppose the critical infrastructure bill on the grounds that it threatens free speech.

  • Two legislators take on taxes with restrictive spending proposal

    2 months ago

    Two conservative lawmakers introduced a measure this week to cap growth in state budgets in anticipation of the next boom — during which they say Wyoming could save enough money to avoid any future tax increases.

  • Legislature tackle criminal justice reform package

    2 months ago

    Between 2006 and 2016, the state’s prison population rose 12 percent, the ninth largest increase in the United States for that period.

  • Wind tax surfaces again in Legislature

    2 months ago

    A bill to increase Wyoming’s wind tax blows through Cheyenne nearly every year, and every year it dies.

  • Transparency group members say work will be a long process

    2 months ago

    Gov. Mark Gordon and State Auditor Kristi Racines' working group to make Wyoming a more transparent state met Friday to chart a path forward.

  • Hundreds participate in Women’s Marches

    2 months ago

    Several hundred people took to the streets of Wyoming communities on Saturday for the third annual “Women’s March.”

  • Inmate admits to stashing drugs in butt crack

    2 months ago

    The man who had a bag containing over 80 oxycodone pills stuffed in his rear end during a booking at Teton County Jail pleaded guilty last week in Teton County District Court.

  • Teton superintendent says private school should follow state, federal rules

    2 months ago

    Teton County’s school superintendent joined a statewide debate Wednesday, suggesting to lawmakers that a private school should meet state and federal standards if it is to enjoy the same zoning independence afforded public schools.

  • Two bills seek tighter regulations on abortions

    2 months ago

    Two bills introduced in the Wyoming House of Representatives seek tighter regulations on abortion.

  • Evanston school officials restart gun discussions

    2 months ago

    The Uinta County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees held the first of two public hearings on proposed rule CKA, the School Safety and Security Rule, which would allow district employees to apply for approval to carry concealed firearms on district property, on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

  • Nichols pans proposal to add degrees at community colleges

    2 months ago

    University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols has pushed back on a bill that would authorize community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees. Individual programs would need to be approved by the Wyoming Community College Commission.

  • Concerns over proposed computer sci standards

    2 months ago

    Wyoming Department of Education staff heard some pushback from the State Board of Education during its meeting Thursday regarding the state's proposed new K-12 computer science standards.

  • New high-tech system will help with backcountry searches

    2 months ago

    A generous and anonymous Teton County resident has fronted more than $100,000 to buy a high-tech system to help Teton County Search and Rescue find people lost or injured in remote areas with no cellular service.

  • Newcastle school experiments with going homework-free

    2 months ago

    There has long been a debate over the benefit of homework, particularly when it comes to younger school children, and Newcastle Elementary School Principal Brandy Holmes told the board of trustees for Weston County School District #1 last week that she and her staff have decided to get to the bottom of the debate by finding out what works best for the kids in Newcastle.

  • Bill would let political parties fill vacant county offices

    2 months ago

    A proposed bill would give local political parties the power to fill vacant seats in county elected offices.

  • Shooting suspect cites ‘stand your ground’ law

    2 months ago

    A Casper man facing a first-degree murder charge asked a judge last month to throw out the case, citing a Wyoming law just a month old at the time of shooting.

  • Bill would form new revenue task force

    2 months ago

    The cycle of Wyoming state government looking for solutions to keep its revenue stream stable could be in for another rotation.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019

    2 months ago

    State news in brief from Wyoming News Service member publications

  • Ten Sleep adopts concealed carry rule 

    2 months ago

    The Ten Sleep School Board adopted their concealed carry rule with a vote of four to one Monday evening, after much discussion with community members, Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and Ten Sleep School attorney Scott Kolpitcke.

  • Court: Airport must disclose records

    2 months ago

    The state’s highest court has overturned a district court opinion and ruled that Jackson Hole Airport must adhere to one of the Equality State’s foremost open-government laws: the Wyoming Public Records Act.

  • Wyoming legislative committee kills bill to decriminalize CBD

    2 months ago

    Whether or not Wyoming will be among the states to legalize Cannabidiol, commonly known as CBD, at the end of the 2019 general session, however, is seriously in doubt, after the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday defeated a bill sponsored by Rep. Stan Blake, D-Rock Springs, to decriminalize the substance.

  • Critics: Water bill opens floodgate to political meddling

    2 months ago

    Lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require Senate approval of the appointment of key state water officials, a measure the governor said is unnecessary and other critics say would inject politics into water administration.

  • Shutdown threatens food programs; millions in lost wages

    2 months ago

    Wyoming could face serious funding holes to services for its neediest residents if the partial federal shutdown drags on — a prospect for which state lawmakers lack concrete plans as the state wrestles with its own budget struggles.

  • Senator pursues school safety legislation

    2 months ago

    Sen. Affie Ellis had to use the bathroom while traveling through Wyoming this year, and the only place she could find was an elementary school. So, much to her alarm, she walked right in.

  • Man convicted of first-degree murder in 2017 death

    2 months ago

    Arapaho James Oldman was convicted of first-degree murder Friday at the end of a five-day trial over the November 2017 death of 36-year-old Chuck Dodge III, whose body was found crammed underneath a house in Arapahoe.

  • Deputy involved in shooting to remain on leave

    2 months ago

    While Albany County sheriff’s deputy Derek Colling was cleared by a grand jury last week of involuntary manslaughter, the corporal remains on administrative leave after fatally shooting Laramie man Robbie Ramirez in November.

  • Statewide lodging tax proposal moves forward

    2 months ago

    Tax reform – not tax increases – is a priority for Republican leadership in the Wyoming legislature this year.

  • Wyoming revenue forecast drops from October

    2 months ago

    Wyoming’s latest economic forecast shows the drop in oil prices to end 2018 will mean a serious blow to the state’s overall revenue picture.

  • No indictment in officer’s shooting of Laramie man

    2 months ago

    Derek Colling, a deputy in the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, will not be indicted for the November fatal shooting of Laramie man Robbie Ramirez.

  • Mail-in ballots bill dies

    2 months ago

    A bill to open up Wyoming to mail-in ballot elections failed to gain any traction against a headwind of concerns about voter fraud and uninformed voters having an easier time participating in the system.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Monday, Jan. 14, 2018

    2 months ago

    State News in Brief from Wyoming News Service member publications

  • Senate bills offer divergent views for future elections

    2 months ago

    Two bills proposed in the Wyoming Senate offer dramatically different visions for future Wyoming elections — with one seeking to restrict primary voting to the party faithful and the other seeking to sideline political parties and make primaries wide open.

  • Federal workers cope with record shutdown

    2 months ago

    As a longtime employee of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, David Cernicek has endured government shutdowns before. Despite that familiarity, this shutdown is causing far more unease for the forest’s river ranger.

  • Hospital price listings could be misleading, officials say

    2 months ago

    A new regulation that requires hospitals to list their baseline charges for procedures has Sheridan hospital officials concerned that the practice will give patients an inaccurate perception of what their treatments could cost.

  • Tribe accuses health care provider of overcharging members

    2 months ago

    The Eastern Shoshone Tribe has accused Fremont County’s SageWest Health Care and its ownership of overcharging tribal members to the tune of a 700 percent profit margin. The hospital denies the allegations.

  • Legislative leaders share vision for taxes

    2 months ago

    The leaders of both chambers of the state Legislature have made stabilizing revenue one of their top priorities this general session. On Friday, they gave more insight into how they'd aim to accomplish that, including taxing renewable energy and expanding the state sales tax.

  • New group seeks to become ‘Rand Corp.’ of hunting

    2 months ago

    Hunters should be prohibited from blasting a rifle at an elk that’s any farther away than 300 yards to give the animal a fair shake, says a Jackson bowhunter who wants to make hunting more ethical. Same goes for bowhunting: Letting arrows fly more than 50 yards should be illegal.

  • Casper meditation center offers aerial yoga

    2 months ago

    Purple cloths hung from the ceiling like hammocks, while participants in a workshop at Theraexpressions Meditation set out mats on the floor.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019

    2 months ago

    State-wide news in brief from Wyoming News Exchange member newspapers

  • Group wants reform of special hunting licenses

    2 months ago

    A new subsistence-hunting advocacy organization with Jackson Hole roots is asking the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to put a stop to alleged abuses of its commissioners’ complimentary license program.

  • Bail in Wapiti murder case set at $10 million cash

    2 months ago

    A Wapiti man facing first-degree murder of his wife last August will for the first time be given opportunity to bond out of jail, but first he must come up with an extremely large sum of money.

  • U.S. Supreme Court hears Wyoming hunting case

    2 months ago

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday morning on the Clayvin Herrera case, which started in Sheridan County Circuit Court and was appealed to 4th Judicial District Court, Wyoming Supreme Court and now to the nation’s highest court.

  • Bill would extend Hathaway eligibility

    2 months ago

    According to testimony delivered Wednesday before the Senate Education Committee, employers across all sectors in Wyoming have experienced difficulties filling positions.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019

    2 months ago

    State news in brief from Wyoming News Service member newspapers

  • Legislature opens amid calls for fiscal sustainability

    2 months ago

    The 65th Wyoming Legislature opened Tuesday amid calls from Republican leadership for moderate steps toward fiscal sustainability and predictions of productive collaboration.

  • Questions raised about proposed air ambulance changes

    2 months ago

    Several attorneys and labor officials have raised alarm about an air ambulance bill that the Wyoming Legislature will consider, warning that it unravels the grand bargain of workers’ compensation and will leave injured workers with hefty medical bills.

  • Man sentenced to prison in chase involving cement truck

    2 months ago

    District Judge John R. Perry said he understands that when 32-year-old Eric Herman Jr. is on drugs, it’s a classic case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

  • Legislative leaders outline priorities as session starts

    2 months ago

    Wyoming lawmakers officially launched the 2019 general session Tuesday with pomp and circumstance, including serenades from choirs, speeches from state officials and the swearing-in of new members.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019

    2 months ago

    State News in Brief from Wyoming News Service member newspapers

  • Letter reveals GOP punishment of lawmaker disloyalty

    2 months ago

    Wyoming Republican Party leadership withheld campaign money from incumbent legislators who voted during the 2018 legislative session to subsidize Wyoming’s commercial air service, according to a party letter to Republican lawmakers.

  • Former senior center director sentenced to prison in embezzlement

    2 months ago

    A former director for Uinta Senior Citizens, Inc. has been sentenced for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars during her time overseeing the Evanston and Bridger Valley senior centers.

  • Shakeup in Cody Stampede board after Vegas incident

    2 months ago

    A high-tension meeting that produced a revolution within the Cody Stampede Board last week led to sweeping changes in the group’s makeup and adoption of new policies.

  • Legislators study bill to raise taxes to fund schools

    2 months ago

    Lawmakers will consider a bill that would increase taxes for all property in Wyoming and send tens of millions of dollars to public schools here over the coming years.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Monday, Jan. 7, 2019

    2 months ago

    Wyoming News in Brief from Wyoming News Exchange member papers

  • Bill would remove Tourism Division from general fund

    2 months ago

    A proposed statewide lodging tax would take the Wyoming Office of Tourism’s budget out of the state’s general fund.

  • Legislature gears up for general session

    2 months ago

    Over the next 40 days, members of the Wyoming Legislature will consider between 400 and 500 bills.

  • Boy’s murder results in prison sentence

    2 months ago

    John Barrett will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for killing and abusing his ex-girlfriend's 2-year-old son.

  • NEWS BRIEFS for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019

    2 months ago

    News in Brief from around the state via Wyoming News Exchange member newspapers

  • Feds claim Wyoming restaurant laundered money

    2 months ago

    Authorities are looking to force fast-food restaurants in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado to forfeit hundreds of thousands of dollars, which federal prosecutors say are drug trafficking proceeds.

  • Man to get 3 years in prison for GOP fire

    2 months ago

    The 27-year-old who set fire to the Albany County Republican Party headquarters in September agreed to a plea agreement that will put him in prison for at least 44 months.

  • Jackson school expansion battle could be settled in Cheyenne

    2 months ago

    A dispute over a proposed private school expansion in Teton County has some legislators girding for a renewed fight over local vs. state control in the upcoming legislative session — this time with Foster Friess’ political influence and spending power in the fray.

  • Teton County orders golf resort to restore river bank

    2 months ago

    Teton County officials have ruled that areas of the Snake River bank altered by a neighboring golf resort must be restored.

  • Jackson’s shared solar farm operating

    2 months ago

    Jackson’s new shared solar farm is online, operating on a state-of-the-art system officials hope will catch on throughout the region.

  • Thief returns gear stolen from man’s truck

    2 months ago

    For years, Becky Burbank had been nagging him to lock his truck. Then, as she had warned, Garrett’s hunting gear was stolen last month, in the middle of his elk season.

  • Wyoming News in Brief, Jan. 3, 2019

    2 months ago

    News from around the Cowboy State from Wyoming News Service member newspapers

  • Gillette man charged with manslaughter in drug death

    2 months ago

    A 27-year-old Gillette man has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly injecting his girlfriend with heroin, causing her overdose death three months ago.

  • Drug manufacturer asks for dismissal of Wyoming lawsuit

    2 months ago

    The creator of OxyContin has asked a Wyoming judge to dismiss the Equality State’s lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company, claiming that the federal Food and Drug Administration’s previous findings invalidate the state’s legal challenge.

  • 30-year-old sentenced to 13-15 years for February rape

    2 months ago

    A Laramie man was sentenced Wednesday to 13-15 years imprisonment after being convicted for raping an 18-year-old photographer he lured to an Airbnb on East Comanche Drive.

  • Wyoming economy keeps on growing

    2 months ago

    Wyoming's economic recovery continued in the third quarter of 2018, but a sharp dip in oil prices to end the year could mean less revenue and economic activity for the state going forward.

  • Wyoming near top of nation for workplace fatality rate

    2 months ago

    Wyoming has consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous states for workers. And in 2017, Wyoming once again more than doubled the national average for workplace fatalities.

  • Cloud Peak faces delisting from Stock Exchange

    2 months ago

    The New York Stock Exchange has warned one of Wyoming’s largest coal producers that it could be delisted, following consistent weak performance of the company’s stock.

  • Opinions differ on animal cruelty bill

    2 months ago

    Some say a proposed bill to increase fines for animal cruelty is a step in the right direction while others say it is not enough.

  • Bill would restrict voter crossover

    2 months ago

    A bill being sponsored by Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester, would limit voters’ abilities to change their party affiliation during primary elections.

  • Wyoming News in Brief, Jan. 2, 2019

    2 months ago

    Wyoming News in Brief from News Exchange member newspapers

  • Gillette filmmakers win statewide contest

    2 months ago

    Tiffani Reed and Raylee Bachtold, 18-year-old seniors at Campbell County High School, share a longtime deep friendship and motivation.

  • Some dispute depiction of Cheney in ‘Vice’

    2 months ago

    The year is 1959. Fidel Castro has seized power in Cuba. Hawaii has been admitted as the 50th state. And for Dick Cheney, it’s homecoming at Natrona County High School.

  • Bill would ban child marriage

    2 months ago

    The Wyoming Legislature could act this year to make the state one of only three in the country that prevents any child under the age of 18 from getting married.

  • G&F biologist nets record sucker

    2 months ago

    It’s routine business for Wyoming fishery crews to nab nontarget species when they’re out netting to gauge the abundance and sizes of prized game fish like cutthroat and lake trout.

  • Coal consumption expected to show drop in 2018

    2 months ago

    Coal consumption in the U.S. for 2018 is expected to be the lowest since 1979, a likely predictor of another drop for Wyoming production given that the state ships more than 90 percent of its coal to users in other states.

  • Laramie couple breaks record for setting up tent

    2 months ago

    Daniel and Elizabeth Minton recently learned they achieved the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to erect a two-man tent by a team of two. They completed the event in Laramie as part of a quest to complete Elizabeth’s 100-item bucket list

  • State will look into CenturyLink 911 issues

    2 months ago

    State regulators plan to investigate reports of problems with 911 calls around the state last week during CenturyLink service outages here and across the country.

  • Most agree Teton mountain goats must go

    2 months ago

    Aloft in a helicopter surveying the Tetons the other week, Aly Courtemanch again spotted mountain goats in new nooks of the range.

  • Study shows people share attitudes toward energy

    2 months ago

    It often appears as though people’s beliefs — from clean energy and the environment to fossil fuel use and energy jobs — are separated by broad political gulfs. This division is reflected in newspaper coverage, call-in radio programs, political campaigns and the pummeling of energy policy by one side of the aisle or the other.

  • Mead’s budget contains millions for senior care

    2 months ago

    As lawmakers parse through Gov. Matt Mead’s supplemental budget requests during the 2019 general session, a question they will have to find an answer to is how to ensure Wyoming’s aging population has the care it needs.

  • Agency intends to appeal grizzly decision

    2 months ago

    After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service filed its intent to appeal the decision to the return of the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear to Endangered Species Act protection, Cody’s Loren Grosskopf predicted that side, which includes the state of Wyoming, will prevail.

  • Biologists join in call to protect migration corridor

    2 months ago

    Dozens of biologists and wildlife experts from Wyoming and neighboring states have asked the Interior Department to delay leasing any land parcels for oil and gas that overlap with Wyoming’s only designated mule deer migration corridor.

  • WYDOT pilot program connects cars and tech

    2 months ago

    Wyoming is gearing up to be the lead car in the country's drive for a safer highway system.

  • ‘Critical infrastructure’ bill resurfaces

    2 months ago

    A Lander lawmaker has again introduced the controversial critical infrastructure protection bill from the 2018 legislative session, which opponents said was designed to criminalize protest against the fossil fuel industry.

  • Toxins detected in water at coal ash disposal sites

    2 months ago

    Groundwater beneath unlined coal ash disposal ponds outside Glenrock, Point of Rocks and Kemmerer had above standard levels of carcinogenic toxins like radium, Rocky Mountain Power reported to state regulators this month.

  • Cheyenne man bound over on murder charge

    2 months ago

    A Laramie County Circuit Court judge advanced a first-degree murder charge Friday for a 78-year-old accused of killing a man outside a Belaire Avenue home on Dec. 5.

  • Anonymous donor covers unpaid school lunch bills

    2 months ago

    Many families whose kids eat meals at school in Sweetwater County School District No. 2 got an unexpected Christmas gift from an anonymous donor Thursday.

  • Podcast aims to bring scientific foundation to outdoors discussions

    3 months ago

    Conversations about hunting, wildlife management, public lands and conservation have moved squarely into the podcasting world in the past few years, with the digital platform well-suited to in-depth discussions about specialized topics.

  • UW official urges harsher penalties for booze sales to minors  

    3 months ago

    Laramie 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.

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