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The support would go toward funding three energy projects: a uranium conversion plant, natural gas infrastructure near Wamsutter and a natural gas connection at a soda ash processing plant.
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Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say
Tallgrass, a Blackstone portfolio company that’s building an AI power hub near Cheyenne, said the gift will strengthen the park’s connection to Wyoming residents.
Under Wyoming law, adults can sometimes provide alcohol to children without consequence while the minor may end up in legal trouble for underage drinking.
Separating mood-altering substances into "legal" and "illegal" categories creates a divisive construct, writes guest columnist Dr. Tom Hogarty.
Republican Chuck Gray was a no-show, but Democrat Lisa Kinney, Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit and Libertarian Shawn Johnson came to Riverton to pitch Wyoming voters on their candidacies.
Candidates Ana Cordova and Steve Harshman talked about AI, school choice and teacher pay in Thursday’s televised debate.
After the caucus lost its majority in the August primary, its priority bills are likely dead on arrival in 2027.
Watching from Wyoming, Cornell University’s Jane Doe walks a familiar, uncomfortable path, writes columnist Jessica Brauer.
Grylloblattodea is one of the rarest orders of insects in the world, with only 35 described species.
Despite what the Trump administration would have us think, wolves are simply not out to get us, writes Writers on the Range contributor Story Warren.
Game and Fish’s position is rooted in the desire for state and local communities to have more say in federal land management, officials say.
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Barlow, the Republican nominee, kept things positive while the Constitution Party’s Bextel stayed in attack mode.
Josh Dorrell's tenure saw the council navigate through a shifting economic and political landscape that included an effort to dismantle the agency.
The judge said he will “listen carefully” to ensure term isn’t used to “inflame the jury.”
The Casper Mountain controversy prompted Natrona County to ban proposed development, an action outside its authority, gravel pit operator says.
The state education department opened applications Monday for nonprofits eager to funnel federal scholarships to K-12 students.
Columnist Walt Gasson relives a memorable chase, where generations of hunters have danced with elk in the meadows and thick timber stands of the Wind Rivers.
Three out of four Republicans said ‘no’ to Chuck Gray. Say it again in November, writes guest columnist Bill Schwartz.
The Trump administration has seven business days to comply with an order temporarily halting a major reorganization of an agency that manages nearly 200 million acres of public land.
Authorities suspect microbiology graduate student from China poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn’t get along.
Moving from the Midwest as a child, she had to catch up with the mountain lifestyle and a culture that didn’t always treat women well.
More than 90% of Wyomingites oppose federal land sales, and our federal representatives don’t seem to care, writes guest columnist Cam Walker.
As part of a federal initiative to address violent crime in tribal communities, 15 additional FBI agents rotated through Lander throughout the summer, leading to charges being filed against 18 people.
Gov. Mark Gordon and DOJ officials “agreed to disagree” about what happened when federal observers showed up to a Cheyenne polling place for the primary election.
Gordon has made mental health a policy focus with initiatives to increase access and destigmatize.
"BearCare” catastrophic coverage plan wasn’t found to be as helpful as expected to reduce costs, but there are many ideas to explore, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
Combination of plague and drought-ravaged prairie dog population are the primary culprits for missing mustelids.
Only about 16% of eligible households take advantage of the federally funded Low Income Energy Assistance Program. Applications are now open.
Don’t fall for the siren song of billionaire-backed ecotourism dressed up as conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, writes guest columnist Lisi Krall.
Wyoming’s most populous county has begun requiring temporary housing to prevent short-term construction workers from straining an already low housing supply.
Despite a continued lull in adding new wolves to the national park’s population, there are no ‘biological red flags’ that have biologists concerned.
The encounter involved law enforcement firing gas to compel April Morganroth to surrender. She now faces another charge for interfering with peace officers.
Local residents say the creosote-soaked ties are a health and fire hazard.
The Trump administration has taken an axe to regulatory safeguards of our public lands, writes guest columnist Earl DeGroot.
Project underway in Mammoth Hot Springs amid mounting criticisms over federal infrastructure funding.
Dancing and ski racing her way through high school gave her the skills to make it in Tinseltown.
Select Committee on Gaming advances proposed ban on online sweepstakes games.
Treat the American Library Association’s list of the 100 most challenged and banned books as suggested reading, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
Legislature-assigned panel studying healthcare affordability in Wyoming examines several alternative pricing structures. The task force hopes to continue work next year.
Commissioners abruptly reverse resort zoning for luxury resort that TD Ameritrade founder has argued is akin to conservation.
Commissioners grapple with county’s “little ability to take action” amid prospect of more data centers.
She was guiding the Grand Teton when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, so made a career treating others who had the disease.
A self-imposed cut to property taxes means fewer services and more reliance on volatile funding sources, writes guest columnist Jerry Obermueller.
Trump officials tout “‘harm”’ change to unleash energy agenda, as critics warn it could unravel 50 years of ecological recovery
“We are particularly disappointed by the process,” board of commissioners writes to Burgum.
The first reintroduction site following the 1981 rediscovery of the mustelid species once presumed extinct has been a rare relative success story.
People who love national parks and major league baseball were justifiably horrified at the thought of the two being combined, writes columnist Kerry Drake.
Former state livestock brand inspector appeared stunned as he received a harsher sentence than his plea deal called for.
The law allows the health department to pay jails for holding and treating people with mental illnesses while they await a bed at the state hospital.
Following decades of expanding and protecting the wild lands that hold the ecosystem together, the Trump administration is working to fragment them, Writers on the Range contributor Andrew Hansen writes.
She was small and shy and the boss wouldn’t hire her. So his wife did.
In the first of multiple cases against the state-run facility for delinquent boys, some but not all claims of civil rights violations have been cleared for trial.
Legislative committee to draft a bill that would bump personal spending and asset allowances for first time in decades.
Draft legislation would severely restrict the technology's use in the Equality State.
Social isolation, intimate partner problems and family relationship stress were the top three risk factors found by the Laramie County Suicide Fatality Review team.
The Pentagon’s call for a new large-scale military base gives Wyoming an opportunity to buck the commodity roller coaster, writes guest columnist David Giralt.
Turns out, the field of nightmares proposed in Grand Teton National Park wouldn’t be unique.
Major League Baseball “will not continue to evaluate Grand Teton National Park as a potential site,” for a game, Commissioner Robert Manfred told local officials in a letter Thursday.
The ruling clears the way for November’s general election to proceed with party-affiliation restrictions in place.
Stories — built from relationships with one another, with our environment, with a higher power — make us who we are and write the legacy we leave behind, columnist Walt Gasson reflects.
The lackluster recovery of the Sublette Pronghorn Herd after the killer winter of 2022-23 whispers of trouble on the range, writes guest columnist Chris Madson.
Private-sector wealth wants to save Greater Yellowstone. But for whom?
New effort to develop “The Confluence" is one of several recent business moves by the TD Ameritrade founder, who also bought the Rim Station and Timberline Ranch near Merna.
The new two-year deal buys time to shift first-responder services under local government control while addressing employee needs, parties say.
The retiring senator from Wyoming argued the campaign-style ads are no different than PSAs from past administrations.
The Heritage Foundation touts classical curriculum as the cure for America’s future. But columnist Jessica Brauer, an alumna of the classical system, sees herself as far from the conservative think tank's ideal case study.
The Trump administration has used the SAVE system to identify noncitizens voters on rolls.
Herds typically experience a reproductive bounce after a difficult winter. But that trend might not always remain, writes guest columnist Chris Madson.
The cost of diesel fuel, vehicles and salary increases to attract top employees has been driving up costs.
An attorney for April Morganroth told a judge there is reasonable cause to believe that she has a mental illness or deficiency.
Though plans to expand the state's trona mining and soda ash industry have stalled, they're essential to surviving a fundamentally altered global market, one CEO says.
After Checkgate, far-right Rebecca Bextel is stirring things up as the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
Stunted lowland vegetation in the Green River Basin doesn’t bode well for one of the state’s premier herd's survival the coming winter.
Gillette renters’ money is going to landlords likely based outside Wyoming, according to a Gillette News Record analysis of property data.
Data has shown that Wyoming kids often are treated as adults in the state’s judicial system.
This election season is a time for all Wyomingites to not only vote, but help strengthen our system to be more inclusive and accessible to all voters, writes the Equality State Policy Center board of directors.
Beetles killed the tree in 2021. It had been growing since 732 A.D.
Park visitors greet news of a potential MLB game in front of the Tetons with disbelief.
The district court clerk from Kemmerer, who beat a Freedom Caucus-aligned lawmaker for a House seat, nears the end of his Game and Fish term.
Federal agents detained Feride Bardakci at a bus stop Sept. 15 for allegedly overstaying her student visa. After learning of Wyoming community’s support, she plans to contest her removal.
The efforts are contained in a push to bolster hunting heritage.
Let’s celebrate the past, but more importantly, let’s make sure we’re securing the future, writes guest columnist Sam Mead.
The "Windborne" art installation transforms a discarded wind turbine blade into function inspiration, Casper artist says.
While poised to wreak havoc across the globe, El Nino might mean a closer-to-normal Wyoming winter after a wild, snowless one last season.
Amid tribe’s call for banishment, Florida-based Liberty Counsel says Foundations for Nations church “will not be leaving its property.”
President Trump pitched $5,000 to each American adult citizen as a "dividend" if Republicans win, but let’s not pretend to be fooled, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is weighing pros and cons of feeding wildlife, which could lead to more chronic wasting disease. That’s raising questions about health risks beyond the herd.