Wildlife managers: Don’t release county fair goldfish in the wild
JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has made its annual plea to the public to not release unwanted goldfish obtained at a county fair into the wild. Releasing goldfish and other exotic species into waterways is illegal…
Coal’s share of electricity-production in Wyoming at all time low despite peak demand
• Coal accounts for 47% of the state’s power production this year, down from 94% in 2008. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Amid a sweltering “heat dome” across much of the U.S. and Wyoming, electrical demand is spiking, prompting…
Group organizes against property tax ballot initiative
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — As Wyoming voters prepare to cast their ballots in the primary election, a group is preparing to fully launch opposition to an initiative on the general…
Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
By BILL BARROW Associated Press Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the…
Still Missing: More than 50 years later, two of four girls abducted from Rawlins in 1974 have yet to be found
By Joshua Wood Saratoga Sun Via- Wyoming News Exchange SARATOGA — “Four girls disappeared over the course of six weeks. For those of you who lived here during that time, that must have been completely unnerving.” On July 17,…
New data forecasts not enough workers to fill new Wyoming jobs
• Businesses already struggle to find workers with projected job growth on the horizon. By Calla Shosh, WyoFile.com Many Wyoming businesses already struggle to hire and retain workers. Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and…
Flaming Gorge levels down 12.5 feet from this time last year
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — Fire conditions remain critical, and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation level is currently at just over 6,000 feet. At the Sweetwater County Commission meeting last week, Fire Warden Allen Adams told commissioners that fuel…
UW joins research to improve forecasting of dangerous storms
LARAMIE (WNE) — Planette AI, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Wyoming have launched DL4MCS, a jointly led Genesis Mission Phase I project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy to improve forecasting of large clusters of…
Cheatgrass is invading the best sagebrush left in the West. How can Wyoming hold the line?
• Mapping cheatgrass-dominated landscapes is easy: Satellite photos do the trick. Now, scientists are taking on a tougher task of finding the invasive grass along its leading edge. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com SOUTH PASS—Corinna Riginos planted her feet…
Wyoming unemployment rate falls to 3.2% in June 2026
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 3.4% in May to 3.2% in June, according to the Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services report released on Wednesday. Wyoming’s unemployment rate…