Yellowstone’s chief wolf scientist retiring this week
JACKSON (WNE) — Doug Smith, the human face of Yellowstone National Park’s wolf research and management program, is retiring. Smith’s name is inseparably tied to the recent history of wolves in Yellowstone, a frequently lauded and often criticized saga that…
Elimination of federal grazing would have far economic reach
By Carrie Haderlie The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — A new study by University of Wyoming researchers has found that for every dollar lost in the ranching industry, there is a $1.55 loss in secondary economic activity….
School board votes legal action against state
• Lincoln County School District No. 1 part of the discussion – By Cassia Catterall Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — On Tuesday, the Campbell County School District joined other school districts across Wyoming and the Wyoming…
$10M grant completes funding needed for new hospital
RIVERTON (WNE) – The Riverton Medical District announced it has secured $54 million in funding needed to build a new hospital. On Nov. 16, the Wyoming Loan and Investment Board approved a $10-million grant from the state of Wyoming for…
Plant closures could free up water
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Coal plant retirements in Wyoming and other Colorado River Basin states offer communities in the parched West a rare opportunity to reallocate their water resources, researchers at Arizona State…
Bill would fund student mental health resources
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Lawmakers hope to address a lack of mental health resources for students in the upcoming general session. Members of the Joint Education Committee voted 8-6 Tuesday to sponsor…
Grand Teton speedster reverses course on appealing sentence
JACKSON (WNE) — An Idaho man caught driving 132 mph in Grand Teton National Park in March and sentenced to 90 days in jail is no longer pursuing a federal appeal of his case. Jessie Perry filed a notice of…
GOP poll watchers: Wyo election ‘smooth,’ no funny business
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Marti Halverson was posted up kitty-corner to the election judges’ table over the course of a long day Nov. 8 at the Star Valley Community Complex. The former state representative, who chairs an election integrity-focused Wyoming…
In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —It doesn’t take much to get a mountain goat’s goat. They go from “passive to aggressive really fast,” said Joel Berger, the Barbara Cox Anthony University Chair of Wildlife…
Cheyenne man dies on I-80 after colliding with commercial truck
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A medical condition is being investigated as a possible cause of a crash that killed a Cheyenne man this week, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said Wednesday. At 4:19 p.m. Monday, Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a…