‘Rare earth element’ permitting measure advances
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com A legislative committee advanced a bill that would authorize the state to apply for primacy over federal permitting and licensing that guides the management of rare-earth-element mining’s radioactive byproducts. Lawmakers and industry representatives believe the Wyoming…
Report: power plants polluting water
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is home to some of the worst coal ash contamination in the country, according to a new report from a pair of environmental groups. Authored by the Environmental…
Legislators: Wyoming turning a darker shade of red
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —As Tuesday’s general election rapidly approaches, Rep. Dan Zwonitzer said the Wyoming Legislature can’t afford any more ultraconservative ideologues who don’t understand the complexities of writing law. Yet that…
UNESCO report goofs; there are no glaciers in Yellowstone
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —There are no glaciers in Yellowstone National Park. That’s according to Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly. Speaking with the Jackson Hole Daily on Friday morning about the summer season, he…
Wyoming adds jobs, but still not at full recovery
CHEYENNE (WNE) —Wyoming continues to add jobs, just not enough to completely recover from losses incurred during a much-earlier period of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, newly released state figures show. From the second quarter of last year to 2022’s same…
Coal firms announce substantial profits
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —It’s been a good year for Wyoming coal. The two major mining companies operating in the state — Arch Resources and Peabody Energy — both announced a second consecutive quarter…
Deregulated power zones lose legislative energy
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Draft legislation to create deregulated “industrial power zones” to attract large electric power-consuming clients such as crypto-currency miners failed to gain support from the Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee last week. The Industrial power zones measure…
Man who called 911 to report being stabbed in head ends up getting arrested
GILLETTE (WNE) — A 58-year-old man who reported he’d been stabbed in the head ended up being arrested for reckless endangerment early Thursday morning. Shortly before 5 a.m., the man called the Sheriff’s Office to report that his sister, 56,…
Drug arrest near Elk Mountain nets 221 pounds of marijuana
LYMAN (WNE) — A routine traffic stop on Interstate 80 recently resulted in the confiscation of 221 pounds of marijuana. On Oct. 30, a Wyoming Highway Patrolman assigned to the Elk Mountain area stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction…
California man fined for hitting truck arrestor said he was being followed by Santa Claus
JACKSON (WNE) —A California man who collided with a truck arrestor has pleaded no contest to three charges in Teton County Circuit Court. Charles Green, 61, from Susanville, pleaded no contest Oct. 20 to failure to report a collision, duty…