Bridger-Teton rejects plan for domestic sheep in Wyoming Range
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Bridger-Teton National Forest will not imminently allow woolgrowers to herd domestic sheep back onto portions of the Wyoming Range near where a bighorn sheep herd roams, a…
Off-track betting’s gamble pays off – for now
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Since May, the historic horse racing machines at the Gillette locations of Wyoming Horse Racing and Wyoming Downs have been shut down, but they could soon be up…
Relief money to boost higher ed
By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon will allocate $27 million in federal relief money toward building up Wyoming’s higher education opportunities, his office announced Tuesday. The money draws on funds awarded to…
Teton park moves all campsites to web booking
JACKSON (WNE) — Reservations for all Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway campsites will be made via the Recreation.gov booking platform starting with the 2022 summer season. Teton park campgrounds will no longer be reservable through local campground…
Uranium sale expected to boost Wyoming production
By Cinthia Stimson Douglas Budget Via- Wyoming News Exchange DOUGLAS — In a move that may mean a huge upswing in uranium mining in Converse County and Wyoming, Uranium Energy Corporation (UEC) has entered into an agreement with Russia’s Uranium…
Derogatory term will go
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Following the Department of Interior’s announcement declaring “squaw” a derogatory term and creating a task force to remove the word from federal place names, Wyoming will likely see some…
With workforce shortages top of mind, businesses try new recruitment tactics
By Kristen Czaban The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — A barbershop, a gym, a basketball court, an auditorium, no offices and a lot of collaborative work spaces. While the building may sound like something located in Silicon…
Industry criticizes plan to tap oil reserves
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The federal government will pull oil from the country’s emergency stockpile in an effort to bring down stubbornly high fuel prices, the White House said Tuesday. Over the next…
End in sight for state’s most expensive road project
By Timothy J. Woods Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — After years of construction, which followed nearly two decades of environmental planning and design, the end of the U.S. Highway 89 construction project south of Jackson is…
COVID-19 special session bill called into question
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State lawmakers are beginning to question the interpretation of the special session bill recently signed into law by Gov. Mark Gordon after the suspension of the federal vaccine…