Wyoming is deadliest state to work; annual report found Wyoming led the nation in workplace fatalities
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – A 42-year-old Colorado man was working for BMZ Roofing, a Colorado Springs-based company, when he fell 60 feet from a roof April 27 while working on the Cody…
Legislative committee considering increasing cigarette taxes for first time since 2003
By Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Revenue Committee will spend a portion of its interim session considering whether to increase the state’s cigarette tax for the first time since 2003. During…
Grizzly relocated to Sunlight area
CODY (WNE) – After consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on May 4. According to a G&F news release, the bear was captured for…
Average gasoline prices in Wyoming up another 6.5 cents in past week
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.16 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com‘s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 11.4 cents per gallon higher…
Dozens protest sentence in 2021 shooting
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Protesters gathered outside the Casper Police Department on Friday, calling for a reduced sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to shooting someone he suspected had sexually abused an…
Girl taken from Alaska found in Gillette
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. marshals and Gillette Police Department officers on Friday afternoon found a child kidnapped from Alaska earlier this spring. The recovery followed the arrest of the noncustodial mother in Gillette, according to a U.S. Marshals Service announcement…
Farmer sues DCI over drug charges
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A Laramie County woman is suing the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and one of its officers after being accused of growing marijuana on her hemp farm, court filings…
Turbine turbulence: Residents continue legal battle against Rail Tie Wind Project
By Abby Vander Graaff Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE – In another step in a years-long battle over the proposed Rail Tie Wind Project, some area residents are making their case to the Wyoming Supreme Court. The Albany…
Rawlins under water restrictions
RAWLINS (WNE) — Rawlins residents are under water restrictions as the city continues to attempt to mitigate impacts from a catastrophic failure of the water system in March and ongoing drought conditions throughout the region. The restrictions went into…
Game and Fish: Wolves remain recovered species
By Zac Taylor Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY – For two decades, Wyoming’s wolf population has been above the minimum population number to be considered a recovered species. Wyoming Game and Fish recently released its annual report on…