216 energy project to get CARES money
CASPER (WNE) — The $12 million in CARES Act funding allocated for the second round of the Energy Rebound Program will be distributed among 216 selected projects, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission announced Friday. Gov. Mark Gordon established…
UW offers incentives for vaccination
GILLETTE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming is preparing for the upcoming school year by announcing an incentive program to encourage students to get a COVID-19 vaccination with a grand prize being a semester’s worth of tuition and fees. Other…
Man shot by Green River police officer
GREEN RIVER (WNE) — A Green River Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with an unidentified suspect Tuesday night during a traffic stop on Barnhart Street, resulting in the suspect being wounded and transported out of state. According to a release…
State could have more flexibility with COVID funds
By Katie Roenigk Riverton Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The reduction in revenue Wyoming has experienced over the past year may allow the state to use federal COVID-19 relief money more freely. The United States Department of the…
Man who walked up to Old Faithful while waving flag sentenced to jail
JACKSON (WNE) — A Yellowstone tourist who was a little too jacked up on America while visiting last summer recently wrapped up jail time earned for antics that involved flag waving and a coonskin hat near the cone of the…
Tribal leaders eye mascot ban, tuition discount
By Nate Perez Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Northern Arapaho Business Council leaders Jordan Dresser and Boniface Ridgley traveled June 28 to Colorado to take part in a signing ceremony for laws offering in-state tuition to students…
UW faculty stretched thin after latest budget cuts
◆ Trustees finalize $16. 5 million in cuts. Additional cuts coming associated with a reduction in Legislature’s block grant. By Daniel Bendtsen WyoFile.com/WNE The University of Wyoming will enter the 2022 fiscal year with a wide array of new financial…
Supreme Court won’t hear coal port lawsuit
By the Gillette News Record staff Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE – Gov. Mark Gordon calls a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not take up a lawsuit challenging Washington state’s denial of a coal export terminal “extremely frustrating.”…
Tribes take ownership of reservation oil field
By Nate Perez Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — After decades of leasing Circle Ridge Field, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have taken full ownership of the oil and gas field on the Wind River Reservation. Both…
Rock Springs airport gets grant for modernization
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport has been awarded more than $8.4 million in funding for its Commercial Terminal Modernization Project, and construction is set to begin in July. The $8,406,667 in funding will come from the…