Powering Down: WyoFile examines coal’s shaky ground from Jim Bridger
By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com A troubling turn of events has befallen Wyoming and its bedrock industry. Here, the rolling plains are dotted with some of the most significant coal properties in the nation — including several of the country’s top-10…
Water returns to irrigation canal
By Tom Milstead Torrington Telegram Via- Wyoming News Exchange TORRINGTON – Sometime between Wednesday morning and Thursday of last week, the water came back. The Fort Laramie Irrigation Canal had set empty since July. The ditches were bone dry during…
Court approves end to Blackjewel insurance
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Hundreds of out-of-work coal miners across the country lost their health care Saturday, after bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel received court approval to terminate its health insurance program. The employment-based…
Air travel numbers up across Wyoming
By Ramsey Scott Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange Wyoming has spent millions to create sustainable air service across the state. According to passenger totals throughout 2018 and the first half of 2019, the state is seeing a return…
Fire that forced Jackson evacuations blamed on balloons
By Allie Gross and Rebecca Huntington Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A bundle of Mylar balloons tangled with power lines and created an electric arc that started the 255-acre Saddle Butte Fire, investigators confirmed Monday night….
Wyoming News Briefs: August 30, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Pedro Mountain Fire tops 12,000 acres CASPER (WNE) — The Pedro Mountain Fire near Pathfinder Reservoir has now burned 12,000 acres, but no…
Evanston schools sued again over gun policy
By Sheila McGuire, Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — Uinta County School District No. 1 has again been sued over Rule CKA, which allows for approved staff to carry concealed firearms on district property. The latest suit…
Lawyers in injury lawsuit against schools argue over motions
By Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Lawyers for Teton County School District No. 1’s insurance company and a family suing the district sparred Wednesday over motions asking the district for information related to a…
Wyoming News Briefs: August 28, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Saratoga man convicted of possession of nearly quarter pound of meth RAWLINS (WNE) – A Saratoga man caught earlier this year with nearly…
Expert: bill requiring report of mental illness to firearms dealers based on fear
By Allayana Darrow, The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Paul Demple, chief executive officer at Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center, said a proposed bill that would require mental illness adjudications be reported to firearm dealers is a…