Wyoming ranked 15th for teacher pay
JACKSON (WNE) — A new analysis finds that Wyoming teacher pay is the 15th best in the country. Market research website Business.org ranked each state by average teacher pay compared to the average salary of all jobs. Wyoming came in 15th, with teacher…
Lawmakers advance bills to help agribusinesses, meat processing facilities
———– ◆ Bills would appropriate $80 million for farming and ranching businesses. By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange Lawmakers advanced legislation Friday aiming to boost the state’s meat processing facilities and provide more financial relief to…
Heli-tours generate noise complaints, but business good
————— By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Melody Ranch resident Mike May was readying for dinner on a Saturday in late July when a red helicopter came in hot overhead. It was about 7:30…
Sweetwater commissioners reject COVID resolution
By Lisa Romero Rock Springs Rocket-Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County commissioners decided not to approve a resolution against county-level health orders in light of COVID-19 during their regular meeting Tuesday morning. The resolution would have…
Nearly 50 UW students quarantined because of coronavirus
———— By Brandon Foster Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — COVID-19 infections stemming from University of Wyoming students gathering off campus have led the school to quarantine nearly 50 students since Monday. Seven students have tested positive this…
Hemp’s stumbles reveal hurdles in Wyoming’s race to diversify
By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com ALBIN—Ron Rabou is no hemp-necklace-wearing hippy. A Trump 2020 flag flies at the entrance to his driveway. A hanging in his office reminds him that “God made a Farmer.” The eastern Wyoming agriculturalist has never tried…
Spider leads to Gillette crash
GILLETTE (WNE) — Arachnophobia can be expensive. Just ask the 57-year-old woman who crashed her 2005 Toyota Tacoma into a 2006 Coachmen Camper on Thursday afternoon in the 1000 block of Buckskin Drive. She wasn’t hurt, but the camper and…
Rawlins man accused of driving tractor in city limits while intoxicated pleads not guilty
RAWLINS (WNE) — Accused of running a stop sign and evading police, a Rawlins man caught driving a tractor within city limits while allegedly intoxicated had his day in court on Monday. Matthew Mikel Farrington II, 46, pleaded not guilty…
USDA, Gordon sign shared stewardship agreement
CHEYENNE (WNE) – Gov. Mark Gordon signed onto a Shared Stewardship agreement Tuesday with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help promote forest management, ecological protection and more. Gordon signed onto the agreement via a virtual Zoom…
Voting in a pandemic: What Wyoming learned from the primary
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Pandemic concerns, combined with worries over potential mail-in ballot delays due to cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service, created a greater awareness of election processes and a greater sense of urgency to be counted, according to…