$74M for fires: Wyoming braces for next fire season
By Marit Gookin Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — This past year was one of Wyoming’s worst fire years on record, Gov. Mark Gordon told the press in a post-legislative session interview. More than 850,000 acres burned,…
Mothers urge change to law regarding adults stalking minors
By Chase Vialpando Glenrock Independent Via- Wyoming News Exchange GLENROCK —Two Glenrock mothers who allege their teenage children were harassed and stalked for over a year by another parent within the community took their concern for their kids all…
Wyoming Insight reports decrease in tax collections, mining but increase in employment
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Wyoming’s total sales and use tax collections have decreased year-over-year and mining collections continue to fall, according to the latest edition of Wyoming Insight, which serves as an energy index and business indicators report for the…
Veterans, federal workers say layoffs at VA cause chaos, limit care
By Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Former and current employees of the Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center are raising concerns about a chaotic onslaught of employee terminations induced by the Department of…
Lummis bill would redirect EV funds to support Wyoming highways
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., has introduced the Highway Funding Flexibility Act. If passed into law, it would free up money “stuck in accounts intended to fund Biden’s radical EV charger initiative” and direct those funds…
One dead in officer-involved shooting
EVANSTON (WNE) — A man accused of failing to register as a sex offender died after he was shot while local deputies were assisting the U.S. Marshals Service to serve an arrest warrant near Evanston. The incident occurred on…
Governor’s signature makes Wyoming sanctuary city ban effective immediately
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill on Tuesday that bans any Wyoming city, town or county from declaring itself a “sanctuary” from reporting illegal immigration to federal…
Former Wheatland music instructor arrested for sexual exploitation of children
WHEATLAND (WNE) — Former Wheatland Middle School and Wheatland High School band director, Evan Whitt Bradley, 34, was booked into the Platte County Detention Center on Tuesday, March 11 on charges of sexual exploitation of children. He had resigned…
Amid protest, these Wyomingites back Hageman, DOGE layoffs
• At contentious town hall, Trump, Hageman supporters want improved healthcare, financial restraint. By Charley Sutherland Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Jesse Wade, 40, a lifelong Lincoln County resident, had come to see his congressional…
Council, residents strongly oppose ICE facility
By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — Community members packed the latest city council meeting, in which Kemmerer City Councilmember Brantley Popp expressed gratitude for the community’s presence. “It was wonderful to see a packed…