Riverton man sentenced after admitting to sexual abuse of child
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — On a Friday last October, a child called 911 and told investigators they had been raped while under the care of Hunter DeVries, 23. Hours later, DeVries…
Bridger-Teton employees fired; Grand Teton reductions expected
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Bridger-Teton National Forest workers were fired Friday after the Trump administration directed the U.S. Forest Service to cut about a tenth of its staff. How many employees…
Big Horn Basin communities in shock after deadly shooting
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Outside of some stray pieces of crime scene tape around a Byron residence, there were few outward signs on Tuesday of the tragedy that had occurred the previous…
Senate approves ‘generational’ trust fund bill
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate has approved the creation of a new statutory trust that advocates say could help secure the state’s financial solvency for decades to come. Passing…
Three main issues separate House and Senate supplemental budgets
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The spending difference between the supplemental budgets in Wyoming’s two legislative chambers is approximately $109 million, according to the Legislative Service Office. Last week, the House of…
Gordon talks energy policy, brighter days at governors forum
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon joined Continental Resource Founder and Chairman Harold Hamm at the North American Prospect Expo Summit Governors Forum for a candid energy policy and strategy conversation before an audience of more than 500 industry…
Wyoming lawmakers kill, revive demand for Grand Teton National Park, other federal lands
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — On Thursday, Wyoming lawmakers shot down a resolution demanding that the United States government hand about 30 million acres of public land, including Grand Teton National Park, to…
President Trump pulls back Biden’s Rock Springs RMP
By Rocket Miner staff Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — On Wednesday, new U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum under — President Donald Trump’s directive — officially granted the authority to review and revise all relevant resource…
Report: Job openings remain a top concern for employers
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The January jobs report from the National Federation of Independent Business found that 35% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in January, unchanged from December. Job openings were the…
House, Senate committees kill bills banning voting machines
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — After three long meetings of public testimony, House committee members killed a bill that would ban the use of electronic voting machines in Wyoming elections late…