Near record high cost of diesel hits farmers at harvest; new orders offer partial relief
By Ryan Dickey Torrington Telegram Via- Wyoming News Exchange TORRINGTON – Farmers and ranchers across Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado are bringing in this fall’s crops with diesel prices still close to the record highs set in September. Nebraska has…
Labor committee works on legislation that would designate dispatchers as first responders
By Joshua Wood Saratoga Sun Via- Wyoming News Exchange SARATOGA — “Throughout the entirety of the event, our dispatchers were subject to the screams of the 911 callers, the gunshots in the background and the 911 callers yelling that…
Judge jails man in moose abuse case and warns: Wyoming values wildlife
• Former state livestock brand inspector appeared stunned as he received a harsher sentence than his plea deal called for. By Amanda Manchester, WyoFile.com A Uinta County judge issued a stark warning Friday when he sentenced three men for…
U.S. Attorney announces major drug trafficking ring bust
By Owen Houtakker Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Friday morning, the local U.S. Attorney’s Office held a press conference alongside both federal and local law enforcement to announce the bust of a methamphetamine ring that…
A flood of Chinese soda ash has Wyoming’s industry swimming in troubled waters
• Though plans to expand the state’s trona mining and soda ash industry have stalled, they’re essential to surviving a fundamentally altered global market, one CEO says. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com After decades of quietly chugging along…
Game and Fish interim director warns of future severe budget concerns
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget has jumped by its highest amount in years and the interim director is calling budget concerns “dire” as inflation, especially…
Chronic wasting disease confirmed in moose
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed chronic wasting disease in an adult bull moose in Moose Hunt Area 45, east of Laramie, in the Pilot Hill area. Game and Fish continues to notify the…
Grand Teton National Ballpark? Visitors call it a field of nightmares.
•Park visitors greet news of a potential MLB game in front of the Tetons with disbelief. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com MOOSE, WYOMING—The news shot around Grand Teton National Park’s Jenny Lake on Sunday like the crack…
UW’s first-time student enrollment grows 4.7%, transfers up 6%
LARAMIE (WNE) — Driven by significant increases in students from outside the state, the University of Wyoming has recorded a 4.7% increase in its freshman class, while also seeing a 6% increase in new transfer students. At the same…
University of Wyoming ascends in national college rankings
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming has made a big jump in two major national college rankings, augmenting its recently achieved status as a Carnegie R1 research institution, a UW news release said. In the latest “America’s Top…