Elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease on Pinedale-area feedground
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — For the first time, an elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease on a western Wyoming wapiti feedground, areas that wildlife biologists have long seen as…
Wyoming legislative website provides info on session
POWELL (WNE) — Wyoming residents are encouraged to use the Wyoming Legislature’s website to track legislation and participate in policy making during the general session. The web address is wyoleg.gov and is continually updated as each bill moves through…
Wyoming jails are forced to warehouse mentally ill. Sheriffs want state’s support.
• Fourteen of 23 sheriffs signed a letter asking the Legislature to shift cost burden to health department. By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com Wyoming sheriffs for years have been frustrated with the amount of time they’re holding inmates in…
Wyoming National Guard activates C-130s to fight LA wildfires
GILLETTE (WNE) — Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to support firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles…
In new leadership post, Hageman takes fresh aim at federal land, grizzly policies
• Wyoming representative’s bills would delist grizzlies and torpedo controversial Biden administration plans for southwest Wyoming and the Powder River Basin. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com With a bevy of new federal bills filed this week, Rep. Harriet Hageman…
Five education bills to watch in Wyoming’s 2025 Legislature
• Lawmakers will consider measures on everything from allowing more charter schools to cellphone bans and relaxing teaching certification standards. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com When lawmakers convene Tuesday in Cheyenne for the 2025 general session, they will begin…
Key legislative topics: Education, election, gaming, property taxes
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The 68th Wyoming Legislature will convene for a 40-day general session starting Tuesday, and more than 600 bills sponsored by committees and individual lawmakers are expected to…
Gordon joins Republican governors for meeting with Trump
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon joined 21 Republican governors for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Thursday. Gordon and the other governors expressed concern about federal overreach under President Joe Biden and a desire to…
More Wyoming teens joining the workforce
CHEYENNE — More of Wyoming’s teenagers are joining the workforce, with health care and social assistance among their top employment choices, according to Wyoming Department of Workforce Services data. DWS Research and Planning Research Supervisor Michael Moore presented labor statistics…
Report suggests four ways to address state housing shortage
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Last February, the Wyoming Community Development Authority published its statewide housing needs assessment for the state of Wyoming. This report showed Wyoming’s housing development was not on track…