Thousands of pronghorn died in the Red Desert two winters ago. A new paper shows why.
High snow and endless fences made for a lethal combination that researchers and wildlife advocates are working to change. By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Two years ago, as one storm after another piled feet of snow across south-central Wyoming, pronghorn…
Average gasoline prices in Wyoming up by more than 6 cents a gallon
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 6.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.15 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 18.7 cents per…
Bomb squad called in after teen finds live grenades
RIVERTON (WNE) — The Riverton Police Department brought in the bomb squad Wednesday after a local teen brought home mud-slicked grenades that he thought were toys, but turned out to be live weapons. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday,…
FBI to deploy personnel to help with missing and murdered Indigenous people
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigations Denver Field Office, which oversees FBI work in Wyoming and on the Wind River Reservation, may soon get a boost in visiting…
Wyoming lawmakers consider court order in upcoming interim
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will carry the weight of a recent court decision to adequately fund public schools as they approach a new season crafting policies for the state’s…
Rare Element Resources plant faces delay
NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Rare Element Resources has pushed back the launch of operation at its demonstration plant in Upton by a few months, but the company has also announced that it may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in…
PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another
• Utility’s moves will result in more planet-warming emissions and higher electric bills, critics say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while…
Once again, Trump administration asks western Wyoming foresters to resign
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Warning that future cuts to the federal workforce are inbound, the Trump administration is, once again, asking U.S. Forest Service workers in Jackson Hole — and elsewhere…
UW permits concealed carry on campus
• New rules enacted after bill banning most gunfree zones becomes law By Allison Allsop Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — On Thursday, the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees unanimously adopted changes to campus policy to…
Yellowstone tourist gets jail time for parking on thermal area
POWELL (WNE) — A Georgia man who parked on top of one of Yellowstone National Park’s thermal areas last fall has been ordered to serve a week in jail and stay out of the park for the next five years. …