Wyoming’s maternity care erosion continues with Evanston closure
• Evanston Regional Hospital will discontinue labor and delivery services on Dec. 30, citing declining demand. It will be the fourth Wyoming unit to close in the last decade. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com At five months pregnant, Kemmerer…
‘King Oil,’ diversity driving changes to state funding
• CREG report informs decisions by lawmakers and policymakers in Wyoming By Phil Ellsworth Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — From 2005 to 2014, minerals, including coal, accounted for roughly 60% of Wyoming’s assessed valuation. That’s not…
Grizzly 399’s remains cremated
JACKSON (WNE) — Less than a week and a half after Grizzly 399 was hit and killed by a car in the Snake River Canyon, federal land and wildlife managers decided to cremate her body and return her ashes…
Lawmakers back $66.3M more in school funding
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature could be back on track to fully funding its K-12 public schools after a committee of state lawmakers voted Friday to adopt a $66.3…
Jackson police find woman who had been reported missing
JACKSON (WNE) — Braigene Collins, who had been reported missing in September, has been found and is safe, the Jackson Police Department announced Friday evening. Police officers told the Jackson Hole Daily earlier last week that they were following…
Wyoming Legislature has $173 million for supplemental budget
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers have $173.5 million at their disposal as they put together the supplemental budget for the 2025 general session, according to a new Consensus Revenue Estimate…
UW celebrates record-breaking 10th annual Giving Day
LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming’s 10th annual Giving Day set records with 11,202 donors who gave more than $4.1 million, making it the most successful Giving Day in the university’s history. The proceeds from the fundraising event…
America’s growing political divide reaches Wyoming school boards, city councils
• Most local offices are explicitly nonpartisan. But a growing number of candidates and political action committees are injecting politics into them anyway. By Allison Allsop, CJ Baker, Joseph Beaudet, Jonathan Gallardo, Katie Klingsporn, Ivy Secrest and Joshua…
State will soon offer savings accounts for homeschooled kids
SUNDANCE (WNE) — Homeschooled and private school students will soon be eligible for education savings accounts to help pay for their education. The Wyoming Education Savings Act (ESA) was signed into law earlier this year, and the Wyoming Department…
Commuter swerved to avoid yearling but hit Grizzly 399, police report shows
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —- The commuter who hit and killed Grizzly 399 on Tuesday night in the Snake River Canyon was aware of wildlife in the area and driving cautiously when…