Despite headwinds, University of Wyoming’s new president is bullish on the future
• Shane Reeves arrives as state’s only four-year university faces challenges like a $15M budget shortfall. Still, the Rock Springs native and retired Army general is optimistic. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com A complex mix of challenges, including troubling…
Wyoming’s average gasoline prices rise by less than a penny per gallon
CHEYENNE (WTE) – Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.10 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 29 9…
Forest Service’s OK to graze cattle along grizzly-filled Union Pass sparks incoming lawsuit
• Conservation groups say they’ll use Endangered Species Act to ask a court to halt grazing in a 30,000-acre area along the Gros Ventre Range. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Environmental watchdogs have launched a legal challenge against…
Data center developers talk water, energy use and more in forum
By Alyssa Tolman Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Data center developers and local utility officials addressed community concerns about water use, electricity costs, environmental impacts and more during the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce’s monthly…
Wildlife managers: Don’t release county fair goldfish in the wild
JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has made its annual plea to the public to not release unwanted goldfish obtained at a county fair into the wild. Releasing goldfish and other exotic species into waterways is illegal…
Coal’s share of electricity-production in Wyoming at all time low despite peak demand
• Coal accounts for 47% of the state’s power production this year, down from 94% in 2008. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Amid a sweltering “heat dome” across much of the U.S. and Wyoming, electrical demand is spiking, prompting…
Group organizes against property tax ballot initiative
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — As Wyoming voters prepare to cast their ballots in the primary election, a group is preparing to fully launch opposition to an initiative on the general…
Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
By BILL BARROW Associated Press Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the…
Still Missing: More than 50 years later, two of four girls abducted from Rawlins in 1974 have yet to be found
By Joshua Wood Saratoga Sun Via- Wyoming News Exchange SARATOGA — “Four girls disappeared over the course of six weeks. For those of you who lived here during that time, that must have been completely unnerving.” On July 17,…
New data forecasts not enough workers to fill new Wyoming jobs
• Businesses already struggle to find workers with projected job growth on the horizon. By Calla Shosh, WyoFile.com Many Wyoming businesses already struggle to hire and retain workers. Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and…