Cattle prices have reached a record high this year
• Campbell County ranchers say it’s a welcome relief By Susan Monaghan Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Wednesday afternoon inside Buffalo Livestock Market — one of the local sale barns to ranchers in Campbell…
Wyoming, Utah and Idaho push for nuclear energy renaissance
• Industry leaders see a fertile political environment in the region, but say challenges lie ahead. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com IDAHO FALLS—A couple hundred nuclear energy industry officials, along with two western state governors, a Trump administration official…
Wyoming unemployment falls to 3.2% in August 2025
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Monday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.3% in July to 3.2% in August. Wyoming’s unemployment rate is slightly lower…
Wyoming’s average gas prices edge up by nearly 2 cents a gallon
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 1.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.08 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 5.4 cents per…
The $50M impact of federal royalty cuts
By Marit Gookin Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Passed in July, the “Big Beautiful Bill” was, as the name suggests, very large and dealt with a vast array of topics. One of those topics with particular…
No one is using a controversial compensation program for grass lost to overpopulated Wyoming elk
• Because program was conceived in response to a big stink about elk numbers and damage, Game and Fish commissioner is ‘shocked’ by the absence of claims. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com There’s been virtually no interest in a…
Eight school districts file legal brief amid lawsuit with state
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Eight Wyoming school districts have submitted a 103-page brief to the Wyoming Supreme Court, defending a February district court ruling that declared the state’s public education…
Wyoming officials react to news of assassination of Charlie Kirk
By Brian Martin Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming officials expressed shock, disbelief and opposition to political violence, regardless of its source, in reaction to Wednesday’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a…
Wilderness crews work western Wyoming’s Dollar Lake Fire as it approaches Squaretop
• About two dozen firefighters trained in wilderness strategies are scouting the steep country for natural barriers. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com About two dozen wilderness firefighters are shuttling regularly across lower Green River Lake to help…
No clear direction for K-12 school funding recalibration
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Lawmakers met again this week to continue discussing how to adjust state spending on education as part of the regular five-year reassessment of the funding model, but…