$41.7 million spent at Devils Tower in 2024
• Visitors to Wyoming’s national parks spent a total of $1.2 billion SUNDANCE (WNE) — According to the National Park Service, visitors to Wyoming’s national parks spent $1.2 billion in 2024 – and $41.7 million of that total…
Feds to redo management plan for 3.6M acres in southwest Wyoming
• The BLM’s Rock Springs plan, under Biden, represented a widely supported conservation and development compromise, advocacy groups say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will amend its management plan for 3.6 million acres…
Mother of man who killed Sheridan policeman sentenced to prison
SHERIDAN (WNE) — The mother of the man who shot and killed Sheridan Police Department Sgt. Nevada Krinkee has been sentenced to prison and probation. Wyoming District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced 71-year-old Eileen Marie Hurley to 12…
National parks to stay open during shutdown
• Teton County leaders, business owners supportive of move By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Hours before the U.S. Senate adjourned on Tuesday night, initiating a government shutdown, the Interior Department directed…
Governor issues protocols pertinent to state federal workers
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon’s office issued a statement Tuesday saying he was monitoring the potential shutdown of the federal government, which was set to occur if Congress failed to reach a budget resolution effective at midnight…
State ponders how it can transform rural health care
By CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Congress has set aside $50 billion to transform rural health care, and the Trump administration is asking the nation’s governors to “think big and submit audacious proposals”…
Little public notice of Monday’s critical public meeting regarding Public Records Act
• Wyoming’s public records ombudsman is trying to get the word out about a task force that seeks to improve the law that gives citizens access to government work. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Wyoming’s public records…
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…