Anonymous student alleges sexual assault by teacher
By Joy Ufford Pinedale Roundup Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE – With no response from Big Piney school district officials to a former student’s request to continue a lawsuit against them as “Jane Doe,” a federal magistrate judge ruled on…
Grand Teton experiments with ‘augmented reality’
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Moose don’t predictably appear in the height of summer along the most bustling trails in all of Grand Teton National Park. But that’s just what Rhys Walker came…
Wyoming coal production falls by 21% in 2020
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Coal production in Wyoming plummeted 21% in 2020 as the U.S. saw its lowest yield since 1965, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Wednesday. The steep decline was caused in part…
Nine more Wyoming deaths tied to COVID
By The Wyoming News Exchange The deaths of nine more Wyoming residents have been tied to the coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday. The deaths in June and July, which included four Laramie County residents, brought the number…
216 energy project to get CARES money
CASPER (WNE) — The $12 million in CARES Act funding allocated for the second round of the Energy Rebound Program will be distributed among 216 selected projects, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission announced Friday. Gov. Mark Gordon established…
UW offers incentives for vaccination
GILLETTE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming is preparing for the upcoming school year by announcing an incentive program to encourage students to get a COVID-19 vaccination with a grand prize being a semester’s worth of tuition and fees. Other…
Man shot by Green River police officer
GREEN RIVER (WNE) — A Green River Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with an unidentified suspect Tuesday night during a traffic stop on Barnhart Street, resulting in the suspect being wounded and transported out of state. According to a release…
State could have more flexibility with COVID funds
By Katie Roenigk Riverton Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The reduction in revenue Wyoming has experienced over the past year may allow the state to use federal COVID-19 relief money more freely. The United States Department of the…
Man who walked up to Old Faithful while waving flag sentenced to jail
JACKSON (WNE) — A Yellowstone tourist who was a little too jacked up on America while visiting last summer recently wrapped up jail time earned for antics that involved flag waving and a coonskin hat near the cone of the…
Tribal leaders eye mascot ban, tuition discount
By Nate Perez Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Northern Arapaho Business Council leaders Jordan Dresser and Boniface Ridgley traveled June 28 to Colorado to take part in a signing ceremony for laws offering in-state tuition to students…