Officials say worst of unemployment may have passed
By Allayana Darrow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — As far as unemployment claims in the state, the worst may have passed, according to Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Director Robin Cooley. The Wyoming Legislature Joint Labor,…
Demand for food, childcare assistance growing in Wyoming
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Vital social services like childcare assistance and the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, are experiencing growing pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Family Services…
Man faces 240 years for child porn
GREEN RIVER (WNE) — A Rock Springs man is facing a potential 240-year prison sentence if found guilty of possessing child pornography. James Adam Gehring, 34, of Rock Springs, is charged with 24 felony counts of sexual exploitation of children….
Seventeenth person dies from coronavirus, case count up to 693
By The Wyoming News Exchange A Fremont County woman has become the 17th Wyoming resident to die as a result of the coronavirus, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. The department, in a news release Sunday, reported that the…
Treasure hunter banned from Yellowstone
◆ Hunter was seeking Forrest Fenn’s famed treasure. By CJ Baker and Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange An Indiana treasure seeker who had to be rescued by park rangers after illegally rappelling into the Grand Canyon of…
Jackson community COVID-19 test day nets 1,000-plus swabs
JACKSON (WNE) —About 1,000 tests for COVID-19 were administered in the first eight and a half hours of a community testing event Thursday at Teton County Fairgrounds. Turnout for the event was much higher than anticipated. Teton County Health Department…
UW students first in state to be prosecuted for violating quarantine order
By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — Four Laramie women face criminal prosecution after they allegedly ignored orders to quarantine after being suspected of having COVID-19. Albany County prosecutors charged each of the four women —…
Renewables top coal for energy consumption for first time in 135 years
By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — For the first time since before 1885, the annual United States energy consumption from renewable sources outpaced coal, according to a new report released Thursday by the federal U.S. Energy…
CFD, five other major rodeos canceled
By The Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —- Six of Wyoming’s largest rodeos, including the iconic Cheyenne Frontier Days, will not be held this year, Gov. Mark Gordon has announced. Gordon, during a news conference Wednesday, said organizers for all six…
Scientists: Reworked BLM plan still fails to protect sage grouse
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com The U.S. Bureau of Land Management appears to ignore science in its latest proposal to revise conservation strategies for greater sage grouse in seven western states, a group of 22 scientists says. The agency…