Special session voted down
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A call for a special session failed to pass a vote of members of the Wyoming Legislature, according to official poll results sent in Sunday night. Lawmakers needed…
Court rules on ‘social costs’ of drilling
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A federal court has struck a blow to conservationists with a ruling that constrains the use of emission metrics in deciding oil and gas leases, including 120,000 acres…
Controversial state mandate spurs Wyoming utility to join carbon capture partnership
• Led by Rocky Mountain Power, the partnership — at either Gillette or Glenrock power plants — would spare ratepayers from ‘upfront’ engineering costs By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com – Wyoming’s largest electric utility will move forward with new…
$58 million ranch north of Jackson sells
CASPER (WNE) — An iconic dude ranch north of Jackson listed for $58 million has sold — marking the sale of the most expensive home on the market in Wyoming. The Grand View River Ranch, listed for sale in…
BLM to hold two wild horse and burro adoption events in April
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Bureau of Land Management will hold two separate wild horse and burro adoption events in April. The first event will have approximately 30 untrained horses up for adoption and sale at the Wheatland Off-Range Corral. The…
Game and Fish cuts tags, keeps ewe, lamb season for Gros Ventre bighorns
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — This fall, Game and Fish will issue a third as many tags for hunting female and juvenile bighorn sheep in the Gros Ventre Range after winter weather…
Pronghorn productivity declining in Wyoming
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is home to a whopping 50% of the world’s pronghorn, the iconic ungulate so named for its laterally flattened, blade-like horns. But that may not be the…
Body of missing Gillette woman found Thursday, ending five-day search
GILLETTE (WNE) — The body of a woman who went missing Saturday in a harsh stretch of Campbell County south of Gillette has been found after dozens of people from multiple agencies spent days searching. Tami Lynn Sturgeon, a…
Gordon criticizes proposed EPA rule on methane emissions
CHEYENNE (WNE) — In comments submitted Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule establishing a waste emission charge for methane discharges from oil and gas facilities. Gordon stressed that states like Wyoming are effectively addressing methane…
An aging Wyoming presents big housing challenges
• Older residents tend to buy houses from the state’s limited stock, leaving few options for the workers they’ll depend on for care as they age. By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com– Wyoming faces an array of future affordable housing…