Woman gets 12-17 years for killing fiancé near Kemmerer
By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — New Zealand woman Monique Sullivan was sentenced last month to 12-17 years in prison for manslaughter in the stabbing death of her fiancé. According to a sworn affidavit…
Carnivores and scavengers could help reduce CWD
• Bobcats may only deposit a fraction of the infectious prions on the landscape that they eat, early study results show By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and technicians have spent the last year and a…
Bidding open on 13 bison
GILLETTE (WNE) — Those interested can now bid on 13 animals from the state bison herd. Bidding is open at the Hot Springs State Park office in Thermopolis until 4 p.m. Jan. 16. The available bison include seven 2023 heifer…
WYDOT gauges interest in electric vehicle charging stations
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation has issued a Request for Information to gauge interest from potential station owners interested in participating in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. In 2021, the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
Nuclear power winning supporters, but restoring the industry could take more than we think
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Nuclear energy appears to be having a moment. The U.S. and 21 other countries at the climate talks in Dubai last month made a supercharged pledge to triple…
With low snow in Jackson Hole, wapiti trickle onto National Elk Refuge
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — There’s at least one person in Teton County who sees a silver lining in the low snowpack. “I’m probably the only person in Jackson Hole that’s happy we…
ZooMontana one of three zoos in nation with successful wolverine breeding programs
• Saving the ‘woods devil’ By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced federal protections for wolverines in the lower 48 states in late November, attention immediately turned…
Pine beetles are hammering the Tetons’ whitebark pines, again
• Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem land managers brace for the second climate-driven epidemic this century and fear for the survival of the remaining old-growth conifers. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Vegetation ecologists monitoring the latest mountain pine beetle epidemic fear…
Last of Wyoming mail processing centers could be moved out of state
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Teton County’s mail hasn’t been processed in-state in almost a decade, and that could be the reality for most Wyoming communities in the coming years. The U.S….
Wyoming unemployment up slightly, but economy improved in 2023
By Samir Knox Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming, and the United States as a whole, outperformed economic projections in 2023, one of the state’s top economists said Wednesday. Despite a slight increase in the state’s…