Educators caution lawmakers not to overstep boundaries on parental rights
• ‘School boards can handle it’ By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via-Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A draft bill that addresses parental rights in education raised controversy on Tuesday of whether lawmakers overstepped their boundaries in policy making…
Attempt to supersede local control over state land leases curtailed
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A draft bill criticized for attempting to take away local control over leases on state lands failed to gain traction among lawmakers this week. It was killed in…
Historic die-off at Wyoming elk feedground prompts management changes
• One of the largest documented outbreaks of hoof rot in Wyoming struck the Horse Creek Feedground last winter, killing nearly half of the congregated calves. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Biologist Ben Wise received the first feedground reports of…
December to see dueling abortion hearings
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — With a Dec. 14 hearing fast approaching, both sides in a closely watched legal fight over abortion access in Wyoming agree on one thing: pressing ahead. “This case…
New documentary highlights migration in and through Grand Teton National Park
CASPER (WNE) — “Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations,” a new Wyoming-made documentary, shows how the migration patterns often depend on habitats up to 190 miles away from Grand Teton National Park — not just in it. Animal Trails: Rediscovering…
Feds field questions about Wyoming’s first nuclear power plant
• Before it can build a nuclear power plant, TerraPower must build a thorough case for feds to permit it, which includes public scrutiny. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com KEMMERER—TerraPower, backed by billionaire Bill Gates and the U.S. Department of Energy,…
After achievements in Wyoming, USDA expands big game conservation program
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — You could call big game migrations miracles and it wouldn’t be a stretch. One mule deer herd in western Wyoming migrates more than 150 miles each way from the…
Resource center serves Lander’s veterans, others
By Marit Gookin Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — On the corner of Second Street and Custer Street in Lander, in an unassuming building, one group of Lander residents is working to make a difference and give back…
Property tax ballot measure will slash local funding, report finds
• To ease the soaring price of property taxes, a ballot initiative would create an exemption to effectively halve the bill for homeowners. But that could slash state services. By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com A statewide ballot initiative would effectively…
Lawmakers split over advanced legislation banning delta-8
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State lawmakers advanced a bill draft on Monday that aims to ban all hemp-products containing any psychoactive properties, including delta-8, without providing a distinction between “synthetic” and “naturally…