State increases electricity rates
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Rocky Mountain Power can raise customers’ electricity rates by 0.3% to help it meet the carbon capture requirements set in 2020 by the state legislature, the Wyoming Public Service…
Copelands’ bankruptcy stalls civil lawsuits
PINEDALE (WNE) —Listing a mountain of debts to investors, customers, medical facilities – and collection agencies – Shane and Ramsey Copeland of Marbleton, past owners of Triple Peak Landscaping, LLC, filed for relief in U.S. District of Wyoming Bankruptcy Court….
Icy runway at Alpine Airport causes jet to crash
JACKSON (WNE) — John Corr, 71, came across an odd site Wednesday afternoon while on his daily cross-country ski excursion: A private plane submerged in the snow. The two-engine private aircraft crashed through the end-of-runway gates at the Alpine…
Hunting applications open Jan. 3 for six big game and turkey
The ringing in of the new year signals the opening of hunting applications for many hunters. At 8 a.m. on Jan. 3 the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will open applications for six big game species and wild turkey. Resident…
State education board audits math, science standards
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Wyoming State Board of Education led its first audit of subject standards this month, paving the way for the wholesale reconsideration of educational benchmarks in the state as…
Average Wyoming gas prices drop by 11 cents in past week
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 11 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.87 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 54.1 cents per…
Census: Wyoming deaths exceed births
By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — For the first time in at least a century, Wyoming recorded more deaths than births over a year-long period, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The…
2022 busiest year on record for Teton County Search and Rescue
JACKSON (WNE) — This year marked the busiest year on record for Teton County Search and Rescue. “Through November, we have had 123 calls for service,” the report issued by the group states. “Our previous record for the whole calendar…
State seeks ‘sovereign immunity’ from local development restrictions on school land parcels
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — State officials want out of Teton County’s land regulations and zoning. That’s the gist of a legal complaint filed Thursday by the Wyoming Attorney General’s office against the…
Committee chairs proud of bills to come out of the interim
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Committee chairs in the Wyoming Legislature said they were proud of the bills to come out of the interim, after working through a broad spectrum of issues over…