Plant closures could free up water
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Coal plant retirements in Wyoming and other Colorado River Basin states offer communities in the parched West a rare opportunity to reallocate their water resources, researchers at Arizona State…
Bill would fund student mental health resources
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Lawmakers hope to address a lack of mental health resources for students in the upcoming general session. Members of the Joint Education Committee voted 8-6 Tuesday to sponsor…
Grand Teton speedster reverses course on appealing sentence
JACKSON (WNE) — An Idaho man caught driving 132 mph in Grand Teton National Park in March and sentenced to 90 days in jail is no longer pursuing a federal appeal of his case. Jessie Perry filed a notice of…
GOP poll watchers: Wyo election ‘smooth,’ no funny business
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Marti Halverson was posted up kitty-corner to the election judges’ table over the course of a long day Nov. 8 at the Star Valley Community Complex. The former state representative, who chairs an election integrity-focused Wyoming…
In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —It doesn’t take much to get a mountain goat’s goat. They go from “passive to aggressive really fast,” said Joel Berger, the Barbara Cox Anthony University Chair of Wildlife…
Cheyenne man dies on I-80 after colliding with commercial truck
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A medical condition is being investigated as a possible cause of a crash that killed a Cheyenne man this week, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said Wednesday. At 4:19 p.m. Monday, Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a…
Wyoming stories often not filmed in Wyoming; Legislature to consider rebate program for film producers
By Mike Armstrong Saratoga Sun Via- Wyoming News Exchange SARATOGA — A lot of Joe Pickett fans can tell you unequivocally the popular series is set in Carbon County, Wyoming. Not as many know that the television series is filmed…
EV chargers coming to Yellowstone, Grand Teton gateways
JACKSON (WNE) —Eastern Idaho’s Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative will install five strategically placed Level 3 electric car charging stations along two significant scenic byways, with construction starting in the spring of 2023. The fast chargers will be placed in…
Committee backs bill requiring banks to report suspected exploitation
By Hannah Black Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A Wyoming legislative committee will support a bill aimed at protecting vulnerable adults from financial exploitation – something stakeholders testified is a big issue. The Legislature’s Joint Judiciary…
Towns welcome second chance at nuclear plant
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER – For the Wyoming towns not chosen to host a demonstration nuclear reactor, word that they’re back in the running for a new wave of plants came sooner than expected….