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Notice of Wyoming Stable Token Commission Meeting in Laramie on September 7

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission will hold its next meeting on Thursday, September 7, 2023 beginning at 9 am at the University of Wyoming’s Coe Library in Laramie, Room COE506. Remote access to the meeting will also be available via…

Teen substance use on the rise

By Marit Gookin Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Drug and alcohol use among teens in Fremont County is a growing problem. Between last year and this year, juvenile misdemeanor citations in Lander more than doubled, going from…

New business filings in Wyoming jump 27% compared to last year

By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The number of new business filings in Wyoming surged dramatically this year compared to last, bringing in a whopping 25% increase in revenue from filings.  The Secretary of…

Legislators revise bill increasing diesel fuel tax, debate tax of EVs

By Hannah Shields  Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming legislators laid back a bill draft that would increase diesel fuel tax due to concerns over interstate commerce conflict and whether the increase was substantial enough to…

50th annual Fort Bridger Rendezvous this weekend

LYMAN (WNE) — This year’s Fort Bridger Rendezvous and black powder shoot will run throughout Labor Day weekend and serves as a step back in time to the American West’s pre-1840s in the Rocky Mountains.  The Fort Bridger Rendezvous continues…

Honor among friends  

With a sound so distinct, this had to be the real deal. Coming over the west hills of Afton, a small, black speck continued to grow as it descended from the late afternoon sky. Powerful winds bounced around the ground…

Senators Lummis and Barrasso defend Wyoming energy

• Emphasis on energy, security and economic strength.  “This is a call to all of us to double down on our efforts to show how oil and gas is flourishing across the globe,” US. Senator Cynthia Lummis advised a large…

Western fires riding jet stream to valley skies

  • No regional fires as August comes to a close Unlike previous years, those with allergies have had a nice clear summer in Star Valley for the most part when it comes to smoke. Area residents awoke so smokey…

Appeals court sides with Wyoming and PacifiCorp on haze pollution

By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A panel of judges sided with Wyoming and the state’s largest electric utility in a battle over haze pollution last week finding that the Environmental Protection Agency erred and…

Three people injured following UTV accident near Indian Creek

Three people and a dog were injured in a UTV accident on Saturday, August 26th in central Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Search and Rescue in Kemmerer/Diamondville said they were called to the area at approximately 6:00 p.m.  Three occupants…