D.C. Delegation: U.S. border and Rock Springs BLM management
• Hageman has bill to stop BLM Draft Plan, Lummis says every state a border state and Barrasso travels to the border. U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis The Biden administration’s open-door policy at our southwest border has not only jeopardized our…
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…
Employment numbers back to pre-pandemic levels in Wyoming
By Jackie Galli Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — The state of Wyoming continues to recover from the pandemic, with unemployment trending down and the average monthly employment back to pre-pandemic levels. The preliminary numbers for the first-quarter…
New texts, emails show Wyoming Department of Education staff hesitated to move forward with 2022 event
By Samir Knox Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Text messages and emails provided to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle show confusion and dissent among Wyoming Department of Education staffers last year, as they scrambled to figure out…
Supt. Degenfelder / WDE launch guidance for libraries
• State Supt.: ‘Explicit material should not be in K-12 schools.’ Cheyenne — State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder and the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) have released the guidance for Establishing or Modifying Library Material Policy as outlined in the 2023-2027…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 299,127 recreation visits in October 2023. This is a 26% increase from October 2022 (236,567 recreational visits). It is also a 75% increase from October 2019* (171,339 recreational visits) when several…
(Watch Link) – 2023 Wyoming State Football Championships
Ten teams will be looking to put their best foot forward this weekend in Laramie as they clash in five state championship title games at War Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Wyoming. Up first on Friday…
Cowboys Shoot Lights Out in 104-56 Season Opening Win Over Northern New Mexico College
• Pokes shot 62 percent from field and 57 from Behind the Arc Nick Seeman Assistant Athletic Director, Communications University of Wyoming Athletics The Wyoming Cowboys shot an impressive 62-percent from the field and 57-percent from behind the arc…
Western Governors’ Association kicks off winter meeting in Jackson
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland touted the potential of Western states to solve problems and meet challenges while speaking Monday to a gathering of the…