Local community shows support for property tax ballot initiative
Roughly 100 people showed up to the Thayne Community Center Monday evening to sign and show support for a ballot initiative aimed to reduce property taxes by 50%. The initiative, titled People’s Initiative to Limit Property Tax through Homeowner’s Exemption,…
Mule Deer Monitoring Project provides valuable information on winter mortality and movement
CHEYENNE – A five-year, groundbreaking project by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to study mule deer in the Cowboy State is underway. This project, which started in late 2022, takes a deeper data dive by researching six areas considered critical…
Marijuana advocates aim to get initiatives on the 2024 ballot after signature confusion
• What’s next? By Maya Shimizu Harris and Sofia Saric Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Marijuana advocates are taking stock of their options to get two initiatives onto the 2024 ballot after a misunderstanding led them to…
D.C. Delegation — Hageman notes conservative legislation, Barrasso and Lummis want a budget plan
•Border security in the House, Senate sends a letter to Schumer. U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman reports: For the last nine months, the Republican-led House of Representatives in the 118th Congress has been introducing and passing some of the most conservative…
Cowboys Head South to Face Air Force on Saturday
Nick Seeman Assistant Athletic Director, Communications University of Wyoming Athletics Live Coverage Wyoming Game Notes Head Coach Craig Bohl Radio Show on Wednesday The Wyoming Cowboys (5-1 Overall, 2-0 MW) hit the road for the second time this season and…
(Video) Faith & Blue Banquet: WHP Q&A
Four members of the Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in a question and answer session during the Faith and Blue Banquet held in Afton on Friday, October 7. Colonel Tim Cameron, Field Major Jim Thomas, Field Capt. Mike Simmons and…
CWD detected in new Wyoming deer hunt area near Jackson
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson…
Gov. orders flags flown at half staff, congressional delegation responds to attack on Israel
Late Monday afternoon, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon ordered flags to be flown at half-staff following the deadly attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. In a statement Gov. Gordon said the flags would be lowered “to honor those who…
Sweetwater County Commission urges BLM to fix errors in RMP
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rocket Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County commissioners doubt whether the Bureau of Land Management will withdraw its Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan, and during its October 3 meeting, the commission…
Overdose prevention in Wyoming boosted by $2 million from CDC
• Similar payments are expected over the next five years, which will go toward building data sets and linking people to substance use disorder resources. By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com Money to combat the nation’s opioid crisis continues to flow…