Wyoming legislators advance trucker English proficiency bill amid federal crackdown
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A group of Wyoming legislators voted Monday to sponsor a bill aimed at enforcing English-language proficiency requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers operating within the state. As…
Lawmakers seek to remove soda, candy, spices and others from SNAP benefits
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As the future of SNAP benefits, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is up in the air amid the federal government shutdown, Wyoming lawmakers…
New First Presidency Discusses Key Issues and Shares Hopes for the World
• Interview is first conversation of its kind for the new First Presidency The new First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sat down for an interview with award-winning journalist Jane Clayson Johnson on Wednesday, October 15,…
WYDOT planning for long road ahead
• Legislative committee to discuss fuel tax hike By Alex Hargrave Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — The Wyoming Department of Transportation is working on its latest long-range transportation plan that will guide its road management…
LIEAP applications paused due to federal government shutdown
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Due to the federal government shutdown, the Wyoming Department of Family Services’ Wyoming Low Income Energy Assistance Program is pausing the approval of new applications for the 2025-26 heating season. The program has been paused because…
Alpine, Thayne and Afton call on county to broadcast meetings
The Alpine Town Council has called on the Lincoln County Commission to make their meetings available to the public through a live-stream broadcast program. The action came in the form of a unanimously passed resolution at the Oct. 7…
Food Drive brings in over 10,000 items
Afton Food Pantry’s 5th Annual Fighting Hunger Games Food Drive brought over 10,000 usable food items to the pantry’s shelves last week. Youth gathered boxes and bags that were left on front porches and at front doors throughout the upper…
New First Presidency of Latter-day Saint Church Organized
President Dallin Harris Oaks was announced as the 18th president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The announcement was made during a live broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah. President…
Trump urges leaders to put ‘old feuds’ aside as he calls for a new era of harmony in the Middle East
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a global summit on Gaza’s future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a…
Forest Service clears roads, fills holes near Smoot
The U.S. Forest Service says that roads and trails covered by debris following the Willow Creek Fire have been cleared, and that the massive holes have been filled in that were dug along private property. Greys River District Ranger Justin…