Gordon, EPA head agree on tech innovation to combat climate crisis
Both leaders tout Wyoming’s role in advancing carbon capture technologies, but state officials still critical of EPA’s ‘power plant rule.’ By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com LARAMIE—Gov. Mark Gordon and the state’s top environmental regulators are often at loggerheads with the…
Hunters: 2023 Wyoming hunt forecast available
With hunting season just around the corner, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released their hunting forecast for the various areas in the Cowboy State. Here is the information regarding the Jackson Region: Pronghorn The Jackson Region harbors a…
Hunters can help put an end to hunger
Hunters know the value of Wyoming’s wildlife and their harvested big game and there’s no better way to share the bounties of our state than sharing it with those who need it the most. Hunters interested in donating their harvested…
Governor Gordon Appoints Darin Westby Director of WYDOT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Darin Westby Director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Westby has served as interim director of the agency since March. He was one of three finalist candidates for the position that the…
Gibbs named to the Bednarik watch list
The pre-season accolades keep piling up for Wyoming linebacker Easton Gibbs as he has now been added to the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list. The award goes to the College Defensive Player of the Year and is named in honor…
State to back carbon storage, nuclear microreactor projects with $19M
• The projects are the first to potentially win awards from the $150 million taxpayer-supported Energy Matching Fund. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com The state’s top energy office has recommended two energy projects for a combined $19 million in support…
10,000 Wyomingites have lost Medicaid or Kid Care coverage. Most are children.
• More people lost the government health coverage than maintained it as the state re-analyzes who still qualifies following steady pandemic-era enrollment. By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com New estimates show that more than 10,000 people have lost Medicaid or Kid…
Gibbs named to the Butkus Award Watch List
The Butkus Award released on Thursday its 2023 collegiate preseason watch list. The Butkus Award honors the best linebacker in the nation each season. A total of 51 of the top linebackers in college football were named to this year’s…
Star Valley Sports Journal: The Death of the Pac
So many times over the past quarter-century the rearranging of college football teams has been accompanied by last-second compromises, lawyer-led deals and gutsy strategy to keep the status quo moving forward. That ended this past week when a lack of…
CWD increasing in state deer, elk herds
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Sobering news resulting from a multi-year Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department between 2018 and 2022 shows significant increases in the fatal…