State adds roughly $68M in K-12 funding so far this year
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Energy production has padded Wyoming’s school coffers as students and teachers prepare to head back to school later this month. Wyoming has added an extra roughly $68 million in…
WSGS Debuts Interactive Mineral Resources of Wyoming Map
Wyoming is rich with minerals. The state has abundant energy minerals, such as coal and uranium; industrial minerals, like bentonite, trona, and gypsum; as well as critical minerals, metals, and gemstones. The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has developed a…
Be proactive with protecting your personal information
While there are always scammers out there trying to get your personal information using old methods, others use more subtle ideas. Here is two from CyberWyoming.org. Is it really a PDF? A PDF or Portable Data File, has become a…
Katelyn Mitchem Announced as Mountain West Female Scholar Athlete of Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Katelyn Mitchem was selected as the 2022-23 Mountain West Conference Female Scholar Athlete of the Year as announced by the conference on Thursday August 3rd. Established by the Mountain West Joint Council in 1999, the MW…
Meet Chris Petersen: 2023 Vocalist Celebrity Judge
The Vocalist, the largest singing competition in the Rocky Mountains, returns to the Lincoln County Fair in Afton, Wyoming on it’s opening day Saturday, August 3. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. with the show starting at 7:00. The show will…
One22 annual report points to increase in need for rent assistance
By Jeannette Boner Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — With the recent release of One22’s annual report, the nonprofit organization is heeding eye-raising new data that points to critical housing insecurities that have not abated since the…
FBI helps identify area where missing Wyoming woman’s cell phone lost signal
CASPER (WNE) — The Wyoming branch of the FBI was able to help approximate where Breanna Mitchell’s cellphone last had signal, but the Washakie County woman remained missing on Monday. This information doesn’t give exact locations, so the search area…
Wyoming Unemployment Falls to 3.1% in June 2023
The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.3% in May to 3.1% in June. Wyoming’s unemployment rate is slightly lower than its June 2022…
Hageman bill would tighten label requirements for U.S.-raised beef
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Friday, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., introduced the Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2023. The bill, which is co-led by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., seeks to prohibit beef retailers from designating foreign beef as…
How much is too much? – Rocky Mountain Power is pitching historic rate hike: Here’s what it could mean for Wyoming consumers
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — About a dozen people spoke at a Rock Springs meeting earlier this month about a historic rate hike proposal brought by Rocky Mountain Power — Wyoming’s largest electricity…