State agencies prepare for July 1 budget cuts
By Andrew Graham, wyofile.com Gov. Mark Gordon will be enacting more substantive cuts to state agencies beginning July 1, his budget director told the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee last week. “[State] agencies have been instructed to cut as much as…
Tourism to Yellowstone creates $642 million in economic benefits
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4 million people to Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,000 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the…
Support falls for measures to slow coronavirus spread, UW survey says
By Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — More than half of Wyomingites say they’re comfortable attending large outdoor events this summer, according to the latest University of Wyoming survey on the impacts of coronavirus. The study…
Arapaho tribe distributes COVID relief funds to members
RIVERTON (WNE) — The Northern Arapaho Tribe has received more than $19 million to mitigate the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a June 5 address from Northern Arapaho Business Council chairman Lee Spoonhunter. More than one-quarter of…
Enzi proposes park fee hike to pay for improvements
CODY (WNE) — Cody residents may end up paying more to visit Yellowstone National Park. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) has proposed an amendment to the Great American Outdoors Act that will increase the fees for weekly passes to the national…
Uinta County leads state coronavirus increase with 12
Uinta County’s total of confirmed coronavirus cases went up by 12 on Monday as the total number of cases seen since the illness was first detected in Wyoming grew to 856. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus…
No death penalty in Riverton shooting death
RIVERTON (WNE) — The state will not seek the death penalty against Mario M. Mills, the Riverton man accused of killing his best friend with a gunshot to the head on March 26. Fremont County Attorney Patrick LeBrun announced during…
Former wrestling club treasurer pleads guilty to theft
GILLETTE (WNE) — A former treasurer of two youth wrestling clubs in Gillette has pleaded guilty to theft and agreed to pay $50,000 in restitution for money he stole from them. Sentencing for Steven D. Johnson, 44, is set for…
Supreme Court reverses Wyoming State Hospital wrongful death case
By Isabella Alves Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The adoptive brother of a Wyoming State Hospital patient was ruled to have grounds to pursue a lawsuit against the hospital in a wrongful death case, according to…
Wyoming targeted by unemployment fraud ring
By Sheila McGuire Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — Evanston man James McDaniel was perplexed when, while sifting through his mail one day at lunch, he came across not one, but three, letters from the Wyoming Department…