Trump calls for more logging
• Industry questions whether local infrastructure can meet needs By Alex Hargrave Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — The Trump administration’s executive order to increase logging and domestic timber production on federal lands is welcome…
University of Wyoming trustees keep President Seidel, form committee to address turmoil
• The committee, still largely undefined, will try to boost shared governance of the university, trustees said. Critics said the board missed the mark. By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com Rising furor over the controversial demotion of a University…
Trump signs executive orders to boost coal
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the four…
Thousands of pronghorn died in the Red Desert two winters ago. A new paper shows why.
High snow and endless fences made for a lethal combination that researchers and wildlife advocates are working to change. By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Two years ago, as one storm after another piled feet of snow across south-central Wyoming, pronghorn…
Average gasoline prices in Wyoming up by more than 6 cents a gallon
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 6.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.15 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 18.7 cents per…
FBI to deploy personnel to help with missing and murdered Indigenous people
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigations Denver Field Office, which oversees FBI work in Wyoming and on the Wind River Reservation, may soon get a boost in visiting…
Wyoming lawmakers consider court order in upcoming interim
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will carry the weight of a recent court decision to adequately fund public schools as they approach a new season crafting policies for the state’s…
Rare Element Resources plant faces delay
NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Rare Element Resources has pushed back the launch of operation at its demonstration plant in Upton by a few months, but the company has also announced that it may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in…
PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another
• Utility’s moves will result in more planet-warming emissions and higher electric bills, critics say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while…
Lincoln County unemployment at 4.0 percent
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate climbed slightly in year-to-date comparisons just released by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. The county’s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in January of 2025, compared to the 3.5 percent in January of 2024. A…