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Month: May 2026

Wyoming lawmakers mull loosening regulations to meet growing electrical demand

    • Utilities have been unable to accommodate Wyoming’s legacy extraction industries, trona representatives said, raising questions about how to meet power-hungry data center demands.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s trona and soda ash industry accounts for more…

SVI Radio Interview: Brad Wilford, Kemmerer Lions Club

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BLM director confirmed

  By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The U.S. Senate confirmed former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce as director of the Bureau of Land Management on May 18, part of a package vote on 49…

Food banks to receive truckload of staple foods

• Food shipment to arrive from LDS Bishops Storehouse All three of Star Valley’s food banks are slated to receive a shipment of food products from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of the Church’s America…

Knicks fans forget about the bad times and savor a record run to their first NBA Finals since 1999

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The song selection at the New York Knicks’ watch party couldn’t have been more obvious. Minutes after the Knicks finished their four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern…

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Senate confirms Smith

  By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — By a vote of 46-43, Darin Smith was confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming, with Wyoming’s Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso casting their…

Spread Creek Fire was the Bridger-Teton’s largest-ever May wildfire

  • Last week’s fire was one of three fires over 10 acres in forest’s history.   By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON  — Last week, the Spread Creek Fire torched roughly 250 acres near…