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Month: June 2026

Small school districts have big silo problems; lawmakers promise to fix some of them next legislative session

  By Win Hammond Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — This year, the Wyoming Legislature revamped the state’s education funding model and gave public schools more money than ever before, but it also put more restrictions on…

SVI Radio Interview: Shar Perry, Star Valley 4-H

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8 people died in B-52 bomber crash at US Air Force base in Southern California, officials say

  By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight people…

Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC show, director says

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials disrupted “planned attacks” meant to target the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend for President Donald Trump’s birthday, and multiple people were in custody,…

Wyoming lawmakers mull electric generation tax to address average customers’ rising bills

  • Sen. Cale Case urged the Revenue Committee to tap into what could be a huge new source of revenue to benefit the entire state.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming lawmakers are mulling whether to apply a tax…

Local governments’ ability to collect property taxes in limbo due to uncertainty over 4% cap

  • ‘This is so unprecedented, we don’t really have a blueprint,’ one official told WyoFile.   By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com Local and state officials responsible for administering Wyoming’s property tax system are in uncharted waters. A recently adopted state…

Two potential spots eyed for potential Kemmerer worker housing

• Planning and Zoning meeting is Tuesday at 6 p.m. at county courthouse Two potential zones for temporary workforce housing to provide living quarters for workers related to the major construction in Kemmerer will be part of the planning and…