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Year: 2026

Lawmakers weighed Wyoming Health Department budget cuts. They never came.

  • Lawmakers fully fund the agency — and then some. But health care advocates say the status quo still comes up short.   By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com After the Wyoming Freedom Caucus told voters last year it aimed to…

Vote on designs for Alpine mural and commemorative coin designs

The Town of Alpine has opened community voting for two projects connected to the United States 250th Anniversary (Semiquincentennial) initiative. Residents are asked to help select the design for a mural installation along the Lower Valley Energy substation fence and…

Work underway on Kemmerer South Wildlife crossings project

The following is a press release from the Wyoming Department of Transportation The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be ramping up construction on the Kemmerer South wildlife crossings project beginning this week on a 30-mile stretch of US 189…

Kemmerer Reservoir lowered due to structural concerns

The Kemmerer-Diamondville Joint Powers Board began lowering water levels at Kemmerer Reservoir on Monday, March 23 due to structural concerns with the spillway and in preparation for spring runoff. “Residents are strongly warned to stay off the the reservoir ice,”…

US won’t strike Iran’s power plants for 5 days, extending Trump deadline on reopening Hormuz strait

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would…

Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia…

Lincoln County Library Book Review: “The Great Alone”

By Michelle Carollo Lincoln County Library The Great Alone follows the Allbright family—Ernt, Cora, and their teenage daughter Leni—as they attempt to rebuild their lives in the wilds of Alaska in the 1970s. Ernt, a Vietnam War veteran and former…

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Enjoying The USA” by Linda Ryder

A song released one week ago by country singer Linda Ryder is up for vote in this week’s Kick It or Keep It. If voted to be kept, “Enjoying The USA” will be added to The Spur’s playlist. Vote to…