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Year: 2026

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…

Wyoming Energy Authority opens applications for Wyoming Rare Earths Fund

    SHERIDAN (WNE) — The Wyoming Energy Authority opened applications for the Wyoming Rare Earths Fund. This new state fund is designed to accelerate the development of Wyoming’s rare earth industry and strengthen America’s critical mineral supply chain. Established…

Striping crews in Star Valley this week

The Wyoming Department of Transportation traffic crews will be striping traffic markings on US 89 through the Star Valley area beginning today, June 15. Crews will be working on the 5-lane section in Afton through today, and various sections of…

Lincoln County Library Book Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells

Review by: Rachel Rudd, Star Valley Branch Library  Martha Wells returns to the world of The Murderbot Diaries with Platform Decay, the eighth installment in the beloved science fiction series. By this point, Murderbot feels less like a fictional character…

Celebrating National Camera Day

Lisa Frist, Thayne Branch Library National Camera Day is observed annually on June 29 in order to honor one of the most  monumental inventions in history: the camera. Since its inception, the camera has offered the  opportunity to capture everything…

The Knicks made a championship run that will be remembered in New York and in NBA history

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By the time Jalen Brunson and the Knicks returned home, it was as easy to find something orange around New York as at Halloween. The city was caught up in…

Stocks leap worldwide, and oil prices drop after the US and Iran reach a tentative deal on their war

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets are rallying worldwide, and oil prices are easing after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% early Monday…

Trump celebrates 80th birthday with an Iran deal and UFC cage fights at the White House

  By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by hailing an initial agreement to end the war in Iran and staging a once unfathomable cage-fighting show on the White House’s…