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Year: 2026

Amid growing concern, data center developers insist they won’t stress Wyoming water

  • Companies say geothermal and closed-loop cooling systems require a fraction of the water that older data centers use.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Among the many data center developers with sights on Wyoming, two of them alone —…

100 candidates now running for office in Wyoming

    • With the opening of the candidate filing period, it’s officially election season in the Equality State.   By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com More than 100 candidates filed paperwork to run for office in Wyoming in the first two…

Barnes’ four titles lead Cokeville girls to 1A West title

Powered by a dominant performance from Addison Barnes and a balanced effort across nearly every event category, the Cokeville girls captured the 1A West Regional track and field championship Saturday in Shoshoni. Cokeville scored 158 points to edge Saratoga with…

SVI Radio Interview: Rep. Scott Heiner (R-HD18) – School Recalibration

Representative Scott Heiner (R-HD18), the current House Majority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Legislature, stepped into the SVI Radio studio to share his thoughts on the school recalibration bill passed this year by the legislature. Heiner, who serves as Chairman…

Letters to the Editor: May 13, 2026

The following Letters to the Editor appeared in the May 13, 2026 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Standing up for Democracy Dear Editor Remember when we recognized that differences of opinion and ideas across our various representatives in government…

Tourism stable amid warm conditions

  By Alex Viveros Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Helia Zhang came to Jackson Hole prepared for cold weather, holding a puffy jacket as she and her family took pictures at the antler arches Friday afternoon…

Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves

By JULIE WATSON and EUGENE JOHNSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two teenage shooters opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday and killed three men — then killed themselves a few blocks away — in an attack…

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Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk ask to seal evidence and parts of a key hearing

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will make their case Tuesday to close portions of a key hearing and seal some evidence after a judge rejected their…

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