FBI launches initiative to investigate Wyoming’s missing and murdered Indigenous people
• After years of work at the state and local levels, the FBI is stepping in to gather more data on the scope of the MMIP problem here in Wyoming. By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com John Washakie knows what…
Gordon, EPA head agree on tech innovation to combat climate crisis
Both leaders tout Wyoming’s role in advancing carbon capture technologies, but state officials still critical of EPA’s ‘power plant rule.’ By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com LARAMIE—Gov. Mark Gordon and the state’s top environmental regulators are often at loggerheads with the…
LCSD No. 2 to implement new Social Studies content about Wyoming indigenous peoples
◆ The adjustment comes in response to The Indian Education for All Act. LCSD No. 2 is preparing to launch a new program that falls under the umbrella of the Social Studies track in kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum, with…
Tribes to receive millions under rescue act
RIVERTON (WNE) — The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are slated to receive millions of dollars under the American Rescue Plan Act. In a May 10 letter to tribal leaders across the country, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced…
Laramie County mask mandate takes effect Monday
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A mask mandate for Laramie County that will apply in many public spaces has been finalized and will take effect Monday, local health officials announced Friday afternoon. With the number of active COVID-19 cases in Laramie County…
Black 14 launch 180-ton food initiative with UW, Mormon Church
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com The University of Wyoming’s famous 1969 Black 14 football players are teaming with historic adversaries to deliver up to 180 tons of food to fight hunger in vulnerable communities in the coming weeks. The…
Days after wife’s COVID death, husband loses his life
By Clair McFarland Riverton Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — COVID-19 has struck multiple members of yet another Northern Arapaho family, as a wife and husband both died this week after contracting the virus. The first three fatalities in…
Wyoming News Briefs: March 27, 2020
Governor signs daylight saving bill GILLETTE (WNE) — Wyoming is officially all-in on wanting to make daylight saving time permanent, but will it happen? Gov. Mark Gordon officially signed the bill on Monday. Similar measures failed in the Wyoming Legislature…
Tenth Circuit affirms City of Riverton boundaries decision
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Yesterday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed again that the City of Riverton is not within the boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). The Court denied the Petitions for Rehearing En Banc filed by…