Wyoming News

Registering Fishing Outfitters and Guides
April 11, 2025
• Wyoming Game & Fish Director Angi Bruce discusses the new legislation In a recent interview on the Weekday Wake-Up, Director Angi Bruce provided insights into the newly signed House Bill 5, also known as the Fishing Outfitters and... Read More

Wicks Adds Pair of Transfers to 2025-26 Roster
April 10, 2025
• Duo includes Junior College and Division I Transfer LARAMIE, Wyo. (April 10, 2025) – Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced on Thursday the addition of Division I Transfer guard DeMarion Dennis and junior college transfer guard/forward Buddy Hammer... Read More

Teen gets 42-75 years for murder
April 10, 2025
• 16-year killed ex-girlfriend; defense plans to appeal By Dylan Farrell Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Eavan Castaner, the teen who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Lene’a Brown, was sentenced... Read More

Trump calls for more logging
April 10, 2025
• Industry questions whether local infrastructure can meet needs By Alex Hargrave Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — The Trump administration’s executive order to increase logging and domestic timber production on federal lands is welcome... Read More

University of Wyoming trustees keep President Seidel, form committee to address turmoil
April 9, 2025
• The committee, still largely undefined, will try to boost shared governance of the university, trustees said. Critics said the board missed the mark. By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com Rising furor over the controversial demotion of a University... Read More

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal
April 9, 2025
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the four... Read More

Thousands of pronghorn died in the Red Desert two winters ago. A new paper shows why.
April 8, 2025
High snow and endless fences made for a lethal combination that researchers and wildlife advocates are working to change. By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Two years ago, as one storm after another piled feet of snow across south-central Wyoming, pronghorn... Read More

Average gasoline prices in Wyoming up by more than 6 cents a gallon
April 8, 2025
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 6.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.15 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 18.7 cents per... Read More

FBI to deploy personnel to help with missing and murdered Indigenous people
April 7, 2025
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigations Denver Field Office, which oversees FBI work in Wyoming and on the Wind River Reservation, may soon get a boost in visiting... Read More

Wyoming lawmakers consider court order in upcoming interim
April 7, 2025
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will carry the weight of a recent court decision to adequately fund public schools as they approach a new season crafting policies for the state’s... Read More

Rare Element Resources plant faces delay
April 4, 2025
NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Rare Element Resources has pushed back the launch of operation at its demonstration plant in Upton by a few months, but the company has also announced that it may receive hundreds of millions of dollars in... Read More

PacifiCorp throws lifeline to one Wyoming power plant, confirms end of coal at another
April 4, 2025
• Utility’s moves will result in more planet-warming emissions and higher electric bills, critics say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while... Read More

Lincoln County unemployment at 4.0 percent
April 3, 2025
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate climbed slightly in year-to-date comparisons just released by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. The county’s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in January of 2025, compared to the 3.5 percent in January of 2024. A... Read More

SVI Radio Interview: Dir. Angi Bruce, Wyoming Game & Fish
April 3, 2025
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Governor Announces Opening of Property Tax Refund Program Application Period
April 3, 2025
Deadline to apply is June 2 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Revenue are announcing the property tax refund program for homeowners is now open for applications. At the Governor’s request, the Legislature appropriated... Read More

Bill enabling Game and Fish to establish trap setbacks fails in legislature
April 2, 2025
A legislative bill that would have allowed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to establish setbacks for traps on high-use trails failed to pass during the 2025 legislative session. The bill, SF0139, passed the senate in early February with a... Read More

Wyoming’s Education Future: A Shift in Authority
April 2, 2025
• Megan Degenfelder discussed the dissolving of the Department of Education and what it means for Education in Wyoming Last week on the Weekday Wake-Up, Megan Degenfelder, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction, discussed the implications of a pivotal... Read More

UW permits concealed carry on campus
April 1, 2025
• New rules enacted after bill banning most gunfree zones becomes law By Allison Allsop Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — On Thursday, the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees unanimously adopted changes to campus policy to... Read More

Tariffs met with mix of hope, trepidation and uncertainty
April 1, 2025
By Hayden Blackford Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Leading up to “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed several times, but uncertainty can cause strife, especially for crop producers. The United States Department of... Read More

Fertig Selected to Women’s College All-Star Game
March 31, 2025
• Game is held Saturday at 1 p.m., Mountain on ESPN 2 TAMPA, Fla. (March 31, 2025) – Allyson Fertig is one of 20 of the nation’s top players that have been selected to play in the 2025 Women’s College... Read More