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Treatment or trauma? Prison addiction program scrutinized
The inmates had broken the rules of the drug treatment program, that much is clear. The staff’s response was also unambiguous: two weeks in the “tight house.” What some former participants and at least...
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Experts question Wyo quest to run feds’ environmental reviews
Experts in federal environmental law are raising questions about Wyoming officials’ quest to “assume primacy” over analyzing the potential impacts of projects on federal lands, like drilling for oil...
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Bills to secure miners’ health benefits lack Wyo pol support
Two bills to protect retired Wyoming coal miners’ healthcare benefits from being lost to bankruptcy have been introduced in the U.S. Congress. Neither has the support of any member of Wyoming’s...
View ArticleGOP official goes armed to oppose tax increases
LANDER — A Republican party official wearing a holstered firearm at a legislative committee hearing sparked an exchange with Senate Revenue Committee Chairman Cale Case (R-Lander), though the party...
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No easy fix: Lawmakers, public confounded by revenue debate
LANDER — As the revival of king coal becomes more difficult to imagine, discussions of how to replace its critical tax revenue — the industry has long paid many of Wyoming government’s bills — are...
View ArticlePew: Wyoming revenues not benefiting from economic recovery
Wyoming’s tax revenue collection has fallen farther since the 2008 recession than every state in the union except Alaska, while 41 other states have increased tax revenues, according to a study by The...
View ArticleGordon asks AG for strategy to sue Washington over coal ports
Governor Mark Gordon asked Attorney General Bridget Hill to research how Wyoming could sue Washington over that state’s decision to deny a coal port permit over environmental concerns, the governor...
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Lawmakers eye stricter trespass laws at agriculture’s request
GILLETTE — A legislative committee will consider a bill that would subject a person to criminal trespass charges even when that person was unaware he or she was on private property. The Joint...
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Gillette mayor rips Legislature for lack of ‘focus,’ pragmatism
GILLETTE — The mayor of the coal capital of Wyoming offered pointed criticism of the Legislature earlier this month, saying lawmakers need to focus on finding solutions for cities and towns trying to...
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Can Mark Gordon save coal (and stop climate change)?
On May 30, Gov. Mark Gordon joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Thomas Farrell, CEO of the gas and electric utility Dominion Energy on stage in the Grand...
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Wyo experts, data show coal’s decline despite Trump plan
As Wyoming’s delegation cheers the rollout of the Trump administration’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, mining data and an old study show declines predicted from the greener Obama proposal came...
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Ultra citation alleges Sublette gas well emission violations
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has cited Ultra Resources Inc. alleging seven violations of air-quality regulations at Sublette County gas well sites during this winter’s season of...
View ArticleWant to protect Wyoming’s public lands? Support tax reform
Wyoming residents don’t pay much in taxes. According to the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, the average Wyomingite receives about $27,000 a year in public services while paying only $3,000 in taxes....
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Gov: ‘Extraordinary’ winter part of ozone pollution
BOULDER — An “extraordinary winter” contributed to 2019 ozone pollution in the upper Green River Basin, Gov. Mark Gordon said as he supported regulators who cited a gas-field operator for allegedly...
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As coal crumbles, Dem asks what about the miners?
Shockwaves hit the Powder River Basin as coal company Blackjewel LLC filed for bankruptcy and then laid off hundreds of workers Monday. Blackjewel LLC — which operated the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte...
View ArticleState scrambles to secure mines, help miners as company walks
Tuesday laid bare the chaos left by Blackjewel LLC’s sudden shuttering of the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines in Campbell County. State officials, caught flat-footed by the capricious move,...
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State left Campbell County to fend for itself in bankruptcies
If Contura Energy is successful in a bid to reacquire two Powder River Basin coal mines, it could become even more difficult for Campbell County to collect $37 million in unpaid taxes on the...
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Sage grouse leader: drilling impact ‘pretty minimal’
The leader of Wyoming’s Sage Grouse Implementation Team last week collected oil and gas drilling data to show that rig activity has not yet shifted to core habitat, despite a rapid expansion of...
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Pols, judge, greens lay conflicting claims to grizzly science
Wyoming politicians have attacked new Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears, protections that were officially reinstated July 30, saying science didn’t support the...
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Prison chief: Staff shortage could create dangerous conditions
Staffing issues at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk could jeopardize prison safety, Wyoming Department of Corrections Director Bob Lampert told...
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