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Wyoming left out of federal coal community assistance program
Wyoming’s exclusion from a list of 60 finalist communities and entities competing for federal grants under the Build Back Better Regional Challenge program is without merit and politically motivated,...
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Shoshone National Forest releases 7,809 travel plan comments
The Shoshone National Forest has published online 7,809 comments it received on a plan to expand ATV routes, allow off-trail snowmobiling across 521,038 acres, close some roads and trails and make...
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Counties grapple with zoning, liberties, as more seek Wyo hideouts
Sublette County commissioners’ rezoning to allow a 68-room luxury resort in what had been a rural hideaway of Bondurant is emblematic of development pressures challenging many Wyoming communities,...
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Lawmakers breathe life into real estate transfer tax
A legislative committee has resurrected a many-times-failed real estate transfer tax, a levy that proponents say could help turn the corner on a workforce housing crisis that’s fraying the community...
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Circular reasoning
It’s hard to pin down when the idea dawned. Apparently, it was already common among Canadians in 1912 when Ernest Thompson Seton considered the phenomenon of population swings among snowshoe hares:...
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PacifiCorp continues to run coal unit with federal approval in limbo
PacifiCorp continues to operate unit 2 at the Jim Bridger coal-fired power plant despite running afoul of a federal regional haze permit — an infraction some believed would force a Jan. 1 shutdown....
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Coming statehouse debate: What to do with $1B in fed stimulus?
The way Rep. Lloyd Larsen (R-Lander) sees it, the $1 billion-plus windfall coming to Wyoming through the American Rescue Plan Act is a little like an inheritance from grandma. It’s an unexpected,...
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Mine clean-up financing may be poised for an upgrade
Mine operators in Wyoming may soon have another financial tool to help them meet reclamation obligations as coal bankruptcies are making traditional bonding options more expensive and difficult to...
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Another special session? Legislature sets aside funds just in case
Between the budget, federal stimulus allocation and redistricting, Wyoming lawmakers have their work cut out for them in the upcoming session. Now, half a million dollars set aside in the legislative...
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EPA rejects Wyoming haze plan, may accelerate Jim Bridger closures
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it will deny Wyoming’s proposed changes to a long-standing regional haze plan that requires major pollution control upgrades at the Jim...
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Lawmakers move to limit state aid to communities stressed by large construction
Spurred by concerns over lack of accountability and financial reporting, lawmakers will try again to lower state payments designed to help counties and towns deal with impacts of large industrial...
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Help wanted: State agencies ‘hemorrhaging talent and experience’
The Wyoming state government is struggling to attract and retain enough qualified employees to accomplish the state’s work and meet its obligations, according to recent reports by the Department of...
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Kemmerer’s locals, leaders eye transition to nuclear-power boom town
KEMMERER — A relic of 1950s-era motor lodges, the Antler Motel in the heart of Kemmerer rarely has to light its “no vacancy” sign, though customer traffic is steady during the summer tourist season...
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Path group seeks $40M in ARPA funds to reduce pedestrian deaths
Following a third straight year of double-digit pedestrian deaths, a Wyoming nonprofit seeks $40 million from federal stimulus funds for construction projects that it says would resolve neglected...
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Study: Up to 144 years for aquifers to recover from methane gas development
The coal-bed methane gas boom that dotted northeast Wyoming with rigs and workers in the 2000s and left a legacy of bankruptcies and orphaned wells will also have lingering impacts on groundwater for...
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Corner-crossing defendants move for dismissal of trespass charges
An attorney for one of four hunters charged with criminal trespass in a corner-crossing case in Carbon County has asked a judge to dismiss the count against his client and the three other defendants....
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Gov. seeks fed funds to fix ailing dam, wrangles with water developers
Gov. Mark Gordon has asked for federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law money to fix the dangerous LaPrele Dam as he wrangles with state water developers over priorities for hundreds of millions of...
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Lawmakers want to reimburse fossil fuel producers to offset fed royalty hike
Some Wyoming lawmakers want to provide a tax refund to fossil fuel producers to help offset a potential federal mineral royalty rate hike. The Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee on...
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A grueling process produces a redistricting bill, finally
With only a couple of days standing between lawmakers and Wyoming’s 2022 budget session, the Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions committee settled on a redistricting...
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Bills would shift CO2 storage liability to Wyo, force carbon capture
Wyoming lawmakers hope to expand the state’s legal and regulatory framework for advancing permanent underground carbon storage and encouraging carbon capture at existing coal-fired power plants with...
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