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Hageman, Barrasso, Lummis demand cuts ahead of debt ceiling deadline
Wyoming’s congressional delegation isn’t budging on budget cuts, as President Joe Biden and U.S. House GOP leadership remain stuck in a standoff over the federal government’s debt limit. “This country...
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Wyo Guard harassment and assault report highlights challenges
A long-awaited report on the Wyoming National Guard’s handling of sexual harassment and assault highlights multiple areas of concern and recommends several fixes. Gov. Mark Gordon released the...
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Wyoming spends record $4.2 million to kill coyotes, other predators
Wyoming will spend more than $4 million to kill coyotes, wolves, ravens, skunks and other “nuisance animals” in 2023-’24 — more than any previous fiscal year. Federal trapper Steve Moyles helped make...
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Wyoming sues over feds’ tardiness on grizzly delisting decision
The state of Wyoming is going to court again over grizzly bears, this time because federal wildlife officials missed a deadline to decide whether they would pursue removing Endangered Species Act...
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Elk wars: Inflated herds spur committee duel, radical proposals
Ordinary hunting will never reduce elk numbers to their target levels, Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis) opined to fellow members of the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources...
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Gov. Gordon, Biden officials hail clean energy project as essential
OVERLAND TRAIL RANCH, CARBON COUNTY—The 732-mile high-voltage TransWest Express transmission line that will connect Wyoming wind-generated electricity to the Southwest is an example of President Joe...
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School choice, early childhood education funding packaged together
The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee will consider a measure Tuesday that would set aside public money for private and alternative schools and help pay for early childhood education....
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Migration concerns stall ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ bottleneck development
Citing concerns over migration, the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments delayed finalizing a lease sale that could allow development to occur in a Path of the Pronghorn bottleneck area for...
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A horse-drawn POTUS hopeful is touring Wyoming. And suing Yellowstone along...
CODY—The best Walter Clapp could tell, Lynnette bit Liz. The 5-year-old, half-sister, spotted draft horses were feuding, at least judging by the abrasions on each other’s necks. “Retaliation,” Clapp...
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Dying in jail, ‘better than a cold alley.’ Is there another option?
TORRINGTON—Lt. Wes Deen was working at his desk when he heard an inmate was unresponsive in holding cell No. 3. He hurried through the two doors that separate his office from the cell area at the...
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Wyoming is killing Colorado’s wolves, again, and the state’s keeping it secret
At least one wolf from what is likely the first breeding pack Colorado has seen in 80 years wandered into Wyoming in 2023 and was killed. That’s according to credible reports from ranchers and other...
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Wyoming lawmakers look to control delta-8 without harming hemp
Lawmakers tried to strike a balance at Tuesday’s Joint Judiciary Committee meeting in Casper: How do they control delta-8 without harming hemp? Both industries have proliferated in Wyoming in recent...
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Agency that certifies Wyoming’s cops can’t access their files
The state agency that certifies Wyoming’s law enforcement officers doesn’t have the authority it needs to effectively investigate misconduct violations, the agency’s top official says. The Peace...
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Albany County seeks to block public access to police killing settlement
A wrongful death settlement resulting from a controversial law-enforcement killing should remain secret, lawyers for Albany County argued today in newly filed court documents. That’s despite a recent...
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Misinformation, hysteria dominate response to BLM’s plan for SW Wyoming
It would be a colossal understatement to say the Bureau of Land Management’s long-awaited draft plan for managing 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming has been met with...
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Up for auction? Could a corner lot in Grand Teton National Park really be...
Uncertainty is swirling around what will become of a square mile of state land within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park that’s positioned to go to public auction. It’s a common refrain in...
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State education agency will wade into book battles, Degenfelder tells Congress
The Wyoming Department of Education will formally step into the ongoing battle over library books next month when it releases guidance and model policies to local school districts. “I respect local...
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Where does Gov. Gordon stand on transgender athletes? His letters raise...
When Wyoming lawmakers passed a bill this spring banning transgender girls from competing in middle and high school girls’ sports, Gov. Mark Gordon criticized the move as both draconian and...
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Wyoming Guard dedicated to ‘rooting out’ sex offenders, general says
Faced with allegations that the Wyoming Military Department is plagued by a culture of sexual assault and harassment and that victims are met with excuses, suspicion, hostility and retaliation, Maj....
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Skeptical public tells Wyoming ‘don’t auction Kelly Parcel’ as developers lurk
JACKSON—Fourth-generation Jackson Hole cattle rancher Cody Lockhart thought back to his childhood, the days when he’d select his 4-H calf from a herd out at pasture every summer. Those calves grazed...
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