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Age limit will soon create opening on Wyoming Supreme Court
Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Keith Kautz will retire in March, but not because he wants to. “I’m not tired, I’m not burned out, I don’t feel like I’m not useful,” he told WyoFile during an interview...
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Agencies fight release of Wyoming police shooting settlements despite high...
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in August that settlement agreements involving government entities are subject to the transparency requirements of the Wyoming Public Records Act, even when those...
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Wolverines to be protected by Endangered Species Act in Wyoming, Lower 48
In 30 days, the North American wolverine will be protected as a threatened species under federal law, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday. The federal agency will publish a notice...
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Gov. Gordon’s budget proposes ‘living within our means’
It’s the beginning of the end of the federal funds that bailed Wyoming out of its last financial bust, according to Gov. Mark Gordon, who submitted his written budget recommendations to the...
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No sale: Action on Kelly Parcel in Grand Teton National Park suspended a year
Wyoming officials on Thursday postponed the sale of a coveted square-mile property within the borders of Grand Teton National Park, delaying a public auction that generated widespread publicity and...
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Mysterious mailers attack Wyoming lawmakers, prompt investigation
As summer turned to fall in Wyoming this year, red and gold political leaflets began to appear in mailboxes. At first glance, the oversized glossy postcards didn’t look much different than any other...
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Gray pursues voter residency restrictions beyond what lawmakers seek
If you have a valid Wyoming driver’s license, you’ve got the one piece of documentation currently required by state law to register to vote. If not, a few more things are required of you. Either way,...
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Fear keeps FDA’s expanded access to abortion drug from reaching Wyoming
The Biden administration in January made regulatory changes designed to make it easier for women to access abortion medication they could take at home. But nearly a year later, it appears the changes...
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Governor hears gratitude and grievances over mental health resources
Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich bemoaned the difficulty of helping “folks that are in the gray” in Wyoming. On Friday morning at the county library in Pinedale, Melinkovich was...
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Stock growers: Judge in corner-crossing case misunderstood new trespass law
A federal judge erred in interpreting a new Wyoming law he used, in part, to rule that corner crossing is not trespassing, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association says. The industry group, along with...
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County clerks have ‘significant concerns’ with proposed voter registration...
Wyoming does not have an out-of-state, voter-fraud problem, but Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s proposed rule changes to voter registration will create its own set of difficulties, the County Clerks’...
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Robert Jarosh appointed to Wyoming Supreme Court
Gov. Mark Gordon is appointing Robert Jarosh to the Wyoming Supreme Court, he announced Friday — a decision that will likely affect the state long past the governor’s tenure. Jarosh is a partner at...
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Albany County paid $1.2M to settle wrongful death lawsuit in Ramirez killing
Albany County paid $1.2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of Robert Ramirez, whose son was shot and killed in 2018 by a sheriff’s deputy with a checkered history, a...
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Wyoming rejects USDA food-assistance program, but advocates say more help is...
Wyoming is one of 15 states to opt out of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program that aims to supplement family food needs when school isn’t in session. Though Wyoming’s education chief said the...
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Memo: West Fork Dam ‘does not align well’ with federal policy
Wyoming’s plan to construct the West Fork Dam in the Medicine Bow National Forest “does not align well” with federal policy and management plans, a forest official wrote in a 2022 brief intended for...
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Gray defends voter registration rule proposal in tense public hearing
Secretary of State Chuck Gray got the first and final word Friday during a tumultuous hearing intended to gather public comment on his proposed voter registration rules. “Our office is here to...
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Mother disputes sheriff’s denial of evidence tampering in fatal shooting
After an Albany County sheriff deputy shot and killed Robbie Ramirez following a November 2018 traffic stop, officials told the public the deputy’s body-worn camera came unplugged as the two men...
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Wyoming Supreme Court: Anti-abortion lawmakers, group can’t intervene in...
Anti-abortion lawmakers and Right to Life Wyoming won’t be joining the legal fight to preserve abortion bans in the state — at least not directly. The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Friday that this...
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State’s top elections official backs hand counting ballots in Park County
The Park County Commission must again decide on a request from local GOP members to count ballots by hand in the upcoming election. “We are here to request that the board choose to have humans count...
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Got $750 million? That’s what Wyoming lawmakers want for Teton Park’s ‘Kelly...
A bill set for consideration at next week’s legislative budget session would enable Wyoming to offload its valuable “Kelly Parcel” — a square mile of state land locked within the boundaries of Grand...
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