Gov. Mark Gordon

JACKSON – The mule deer did not look much like a mule.   Nestled in the wind-drifted, sun-crusted snow deep in winter range near La Barge, the deer’s ears were not perky, upright and pear shaped like a mule’s — the deer’s namesake.   Instead, they were flattened down below its skull. And the animal...
BUFFALO —A federal lawsuit that seeks to prevent the U.S. Forest Service from dropping aerial fire retardant into U.S. waterways could endanger Johnson County residents' lives and property, a local leader said last week.   Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics filed the lawsuit in...
CASPER – It’s been a long, tough winter for Wyoming’s wildlife — especially near Pinedale, where unusually deep snow, very cold temperatures and an outbreak of a rare disease in the local pronghorn herd have decimated pronghorn and mule deer populations.    Gov. Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Game and...
The principal operator at the Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield is on the cusp of failing to receive a permit by a deadline it said was necessary for the company “to be successful.”   Aethon Energy needs EPA permission to pump polluted water from the oilfield through the Marlin Well into the...
JACKSON — For the second time in eight months, Judge Melissa Owens has halted Wyoming lawmakers’ efforts to ban access to abortion.   Both times, the Teton County 9th District Court judge has ruled that the abortion bans may violate the Wyoming Constitution and cause the plaintiffs irreparable harm...
DOUGLAS (WNE) —  Associated Builders and Contractors praised the Wyoming legislature and Gov. Mark Gordon March 23 for enacting SF 147, the Fair and Open Competition Act, which protects Wyoming taxpayers by ensuring all of the state’s skilled construction workforce can compete on a level playing...
CASPER —In November, Wyoming’s Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis defied expectation when she chose to vote in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act — a federal law that enshrines protection of same-sex marriages. Her vote for the historic legislation was a change from her previous record on same-sex...
CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s speaker of the House of Representatives hopes to shine a spotlight on mental health issues across the state, removing “agency silos” through collaboration and common goals.   “I think mental health issues in Wyoming, and across America, are incredibly important,” Rep. Albert...
CASPER – Anti-abortion lawmakers in Wyoming celebrated a historic win following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade over the summer, vowing to further restrict the procedure by next deleting the rape and incest exemptions in the trigger abortion ban that the Legislature had passed...

Jackson OB/GYN Dr. Giovannina Anthony, second from left, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Wyoming's new law banning most abortions, hugs her attorney after Ninth District Court Judge Melissa Owens issued a temporary stay of the law Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by Kathryn Ziesig, Jackson Hole News&Guide, pool.

JACKSON — A standing-room-only crowd filled the Teton County courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Ninth District Judge Melissa Owens heard nearly four hours of arguments before deciding to temporarily halt enforcement of a new law banning abortion.   Right to Life advocates lamented the ruling while...

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