Rock Springs
Conveyors pile coal at the Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs on January 19, 2022. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Wyoming’s largest utility says volatile coal and natural gas markets are driving electricity costs upward.
Wyoming’s largest electric utility, Rocky Mountain Power, wants to hike prices by nearly 22%, a request that’s primarily driven by volatile natural gas and coal markets,...
Community members came out to support the Let’s Get Lit: Illuminate Downtown launch party on June 2. The campaign will not only help repair the existing sign at Joe’s Liquor and Bar, but it will also help other business owners repair their neon signs. Photo by Tyler Johnson, Rocket Miner.
ROCK SPRINGS — The historic Joe’s Liquor and Bar, a landmark in Downtown Rock Springs, is taking steps to preserve its iconic neon sign.
The neon sign, which has been a fixture of the establishment since its opening in 1961, is a piece of local history and a recognized symbol of the community....
WORLAND (WNE) — Jamie Lee Grabski entered a plea agreement with the State of Wyoming on May 24 in Washakie County District Court before Judge Bobbi Overfield, suspending the sentence for his case involving conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance.
Grabski was originally arrested in November...
ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County residents attended Monday’s Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting and spoke out in support of Sean and Ashley Willey, the couple suing the school district for concealing information regarding the social transition of their child.
As the...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for wild horse management within the Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices.
The amended plan resolves ongoing wild horse management...
POWELL — Federal prosecutors have charged another suspect in connection with a drug distribution scheme that allegedly brought fentanyl to Park County.
Jonathan Castillo faces two felony counts of aiding and abetting the delivery of fentanyl, according to documents unsealed last week.
One of...
CASPER — A sweeping policy that would restrict which bathrooms transgender students use, remove liability protections for teachers who counsel students about gender dysphoria and require teachers to notify parents when a student raises the subject was set to go before a Natrona County school board...
A single surviving pronghorn stands between a trio of antelope carcasses south of Boulder. Adult pronghorn mortality in the Sublette herd is typically around 20 percent, but wildlife biologists expect a far higher rate this year. The magnitude of the loss may not be known until May or June.
(Cali O'Hare/Pinedale Roundup via Wyoming News Exchange)
Precipitation and water content in the mountain snowfields were just above average, but not extraordinary, in most of western Wyoming. At low elevations, though, the snow depths shattered records — and killed tens of thousands of ungulates.
Jackson Lake likely won’t fill this year.
That may come...
‘These events can be very traumatic’
ROCK SPRINGS – A typical morning in class was interrupted by local law enforcement agencies searching for a possible shooter on Monday, April 3, at Rock Springs High School.
Eventually, the Rock Springs Police Department and Sweetwater County Sheriff’s...
CASPER – Wyoming’s largest utility doesn’t see much coal in its future.
By 2030, only two of Rocky Mountain Power’s 11 Wyoming coal-burning units will remain, according to the biennial Integrated Resource Plan it filed Friday with state regulators.
It plans to convert a handful of others to...
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