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CHEYENNE — There are few to no horse racing tracks within an urban area across the country. Cheyenne may be the first to have one.   Accel Entertainment, an Illinois-based multimillion- dollar company, hopes to operate a track in the heart of town at Frontier Park. The company is registered to do...
SHERIDAN — With the start of the 2024 budget session two months away, five Sheridan County legislators joined Sheridan County School District 2 staff and board members for a roundtable discussion of the local education community’s hopes and concerns in the leadup to the session.   Sen. Bo Biteman,...
CODY — District Judge John Perry said he plans to issue a ruling before Christmas on what evidence is admissible in the case requesting a temporary delay in building an LDS temple in Cody on Skyline Drive.   “I’ll try to get it turned around as quickly as I can,” said Perry during a Monday hearing...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The November 2023 issue of the Wyoming Economic Indicators report is available at the state of Wyoming’s Economic Analysis Division website, ai.wyo.gov/divisions/ economic- analysis.   This report contains the Wyoming Economic Health Index (WEHI), a coincident economic indicator...
BUFFALO (WNE) — With winter weather settling in, big game animals are moving to lower elevations, and some may descend into Wyoming towns and backyards.   That has prompted the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to issue a reminder to residents that feeding wildlife is often not healthy for the...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Wednesday, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray led and filed an Amicus Curiae, or friend of the court, brief with the Colorado Supreme Court. Gray was joined by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.   The brief argues that the...

A female wolverine peeks out of a trap near Moose Creek in 2005. Wolverines received federal protection Tuesday from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Mark Gocke, Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

JACKSON — Wolverines officially have federal protection after federal wildlife biologists determined the species is “less secure” than previously believed in the face of climate change and habitat loss.   On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the elusive, rare alpine-...
BUFFALO — As new forms of gaming are legalized in the Cowboy State, Adelaide Wilson and the Wyoming Council on Problem Gambling are raising awareness locally and statewide about the growing public health concerns they could pose.   The Wyoming chapter of the National Council on Problem Gambling is...

Wyoming AARP Director Sam Shumway presented the Wyoming Public Service Commission with a box of some 5,000 written comments from members opposing Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed electric rate increase during a formal hearing Oct. 25, 2023 in Cheyenne. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)

FROM WYOFILE:    Final figures are still being calculated, but the Wyoming Public Service Commission announced plans to reduce the utility’s rate hike by nearly half.   Rocky Mountain Power won’t get the full $140.2 million annual rate hike — a 21.6% increase — that it wants, the Wyoming Public...
CHEYENNE — As several agencies within Wyoming state government continue to struggle to provide services due to a shortage of full-time employees, the Wyoming Department of Transportation this week announced a $2,000 hiring bonus program.   The “strategic” move is to help the department find enough...

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