Wyoming
CHEYENNE (WNE) — With warmer weather finally arriving, the Wyoming Department of Health wants residents to enjoy favorite activities while also avoiding certain illnesses often linked with summer fun.
“If not done safely, many warm weather activities can sometimes cause unpleasant stomach-...
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Wyoming Department of Transportation workers received active shooter training from Wyoming Highway Patrol Thursday.
WYDOT District 4 Public Involvement Specialist Laura Dalles said the training consisted of survival tactics, first aid and simulated live fire scenarios with blank...
A coyote pauses on the crest of a hill in western Wyoming during the spring of 2023. (Tim Mayo)
Sporting a curved beak and a rakish headdress, the common raven is considered a nuisance by some and is often targeted by county predator boards despite being protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. (Pixabay public domain)
FROM WYOFILE:
Ammunition, gas, aviation fuel price hikes drive costs higher as hard winter boosts interest in coyote culls
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...
This abandoned motel in Rawlins is part of a brownfields effort to clean up hazards and revitalize the town. (Google Street View)
FROM WYOFILE:
Cleaning up hazards at abandoned and otherwise “unloved” properties will help lift entire community, town official says
Rawlins will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to develop cleanup and revitalization plans for some 20 properties in an effort to remediate...
CHEYENNE — Less than a week before Wyoming Department of Education officials were scheduled to appear in Laramie County District Court for a public records lawsuit hearing, the state agency provided 1,170 pages of public records in connection to an anti-sexualization press conference.
The press...
Degenfelder says federal plan would mean drop in education revenue
CASPER — In April, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would allow conservation groups to lease federal lands the same way oil and gas, mining operations and ranchers do, a plan that drew swift pushback from Wyoming...
Local mining outfit awaits “last piece of the puzzle” for plant permit
SUNDANCE — It’s been more than seven years since Rare Element Resources (RER) was forced to put a hold on all the permitting activities associated with its rare earth mine in the Bearlodge Mountains.
Step by step since that...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming’s Telecommunications Act is set to expire in 2025, and legislators have begun work on potential amendments or a replacement bill.
The act was originally passed in 1995 and has gone through several rounds of amendments, though none have been notable since at least 2015.
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The world of rodeo mourns the loss of James “Jim” Fain. The super-talented cameraman has captured hundreds of timeless, classic shots that memorialize rodeo and cowboys and cowgirls in the best galleries and halls of fame across the United States and Canada.
Jim photographed rodeo,...
Each year, the VFW Post No. 2516 Auxiliary awards two scholarships to graduating seniors. The first-place winner receives $500, and second place receives a $250 award. Applicants must submit an essay about a veteran who inspires them, by the April 15 deadline. They must apply for this scholarship...
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