Wyoming
Positive case found in Campbell County
GILLETTE — What appears to be Wyoming's most active season for West Nile virus in a decade has not ended yet.
Twenty-one cases of the West Nile virus have been reported in Wyoming this year including one death in Fremont County and at least one positive...
DOUGLAS — Proposed amendments to a Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality permit would authorize Black Hills Lignite, LLC to open two new mining areas totaling 126 acres north of Glenrock.
BHL already operates a number of small surface mines and a processing plant in Glenrock, and...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife placed GPS collars on two wolves in North Park on Feb. 2, 2023. Male wolf 2101 has a gray coat and is in the foreground on the right. Male wolf 2301 has a black coat and is in the background on the left. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
FROM WYOFILE:
Wyoming officials say they’re muzzled, citing statute that protects the identity of those who legally kill wolves as grounds for not sharing any information with the public or even officials south of the state line.
At least one wolf from what is likely the first breeding pack...
SHERIDAN — Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid used for pain relief in medical settings, is often misunderstood by the general public, according to Wyoming Regional Emergency Medical Services Lead Medic Ben Wetzel.
While the dangers of the drug are palpable with the number of overdoses seen across the...
CODY (WNE) — A grizzly bear was trapped early last Sunday after being spotted by a landowner in an area north of the Powell highway, near Lane 16.
The three-year-old male bruin was subsequently killed, said Tara Hodges, Wyoming Game and Fish information and education specialist. The trap was...
Crews set up a workover rig June 3, 2022, in the Salt Creek oil field where CO2 from ExxonMobil's Shute Creek facility was injected for enhanced oil recovery. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
A wave of carbon dioxide injection well permits will bring either a boon of low-carbon energy, or a diversion from renewable energy efforts.
Backed by the promise of billions in federal dollars, energy companies are lining up to accept an invitation by Wyoming officials to...
The Natrona County Republican Party is throwing a party in Casper, hoping to coax the anonymous WyoRINO out from behind a computer screen and to the festivities for an old-fashioned public forum. (Photo: William Warby, Illustration: Tennessee Watson)
FROM WYOFILE:
Will the anonymous website that often scorns Republicans shed its shrouded identity? The Natrona County GOP is only willing to bet on a good time.
Since 2019, a mysterious somebody has fashioned themselves an arbiter of the conservative bona fides of Wyoming’s Republican...
LARAMIE — University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel spoke on issues pertaining to the university and its goals during a State of the University address Wednesday in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.
Seidel’s speech was preceded by various other university leaders, such as Associated Students of the...
CHEYENNE — Wyoming state legislators criticized an initiative to reduce property taxation for homeowners by 50%, arguing the bill’s passage would ultimately strip state funding for public schools.
The proposed initiative, formally dubbed the “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Tax in Wyoming...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Thursday, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., introduced the Allowing for Recreational Resources for Outdoor Wellness (ARROW) Act to stop the Biden administration from blocking funding for elementary and secondary schools with hunting and archery programs.
This legislation would...
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