Wyoming
JACKSON — A minute piece of Gov. Mark Gordon’s nearly $4 billion general fund budget proposal would have a direct impact on Teton County homeowners.
The governor hopes to see the Wyoming Legislature appropriate $20 million to the property tax refund program — two years’ worth of funding — when...
Arapahoe Elementary School students work on a lesson in August 2023. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Districts request support for mental health needs, counselors and substance abuse programs as educators strive to improve graduation rates and test scores.
FORT WASHAKIE—Wyoming can support tribal schools on the Wind River Indian Reservation with funds for additional language...
FROM WYOFILE:
School of Energy Resources now leads four federally funded carbon dioxide storage initiatives.
The University of Wyoming will receive up to $11.2 million in federal support to test deep geologic layers in the south-central portion of the state to determine if they are suitable...
BUFFALO — Buffalo resident Theo Hirshfeld could tell you nearly anything about the history of political strife and war in the Middle East. He'll crack some jokes in the process, like: "The area we're dealing with unfortunately falls into the crack of an atlas.”
But overall, if you listen, you're...
BUFFALO (WNE) — Johnson County Sheriff Rod Odenbach said in a Nov. 16 press release that the body of Lori Jeanne Clark, of Buffalo, had been found during a search. No foul play is suspected.
On Tuesday afternoon, law enforcement had received a request to conduct a welfare check on Clark.
The...
CODY (WNE) — A plan for an official trail system at the Outlaw Trails area north of Cody has been approved by the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office. The BLM has designated a mix of existing and new trails for motorized and non-motorized use based on community, tribal and agency input.
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SUNDANCE (WNE) — A salmonella outbreak is currently affecting 22 states – including Wyoming – and is believed to be associated with onions.
The specific products with which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have linked the outbreak are from the Gills Onions brand and have been recalled.
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In a breakout group to discuss the Rock Springs Area Resource Management Plan Revision stockmen John Hay III, president of the Rock Springs Grazing Association, and T. Wright Dickinson of the Vermillion Ranch work on the Wyoming alternative. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
As a governor’s task force considers a Wyoming alternative for 3.6 million acres of federal, public land, Rock Springs residents resist changes to today’s rules.
A conservation plan for 3.6 million acres of federal public lands in southwest Wyoming would devastate the local...
JACKSON — The Wyoming Legislature is run by “Democrats.”
That’s the main takeaway from a scorecard released last week by the Institute for Legislative Analysis based in Washington, D.C., which triggered a range of reactions. Some lawmakers scoffed at their Republican identity being questioned,...
CASPER — The marathon ended with seemingly no one happy, but Wyoming is one step closer to education savings accounts that would, for the first time, give families money they could put toward private schools, tutoring and other educational services.
Members of the Joint Education Committee spent...
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