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SUNDANCE — As one of the only operational uranium mines in Wyoming with the better part of a decade of production under its belt, Strata Energy’s Ross Project was a natural site for U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Gov. Gordon to speak with representatives of the industry about what can be done to...
GILLETTE (WNE) — A crash ended with about 1,400 gallons of liquid herbicide and fertilizer leaking into water Monday evening.
A 21-year-old man was driving a truck and trailer owned by TruGreen at about 6 p.m. when he allegedly missed the speed limit change near the intersection of Garner Lake...
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon issued 21 line-item vetoes to the supplemental budget bill passed by the Wyoming Legislature this general session.
The vetoes — outlined in a letter sent Friday evening to House Speaker Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale — balanced applauding the successes of lawmakers and...
JACKSON — Harriet Hageman, Wyoming’s new Republican congresswoman, is dead set on decreasing the size of the federal government.
When she thinks about Teton County’s housing crisis, she’s thinking about tackling it with federal land — not the Teton County Fairgrounds.
“Taking away your western...
DOUGLAS — Converse County’s energy industry continues to roll along at a steady pace this winter while leading the Cowboy State in standing oil wells.
Energy industry data, software and insight company ENVERUS reported there are eight standing oil rigs in Converse County and a total of 19 in...
Congress considers new fees on hardrock mining
By Nicole Pollack
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — The federal reconciliation debate is plodding backward, and hardrock mining royalties are back on the bargaining table.
Among the policies outlined in the Democrats’ $3.5...
Company proposes state’s largest solar farm near Riverton
By Katie Roenigk
Riverton Ranger
Via Wyoming News Exchange
RIVERTON — A Wyoming-based public company plans to build a 640-acre solar farm east of Riverton.
The project will require 300 full-time construction workers for two years as...
Ramoco mine could be open by fall, CEO says
By Stephen Dow
The Sheridan Press
Via Wyoming News Exchange
RANCHESTER — After years of permitting review and promised timelines that have come and gone, Ramaco Carbon CEO Randall Atkins said Wyoming's first new coal mine in more than four decades...
Mine cleanup program offers glimmer of hope for Wyoming
By Camille Erickson
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — In one of few bright spots for Wyoming’s economy, environmental regulators say cleanup projects at abandoned mine sites have been in full swing across the state,...
Blooms at reservoirs, lakes caused by nitrogen and phosphorus
By Carrie Haderlie
Rawlins Times
Via Wyoming News Exchange
RAWLINS – It might look like grass clippings, blue-green scum or spilled paint on the water surface. It might be suspended in the water or attached to rocks, sediments and...
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