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Weston County is moving closer to having a new county wide landfill, according to Ed Wagoner, chairman of both the Weston County Solid Waste District board and the Weston County Commissioners. He reported last week that an average of 12,000 yards a day of dirt is presently being moved to build pits...

Two greater sage grouse males strut on a snow-covered Sublette County lek. (photo by Elizabeth Boehm courtesy of The National Audubon Society)

FROM WYOFILE:    Biologists and volunteers who combed the landscape this spring observed a 15% rise in males gathered at leks, signaling the potential beginning of a years-long increase.   Wyoming’s sage grouse are out of decline and officially on the upswing — at least for now.   Counts in 2022...

The BLM’s fourth quarter lease sale planned for December 2023 could include 47 lease parcels spanning 46,328 acres. (Wyoming BLM)

 
FROM WYOFILE:    Federal officials reduced available oil and gas lease acres due to wildlife habitat concerns.   Oil and natural gas developers offered up $13.2 million to lease the drilling and production rights to 53 federal parcels in Wyoming this month.    One lease parcel in Converse County...
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...
Thu. Sept. 14 7AM T.O.P.S. #218 WC Senior Center 10AM Wind River Dancers NHS Crouch Auditorium 1PM Bridge/Crafts WC Senior Center 1:30PM Wind River Dancers NHS Crouch Auditorium 5-7PM Farmers Market next to Pinnacle Bank 6-8:30PM Celebrate Recovery Church On The Hill 7PM Alcoholics Anonymous...

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...

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