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PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power's Naughton coal-fired power plant, pictured Jan. 19, 2022 on the outskirts of Kemmerer, will see its remaining generation units converted to natural gas in 2026 and all three units retired by 2036. TerraPower plans to commence operations for its "demonstration" Natrium nuclear reactor power plant next to Naughton in 2030. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Despite assurances from Bill Gates-backed TerraPower, some skeptics contend its Wyoming project could be a “financial disaster.”
Factors that led to the recent demise of a “small modular reactor” energy project in Utah do not directly apply to TerraPower’s nuclear energy project...
GILLETTE — The state wants to hear from communities about why they should be the ones to host a proposed shooting complex. It also wants to hear how those communities think the facility should be managed.
The State Shooting Complex Oversight Task Force met in Cody Friday morning to go over the...
CODY — The American Wild Horse Campaign is asking the Bureau of Land Management to temporarily halt the upcoming bait-trap gather of the wild horses in McCullough Peaks, claiming it could pose a serious threat to the herd’s future.
“The removal of up to 41 horses, particularly young, reproductive...
GILLETTE (WNE) — The Campbell County Festival of Lights returned for the Christmas season Friday night.
The Christmas spectacle, which features dozens of displays, more than a million lights and attracts thousands of visitors each winter, began at dusk Friday at Cam-plex Park.
The show schedule...
CASPER (WNE) — A Casper woman pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the death of her 366-day old boy, as part of an agreement with state prosecutors.
Elizabeth Sterkel also pleaded guilty Thursday morning to one felony count of child endangerment in Natrona County District Court....
FROM WYOFILE:
Qualifying parents would be eligible for up to $5K a year for pre-K education, homeschool expenses or private school tuition.
A measure to create “education savings accounts” using state funds for parents to pay for costs associated with their children’s preschool education or...
Gordon cautions lawmakers to remain conservative in 2025-26 biennium budget letter.
CHEYENNE — Although Gov. Mark Gordon cautioned lawmakers to remain conservative in their approach to spending money, issues such as rising property taxes, a severe lack of workforce and the need to address...
CASPER — Across the U.S. there are hundreds of thousands of abandoned mineral mines that have left behind pockmarked landscapes, dangerous subterranean cavities, and polluted waterways. It’s the result of an industry that went virtually unregulated for over two centuries.
Almost fifty years...
JACKSON — Amber Pollock makes “booze” in Casper. But people who visit Teton County help pay her bills.
Pollock said people “on pilgrimage to the parks” often stop by her family business, Backwards Distilling Company, to sample small-batch spirits on their way to and from western Wyoming’s...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Interventional pain management physicians at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center are the first in Wyoming to use the SPRINT Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) system, a minimally invasive and nonopioid neurostimulation device used to treat acute and chronic pain.
“The brain...
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