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GILLETTE — A little over a week ago, the Biden administration finalized a rule that compels coal power plants and new natural gas-fired power plants to cut or capture 90% of their climate …

Litigation over how Wyoming funds public education is on track for a full trial after a Laramie County district court judge on Wednesday dismissed the state’s request to decide part of the case …

CASPER — A push to create a Wyoming Healthcare Authority through legislation is underway, but resistance to create the board is coming from some of the Legislature’s most conservative …

One of the state’s top hired lawyers predicts Wyoming and other coal proponents will prevail in federal court to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new coal pollution rules …

CHEYENNE — ECL Entertainment (ECL) announced today that, alongside its joint venture partner, Clairvest Group Inc., it has entered into an agreement to purchase Wyoming Downs. ECL will operate …

POWELL (WNE) — The Powell Amish community has grown to 15 families and now has enough children to create a school. On Tuesday the Park County commissioners approved the construction of a …

POWELL (WNE) — What started as a complaint about illegal camping in the Bighorn Mountains last year recently resulted in a felony conviction. On July 22, the Bighorn National Forest …

Even after passing a suite of new laws directing state regulators to prohibit utility costs that “do not benefit” Wyoming ratepayers, legislators are still seeking avenues to resist the …

Eating your veggies will be a lot easier for Wyoming residents with the new grant program from Feeding Laramie Valley. Funding is now available for innovative, community-based projects that focus on …

Gov. Mark Gordon has promised to sue over a new suite of federal rules that most observers agree will hasten the U.S. thermal coal industry’s trajectory toward extinction — an existential …

SUBLETTE COUNTY (WNE) — A female skier amid a multi-week trek across the Wind River Mountain Range became severely ill near Downs Mountain and needed to be rescued from an elevation of 13,355 …

ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) -— The Western Wyoming Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of the college’s next president, Dr. Kirk Young during the board’s …

RIVERTON — From her home in the South Carolina countryside town of Six Mile, Lorraine Finazzo typically spends her weekdays managing construction projects for a New York City real estate …

CHEYENNE (WNE) — In advance of the 2024 election, the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office has published its 2024 Campaign Guide. The 2024 Campaign Guide provides candidates, campaign …

JACKSON (WNE) — Just weeks before the legal antler hunt season on public lands opens May 1 for Wyoming residents and May 8 for others, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced stiff …

CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., formally announced his intention to seek re-election to another six-year term on Wednesday. Last month, Barrasso announced he will run for …

CHEYENNE — Wyoming elected officials, as well as various wilderness and conservation organizations, responded to the Biden administration’s finalization of a new rule allowing public …

ROCK SPRINGS — In a recent move prompted first by legislative changes, Sweetwater County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday, April 16, allowing out-of-state off-road vehicles …

WORLAND (WNE) — April is one of the best months to view sage grouse on their leks in Wyoming. The greater sage grouse is the largest species of grouse in North America. Each spring male …

If you’re one of Rocky Mountain Power’s 144,511 customers in Wyoming, your monthly electricity bill may soon increase — again. For the second year in a row, the utility — …

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