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Douglas debates allowing automated surveillance system plus agreement to share data with state law enforcement. Nearby Glenrock pushes pause on Flock contract renewal while Flock cameras are vandalized in Jackson.
#wyomingnews #flockcameras #lawenforcement
#wyomingnews #flockcameras #lawenforcement
Two neighboring Wyoming towns diverge over controversial automated license plate readers - WyoFile
Douglas debates allowing automated surveillance system plus agreement to share data with state law enforcement. Nearby Glenrock pushes pause on Flock Contract renewal while Flock cameras are vandalize...
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September 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Douglas debates allowing automated surveillance system plus agreement to share data with state law enforcement. Nearby Glenrock pushes pause on Flock contract renewal while Flock cameras are vandalized in Jackson.
#wyomingnews #flockcameras #lawenforcement
#wyomingnews #flockcameras #lawenforcement
A new lawsuit accuses the TD Ameritrade founder’s former agent and a Star Valley developer of conspiring to run up costs, rig appraisals and falsely suggest that the U.S. Forest Service was interested in a land trade.
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap
Wyoming billionaire Joe Ricketts alleges he was defrauded out of $34 million in failed federal land swap - WyoFile
New lawsuit contends that TD Ameritrade founder’s former agent and a Star Valley developer conspired to run up costs, rig appraisals and falsely suggest that the U.S. Forest Service was interested in ...
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September 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A new lawsuit accuses the TD Ameritrade founder’s former agent and a Star Valley developer of conspiring to run up costs, rig appraisals and falsely suggest that the U.S. Forest Service was interested in a land trade.
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap
OPINION: Wyoming voters rejected the Freedom Caucus during the primary and sent most of its members packing. If that can happen, columnist Kerry Drake asks why Wyoming’s electorate can’t rise up and refuse to send Harriet Hageman and Chuck Gray to do President Trump’s bidding.
Opinion | Wyoming can still deny Trump his cronies in Congress
The president has bribed voters, pledged to ‘cheat like hell’ and tried to ban mail-in ballots, opines columnist Kerry Drake. Why should that earn him GOP loyalty?
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September 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
OPINION: Wyoming voters rejected the Freedom Caucus during the primary and sent most of its members packing. If that can happen, columnist Kerry Drake asks why Wyoming’s electorate can’t rise up and refuse to send Harriet Hageman and Chuck Gray to do President Trump’s bidding.
The controversial hydroelectric project has sparked an outpouring of criticism from local wildlife and fisheries advocates. Some say they're hopeful BLM's pending review might reshape what they see as a threat to Wyoming's recreational economy and culture.
#wyomingnews #environmentalimpact
#wyomingnews #environmentalimpact
Seminoe pumped-water storage critics cheer news that BLM will perform additional analysis - WyoFile
The pending review appears to allow for more local and expert considerations regarding the controversial project that threatens wildlife and fisheries, concerned residents say.
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September 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The controversial hydroelectric project has sparked an outpouring of criticism from local wildlife and fisheries advocates. Some say they're hopeful BLM's pending review might reshape what they see as a threat to Wyoming's recreational economy and culture.
#wyomingnews #environmentalimpact
#wyomingnews #environmentalimpact
Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming said her Democratic counterparts ‘moved the goal posts’ after the bill’s backers met their demands. Lummis has been a key advocate for the legislation, which would have created a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.
#wyomingnews #cryptoregulation #cryptonews
#wyomingnews #cryptoregulation #cryptonews
Lummis blasts Democrats after Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation she long touted - WyoFile
Wyoming’s junior senator said her Democratic counterparts ‘moved the goal posts’ after the bill’s backers met their demands.
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September 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming said her Democratic counterparts ‘moved the goal posts’ after the bill’s backers met their demands. Lummis has been a key advocate for the legislation, which would have created a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.
#wyomingnews #cryptoregulation #cryptonews
#wyomingnews #cryptoregulation #cryptonews
After Ríhanna Kelver drew a gun on a man in what she has said was an act of self-defense, her attorney wants to look deeper into the man’s past to support her defense against charges resulting from the altercation.
#wyomingnews #selfdefense #standyourground
#wyomingnews #selfdefense #standyourground
Laramie trans woman arguing self defense wants a look at witness’s past behavior. State calls request a ‘fishing expedition.’ - WyoFile
Man who pushed Ríhanna Kelver to the ground before she drew a gun on him has a checkered past in Colorado, according to news reports. His disciplinary records are relevant to her self-defense claims, ...
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September 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
After Ríhanna Kelver drew a gun on a man in what she has said was an act of self-defense, her attorney wants to look deeper into the man’s past to support her defense against charges resulting from the altercation.
#wyomingnews #selfdefense #standyourground
#wyomingnews #selfdefense #standyourground
OPINION: The statewide rejection of the Freedom Caucus gives the new legislative class a clean slate, but they should not forget what brought about the caucus’ rise in the first place, writes columnist Khale Lenhart.
#wyomingnews #opinion #wyomingpolitics
#wyomingnews #opinion #wyomingpolitics
Wyoming’s incoming leaders must learn the lessons of the past - WyoFile
The statewide rejection of the Freedom Caucus gives the new legislative class a clean slate, but they should not forget what brought about the caucus’ rise in the first place, writes columnist Khale L...
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September 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
OPINION: The statewide rejection of the Freedom Caucus gives the new legislative class a clean slate, but they should not forget what brought about the caucus’ rise in the first place, writes columnist Khale Lenhart.
#wyomingnews #opinion #wyomingpolitics
#wyomingnews #opinion #wyomingpolitics
Gov. Gordon cheered the move while local advocates say curtailing greenhouse gas emissions is more important than extending the life of coal-fired power plants that are at or beyond their functional retirement age.
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Wyoming's governor cheers Trump administration move to repeal power plant rules limiting planet-warming emissions - WyoFile
Local advocates say curtailing greenhouse gas emissions is more important than extending the life of coal-fired power plants at or beyond their functional retirement age.
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September 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Gov. Gordon cheered the move while local advocates say curtailing greenhouse gas emissions is more important than extending the life of coal-fired power plants that are at or beyond their functional retirement age.
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For the second time in two years, a group of University of Wyoming sorority sisters asked a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit challenging the admission of a trangender woman into their organization.
#wyomingnews #universityofwyoming
#wyomingnews #universityofwyoming
University of Wyoming sorority sisters ask appeals court to again revive case challenging transgender student’s inclusion - WyoFile
The plaintiffs asked a panel of appellate judges Monday to reverse the lower court’s second dismissal of the case, which has drawn national attention.
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September 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
For the second time in two years, a group of University of Wyoming sorority sisters asked a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit challenging the admission of a trangender woman into their organization.
#wyomingnews #universityofwyoming
#wyomingnews #universityofwyoming
More than two months after a pastor’s denunciation of tribal ceremony, protests continue outside Foundation for Nations church on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Church attendance has fallen by half, the pastor says, as both sides contend with questions of religious freedom and tribal authority.
A Christian pastor called Arapaho ceremonies ‘idol worship.’ Now the tribe wants her church gone - WyoFile
Protest continues outside Foundation for Nations church, as questions persist about religious freedom and tribal authority on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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September 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
More than two months after a pastor’s denunciation of tribal ceremony, protests continue outside Foundation for Nations church on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Church attendance has fallen by half, the pastor says, as both sides contend with questions of religious freedom and tribal authority.
OPINON: The state must be a good steward of rural health dollars while making 12-month postpartum care permanent, writes the Healthy Wyoming Board of Directors.
#wyomingnews #opinion #ruralhealth #maternalcare
#wyomingnews #opinion #ruralhealth #maternalcare
Wyoming families are struggling to afford healthcare. Here are two solutions. - WyoFile
The state must be a good steward of rural health dollars while making 12-month postpartum care permanent, writes the Healthy Wyoming Board of Directors.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
OPINON: The state must be a good steward of rural health dollars while making 12-month postpartum care permanent, writes the Healthy Wyoming Board of Directors.
#wyomingnews #opinion #ruralhealth #maternalcare
#wyomingnews #opinion #ruralhealth #maternalcare
As bereaved families and Teton communities push for stronger safety measures, WYDOT is moving to restrict RV and trailers. The Wyoming Highway Patrol, meanwhile, is increasing truck inspections on Teton Pass.
From Jackson Hole News&Guide. #wyomingnews #tetonpass
From Jackson Hole News&Guide. #wyomingnews #tetonpass
Deadly crashes on Teton Pass ramp up calls for stronger safety measures - WyoFile
As bereaved families and Teton communities push for stronger safety measures, WYDOT moves to restrict RVs, trailers while highway patrol steps up truck inspections on Teton Pass.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
As bereaved families and Teton communities push for stronger safety measures, WYDOT is moving to restrict RV and trailers. The Wyoming Highway Patrol, meanwhile, is increasing truck inspections on Teton Pass.
From Jackson Hole News&Guide. #wyomingnews #tetonpass
From Jackson Hole News&Guide. #wyomingnews #tetonpass
Wildlife officials are pleading with homeowners to secure food and trash as black bears range into cities and campgrounds looking for sustenance. One bear spent weeks living in Laramie, sleeping in trees during the day and feasting on garbage at night.
#wyomingnews #bears #drought
#wyomingnews #bears #drought
Drought leads to ‘unprecedented’ black bear conflicts in Wyoming - WyoFile
Wildlife officials plead with homeowners to secure food and trash as black bears range into cities, campgrounds looking for sustenance.
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September 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Wildlife officials are pleading with homeowners to secure food and trash as black bears range into cities and campgrounds looking for sustenance. One bear spent weeks living in Laramie, sleeping in trees during the day and feasting on garbage at night.
#wyomingnews #bears #drought
#wyomingnews #bears #drought
The federal government broke environmental laws when it leased 179 square miles in Wyoming for oil and gas drilling, threatening already-diminished migrating big game herds, two conservation groups assert in a new lawsuit. Drilling advocates disagree.
#wyomingnews #oilandgas #migrationroutes
#wyomingnews #oilandgas #migrationroutes
Oil and gas leases threaten big game migration routes, lawsuit claims - WyoFile
Energy development will kick Sublette pronghorn, Baggs mule deer and other wildlife while they’re down, conservationists assert.
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September 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The federal government broke environmental laws when it leased 179 square miles in Wyoming for oil and gas drilling, threatening already-diminished migrating big game herds, two conservation groups assert in a new lawsuit. Drilling advocates disagree.
#wyomingnews #oilandgas #migrationroutes
#wyomingnews #oilandgas #migrationroutes
With wolf hunting starting Tuesday in Wyoming, wildlife managers caution that the historic wolf pack has and potentially will continue to cross the park-national forest boundary. The season follows online threats to hunt the wolves or go after the hunters.
#wyomingnews #molliespack #wolves
#wyomingnews #molliespack #wolves
Yellowstone’s Mollie’s Pack is mostly back in the park, but not before spurring threats, bounties and drama - WyoFile
With wolf hunting starting Tuesday in Wyoming, wildlife managers caution that the pack has and potentially will continue to cross jurisdictional boundaries.
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September 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
With wolf hunting starting Tuesday in Wyoming, wildlife managers caution that the historic wolf pack has and potentially will continue to cross the park-national forest boundary. The season follows online threats to hunt the wolves or go after the hunters.
#wyomingnews #molliespack #wolves
#wyomingnews #molliespack #wolves
OPINION: The wisdom of ancients offers guidance for our modern, confusing times, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
Opinion | No way: Wisdom and, or, but, politics
The wisdom of ancients offers guidance for our modern, confusing times, writes columnist David Romtvedt. %
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September 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
OPINION: The wisdom of ancients offers guidance for our modern, confusing times, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
The Air Force has already begun dismantling portions of the nation’s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system as the U.S. modernizes its nuclear weapons.
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle #wyomingnews #ballisticmissiles
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle #wyomingnews #ballisticmissiles
New Sentinel missile system will bring major changes to F.E. Warren, missile field - WyoFile
Air Force has already begun dismantling portions of the nation’s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system as U.S. modernizes its nuclear weapons.
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September 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The Air Force has already begun dismantling portions of the nation’s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system as the U.S. modernizes its nuclear weapons.
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle #wyomingnews #ballisticmissiles
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle #wyomingnews #ballisticmissiles
“We were physically documenting hundreds of dead fish, which is a pretty good indication that overall we were dealing with thousands,” a fisheries biologist said.
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #ecoli #drought
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #ecoli #drought
Fish-killing disease strikes E. coli-plagued Snake River tributary that’s been running low and warm - WyoFile
Flare-up of proliferative kidney disease in ‘hundreds’ of whitefish marks first known outbreak responsible for killing scores of fish in Wyoming.
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September 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“We were physically documenting hundreds of dead fish, which is a pretty good indication that overall we were dealing with thousands,” a fisheries biologist said.
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #ecoli #drought
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #ecoli #drought
Payments are underway to roughly 3,400 students and hundreds of vendors approved to receive state funds for private education costs through the controversial Steamboat Legacy Scholarship program.
#wyomingnews #schoolchoice
#wyomingnews #schoolchoice
With lawsuit pending, Wyoming school choice program’s durability remains in question - WyoFile
Payments are underway to roughly 3,400 students and hundreds of vendors approved to receive state funds for private education costs. But after the program was abruptly frozen once, some are feeling sk...
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September 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Payments are underway to roughly 3,400 students and hundreds of vendors approved to receive state funds for private education costs through the controversial Steamboat Legacy Scholarship program.
#wyomingnews #schoolchoice
#wyomingnews #schoolchoice
No minor-party candidate has won a statewide elected office in Wyoming. After the Constitution Party recruited Rebecca Bextel, the woman at the center of Checkgate, to run for governor, party leaders say their prospects are better than ever. Political scientists say huge obstacles remain.
What would it take for a third-party candidate to win Wyoming’s race for governor? - WyoFile
The Constitution Party is betting on former Republican Rebecca Bextel and five other candidates this year in push to gain major party status.
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September 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
No minor-party candidate has won a statewide elected office in Wyoming. After the Constitution Party recruited Rebecca Bextel, the woman at the center of Checkgate, to run for governor, party leaders say their prospects are better than ever. Political scientists say huge obstacles remain.
Critics say the state blindsided homeowners at the base of Casper Mountain by approving, without public notice or directly reviewing, several gravel mining leases in 2023. Now, the state wants the high court to confirm its decision to reverse itself on the leases.
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Wyoming's high court hears arguments over years-long Casper Mountain gravel pit controversy - WyoFile
Both the state and the prospective miner are under intense public criticism for their roles in the matter that spawned two cases before the Wyoming Supreme Court.
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September 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Critics say the state blindsided homeowners at the base of Casper Mountain by approving, without public notice or directly reviewing, several gravel mining leases in 2023. Now, the state wants the high court to confirm its decision to reverse itself on the leases.
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OPINION: Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.
#wyomingnews #agriculture #economy
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#wyomingnews #agriculture #economy
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Opinion | The Wyoming agriculture industry’s outsized influence and consumption
Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.
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September 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
OPINION: Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.
#wyomingnews #agriculture #economy
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#wyomingnews #agriculture #economy
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From The Ranger: A missing and murdered Indigenous advocate, Nicole Wagon is the founder of MMIR 307. She recently wrote a letter, urging Wyoming’s Department of Corrections not to allow one of the men convicted in her daughter's murder into a community corrections program.#mmir #wyomingnews
Woman rallies for her daughters, other victims of violent crimes - WyoFile
The founder of MMIR 307 is asking Wyoming’s Department of Corrections not to allow one of the men convicted in her daughter's murder into a community corrections program.
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September 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
From The Ranger: A missing and murdered Indigenous advocate, Nicole Wagon is the founder of MMIR 307. She recently wrote a letter, urging Wyoming’s Department of Corrections not to allow one of the men convicted in her daughter's murder into a community corrections program.#mmir #wyomingnews
A Laramie County judge dismissed the case last month over lack of standing. But the question of whether the sheriff exceeded his authority when he entered the ICE contracts is unresolved, the judge says.
#wyomingnews #ice
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September 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A Laramie County judge dismissed the case last month over lack of standing. But the question of whether the sheriff exceeded his authority when he entered the ICE contracts is unresolved, the judge says.
#wyomingnews #ice
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#wyomingnews #ice
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After Wyoming settled with the former owner of the Hot Springs State Park facility, inspectors discovered leaks, sagging beams and “significant problems with the pools,” a state representative said Tuesday.
#wyomingnews #hotsprings #stateparks
#wyomingnews #hotsprings #stateparks
Star Plunge future murky after inspectors find ‘significant’ concerns at Thermopolis water park - WyoFile
After settling with former owner of the Hot Springs State Park pools, Wyoming officials debate how to proceed with historic Thermopolis property.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
After Wyoming settled with the former owner of the Hot Springs State Park facility, inspectors discovered leaks, sagging beams and “significant problems with the pools,” a state representative said Tuesday.
#wyomingnews #hotsprings #stateparks
#wyomingnews #hotsprings #stateparks