Wyoming sees rise in children without health insurance
By Jeff Victor Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — A new report shows the number of children without health insurance rising in Wyoming between 2010 and 2016, as the national number...
View ArticleAs water shortages loom, Wyoming seeks water-bank law
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Worried by growing demands and shrinking water supplies in the Colorado River Basin, Wyoming lawmakers are seeking legislation to authorize water banking in...
View ArticleBLM approves state’s first large solar farm
By Heather Richards Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Officials approved Wyoming’s first utility-scale solar energy farm on Tuesday, introducing another renewable power source to...
View ArticleTwo Elk developer sentenced to 18 months in prison
By Heather Richards Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The developer of the failed Two Elk coal project should spend one and a half years in federal prison for defrauding the...
View ArticleCandidates cover wide range of topics in Sheridan debate
By Michael Illiano The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Eight gubernatorial candidates participated in a debate at Sheridan College sponsored by The Sheridan Press Tuesday and...
View ArticleThe Great Race stops in Cheyenne
By Chrissy Suttles Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Automobile and history enthusiasts poured into the Cheyenne Depot Plaza to talk shop during a celebration of The Great...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court rejects Wind River boundary case
By Daniel Bendtsen Riverton Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request to take up the Wind River Indian Reservation’s boundary case, in which the Eastern...
View ArticleKenny Sailors statue unveiled in Laramie park
By Jeff Victor Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — A statue commemorating University of Wyoming Cowboys Basketball legend Kenny Sailors was unveiled in Washington Park last week,...
View ArticleBarrasso pushes for revisions in ESA
By Heather Richards Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — John Barrasso proposed draft legislation Monday that would amend a cornerstone conservation law, the Endangered Species Act,...
View ArticleWater dispute simmers in Campbell County
By Patrick Filbin and Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — A state senator’s amendment to a water bill that has delayed the progress of the Regional Water Supply...
View ArticleState auditor candidates push transparency
By Michael Illiano The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — All three candidates for state auditor have made improving government transparency part of their campaign platforms. The state...
View ArticleThe time when a porta potty helped us pick a senator
By Bill Sniffin, guest columnist A porta-potty. In a rancher’s pasture? Really? Possibly the biggest campaign idea helping lead to the biggest political upset in Wyoming history was hatched in the...
View ArticleThe legacy of the Kilpatrick brothers
In the spirit of celebrating Newcastle’s Legacy Summer and the early influencers in the area, Leonard Cash added a few important faces to the History on Main series. The Kilpatrick brothers have a...
View ArticleA long time with their eyes on the sky
A long-time News Letter Journal reader from Crook County and her family are being honored this month for a lifetime of commitment to weather watching in northeast Wyoming. The National Weather Service...
View ArticleCasper kills ordinance that would let city officials inspect private property
By Katie King Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Repairing a leaning fence and fixing peeling paint aren’t top priorities when a family member is sick, explained Beth McConigly....
View ArticleDeal takes 24,000 acres out of mineral production
By Melissa Cassutt Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Over 24,000 acres of land southeast of Jackson were retired from oil and gas drilling Tuesday after The Trust for...
View ArticleWildlife Foundation removes wire to open migration paths
By Frederica Kowley Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A pronghorn lingered nearby as Steve Morriss removed barbed wire from an obsolete fence on the Pinto Ranch in Grand...
View ArticleCody, Park County officials oppose natural gas rate hike
By Max Miller Cody Enterprise Via Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Black Hills Energy’s proposed one-year rate hike of 22 percent for many of Park County’s residential natural gas customers has drawn the...
View ArticleWyoTech sale finalized
By Matthew Green Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — WyoTech’s sale was finalized Monday, with Jim Mathis stepping in as the new owner. Mathis said he is incredibly thankful to the...
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