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Rep. Justin Fornstrom, R-Pine Bluffs, was sworn in Tuesday as a state lawmaker, filling a vacancy in House District 10 left by John Eklund, who died in November after a battle with cancer. WyoFile spoke with Fornstrom by phone following his swearing in.

Owners of a Cheyenne barbershop say their colleague had taken steps to work legally in the U.S. before he was detained by immigration agents. His partner is due to give birth any day.

Wyoming could receive up to $800 million in federal funding from President Trump's Rural Health Transformation Program. With decisions expected soon, WyoFile dug through the state's 84-page application.

The Dry Piney helium production and carbon dioxide sequestration project would rival ExxonMobil's neighboring Shute Creek plant near LaBarge by producing an estimated 10% or more of the world's helium supply.

OPINION: Columnist Rod Miller's mythical cowboys contend with the looming threat of UFOs.

Wyoming's lone four-year public university filed suit against ACU Energy for "breach of contract" after the Houston-based company allegedly failed to pay $2.5 million for the first year of a six-year enhanced oil recovery research partnership.

Brown freshman David Novogrodsky had planned to be in the seven-story Barus and Holley engineering and physics building at Brown University on Saturday when a gunman burst into a room, killed two students and injured nine others. "I just got lucky."

OPINION: The Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, if changed, could jeopardize the Northern Red Desert and Golden Triangle, writes Julia Stuble.

OPINION: When the Senate voted last week to not extend ACA premium tax credits, it made BearCare much more necessary, opines columnist Kerry Drake. The proposed Wyoming Department of Health plan would offer catastrophic coverage so people can stay insured.

Outside of Yellowstone and Grand Teton park boundaries, Wyoming's emergency service providers also face steep financial challenges, while patients encounter a lack of uniformity and longer 911 response times in more remote areas.

When the West was being settled, black bears were wiped out from much of their native range. Slowly, they've reoccupied much of that habitat in Wyoming and beyond. "They are one of the most adaptable species in North America," a hunting advocate said.

Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock is asking a judge to toss a criminal case over her failure to attend a legislative meeting where she had been subpoenaed to testify. The subpoena is void because lawmakers' investigation was illegal, her attorney argued.

Rocky Mountain Power claims the shift from coal to natural gas will help keep electric rates in check, local officials mourn the pending loss in revenue from decreased coal production at the Kemmerer mine, which has fueled the power plant since 1963.

The Joint Appropriations Committee wrapped up its first round of hearings Friday. The two-week process included lawmakers grappling with the proper role of government and state agencies feeling the pinch of federal cuts.

Public records released via an environmental group's Freedom of Information Act request show few residents took the initiative to respond, and those who did were critical and "embarrassed" by the Trump administration's effort.

Two U.S. Senators blasted the Trump administration's nominee to be the federal attorney for Wyoming, calling Darin Smith unqualified and alleging he made false claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection he attended.

Cutting a Christmas conifer from national forests or BLM land is a late-fall tradition for scores of Wyoming families who have the privilege of forgoing the purchase of a pre-cut tree.

OPINION: Holidays are a time of reflection. What parts of Wyoming make you thankful and hopeful, asks columnist Khale Lenhart.

Wyoming's governor is moving ahead with a long-delayed pronghorn migration corridor designation, but he opted for a version preferred by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association that forgoes protections in the Red Desert and Golden Triangle regions.

OPINION: Columnist Walt Gasson reflects on his family roots and what they reveal about Wyoming’s cultural history.