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Extended permits for the Dell Creek and Forest Park feedgrounds are intended to give state wildlife managers more time to complete their long-range plans.
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Extended permits for Dell Creek and Forest Park feedgrounds give state wildlife managers more time to complete long-range plans, Bridger-Teton supervisor says.
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BREAKING: Wyoming National Guard members may soon assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the detention and deportation of undocumented people, a spokesperson for Gov. Mark Gordon confirmed Monday to WyoFile.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is among a reported 20 Republican governors who agreed to the president’s request to use guard members for immigration enforcement duties — maybe paperwork.
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OPINION: Forcing U.S. Sen. Mike Lee to drop his public land sale proposal merits celebration, but history signals the fight is far from over, writes guest columnist Chris Madson.
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Forcing Mike Lee to drop his public land sale proposal merits celebration, but history signals the fight is far from over, writes guest columnist Chris Madson.
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A decade of data, gathered by University of Wyoming researchers, Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management experts, helps illuminate mule deer family dynamics and possible solutions to the megafauna's decline.
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Decade of data helps illuminate deer family dynamics, offering possible solutions to history of decline.
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In a media landscape where local news has been rapidly eroding for more than a decade, creating a new print product may raise some eyebrows. Shawn Houck created the hyper-local Oil City Weekly anyway.
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In a landscape where print media has been rapidly eroding, Shawn Houck adds a product with Oil City Weekly. In the process, he’s coming full circle.
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Five months after President Donald Trump announced he was nominating a former Wyoming game warden to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the confirmation process is complete.
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Five months after President Donald Trump announced he was nominating a former Wyoming game warden to lead the federal agency, the confirmation process is complete.
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The streaks of light and shadow that often accompany Wyoming sunrises and sunsets have a name — crepuscular rays. Sunlight shooting through gaps in clouds causes the phenomenon, while tiny particles in the air scatter the light, making it visible.
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The streaks of light and shadow that often accompany Equality State sunrises and sunsets have a name — crepuscular rays.
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Wyoming lawmakers are moving too quickly on a high-stakes effort to store spent nuclear fuel waste from microreactor manufacturers, according to many who spoke at a hearing in Casper. The Minerals Committee opted to table a draft bill for now.
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A legislative panel heard hours of public comment that mostly cautioned against prematurely changing state law to accommodate nuclear microreactor manufacturers.
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OPINION: The ocean might be hard for mountain dwellers to relate to, but learning about other ecosystems offers meaningful lessons about how to protect our own, columnist David Romtvedt reflects.
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The ocean might be hard for mountain dwellers to relate to, but learning about other ecosystems offers meaningful lessons about how to protect our own, columnist David Romtvedt reflects.
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Poets and their fans gathered in Riverton in honor of the National Day of the Cowboy. Cowboy poetry "can be a little of anything: lonely, sad, humorous, straightforward," said the event's emcee.
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Poets and their fans gathered in Riverton in honor of the National Day of the Cowboy.
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State troopers will tighten the net for undocumented immigrants in five counties, though the agency's chief says the number of officers will start small. The Wyoming American Civil Liberties Union warns it could deter immigrants from reporting crimes.
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State troopers will tighten the net for undocumented immigrants in five counties, though chief says the number of participating officers will start out small.
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BREAKING: Seventeen months after the infamous incident in the Green River Bar, closed-door legal proceedings are underway to determine whether to charge the Daniel man who tormented a wild wolf.
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Seventeen months after the infamous incident in the Green River Bar, closed-door legal proceedings are underway in Sublette County to determine whether to charge the Daniel resident who tormented a...
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OPINION: Time to take off the tinfoil Stetson and dust off the BS detector, columnist Rod Miller urges.
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Time to take off the tinfoil Stetson and dust off the BS detector, columnist Rod Miller urges.
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Many House Freedom Caucus members back repealing Wyoming's controversial coal carbon capture mandate, saying it's too costly for ratepayers. But a committee vote divided along Senate and House lines blocked a legislative effort to undo the law.
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Rep. Christopher Knapp says the mandate is too costly for ratepayers and it hasn't resulted in a coal plant retrofit.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested at least nine people last week in Teton and Lincoln counties. The multi-day operation, staged out of Pinedale, spurred fear, uncertainty and protest.
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Federal agents arrested at least 9 people in a recent Equality State operation, spurring fear and uncertainty.
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Vice President JD Vance and the second lady met with supporters at a private high-dollar fundraising lunch in Jackson Hole on Tuesday, attracting about seven protesters to an event that was expected to raise $2 million.
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JD and Usha Vance spent about three hours in the wealthiest county in the country at a fundraiser that was expected to raise $2 million for the Republican National Committee.
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Sen. John Barrasso has not yet taken a stand on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility legislation, but Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman are all for HR 22, writes guest columnist Marion Yoder.
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Sen. John Barrasso has not yet taken a stand on Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, but Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman are all for HR 22, writes Marion Yoder.
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Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine could become the second rare earth extraction operation in the U.S., but the minerals face an uncertain domestic market under President Trump.
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Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine could become the second rare earth extraction operation in the U.S., but the minerals face an uncertain domestic market under President Trump.
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Despite ongoing attacks from farther-right voices in the Republican Party, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon remains one of the country’s most popular state leaders, results of a Morning Consult poll released earlier this month show.
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National survey of Wyoming voters shows Gordon’s popularity has remained steady throughout his tenure.
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The state wants the Wyoming Supreme Court to toss a judge's school funding ruling. “The suggestion that Wyoming is somehow shortchanging or harming students through inadequate funding is a premise detached from reality,” the filing reads.
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“The suggestion that Wyoming is somehow shortchanging or harming students through inadequate funding is a premise detached from reality,” appeal reads.
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