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Wyoming will pay Star Plunge owner $1.8M to settle hot springs dispute

By Katie Klingsporn at WyoFile(Thermopolis, WY) - Wyoming State Parks has reached an agreement with Star Plunge owner Roland Luehne that signals an end...

Rep. Guggenmos will not run for reelection after residency dispute

By Maggie Mullen at WyoFileRiverton Republican Rep. Joel Guggenmos, the lawmaker at the center of the state’s latest legislative residency dispute, did not file for reelection to...

Fremont County pols skeptical of push to reexamine electoral boundaries

By Maggie Mullen at WyoFileSecretary of State Chuck Gray wants Gov. Mark Gordon and the Fremont County Commission to examine that community’s electoral boundaries...

Lawsuit draws back curtain on bitter tribal government power struggle in Wyoming

By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFileAn Eastern Shoshone woman who instigated a petition that destabilized the tribal government’s leadership this winter filed a lawsuit in late February asking...

Funding for Wyoming’s first professional wildland firefighting teams clears the House

Originally reported by Mike Koshmrl at WyoFile(Cheyenne, WY) - A $5.1 million investment that would create the first two ground-based professional wildland firefighting teams...

Rocky Mountain Power announces ‘internal investigation’ of massive power outage

Originally reported by Dustin Bleizeffer at WyoFile.The massive, multi-utility power outage that left more than 100,000 customers in Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana without electricity Thursday also brought...

FCSD #1 transgender policies tabled until further review after first discussions in July

By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile(Lander, WY) - Kathy Hitt had a question for her colleagues on the school board during its meeting last week.The leaders...

A tale of two veterans, both worthy of memorial

Editor's Note: This opinion piece is written by Charlie Wilson MA, LMFT and was originally shared by WyoFile. The opinions, thoughts, and comments within...

Lander-based outdoor school NOLS sheds jobs, announces closures

by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFileJust four years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended operations at the National Outdoor Leadership School, the nonprofit wilderness school and staple of Wyoming’s outdoor...

Historic electric rate hike whittled to 5.5 percent after utility admits error

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFileIn a last-minute deal, the day before facing the Wyoming Public Service Commission, Rocky Mountain Power admitted a major accounting error regarding fuel...

Rocky Mountain Power says its Wyoming customers will pay an extra $54M annually

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFileRocky Mountain Power customers will see a notable hike in their monthly electricity bills beginning in January, but far less than the...

Why Wyoming sent 240 inmates to a Mississippi prison

by Maggie Mullen, WyoFileThe Wyoming Department of Corrections’ transfer of 240 inmates to a private Mississippi prison due to a staffing shortage is a temporary fix...

Scientists to study walking-dead deer in Wyo’s most CWD-infected herd

By: Mike Koshmrl, Wyofile.comIt’s become a foregone conclusion for Riverton outfitter Ken Metzler that when one of his mule deer hunters shoots a buck,...