Stunted vegetation in the Green River Basin doesn’t bode well for pronghorn and other species surviving the coming winter. While migratory animals fared better and put on fat, those that dwell year-round in the lowlands struggled to the point of starvation.
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #drought

OPINION: Rebecca Bextel, the activist who ignited Wyoming’s “Checkgate,” is now running for governor. While columnist Kerry Drake believes she will lose big, he’s forever thankful she contributed to the Freedom Caucus’ implosion.
#wyomingnews #checkgate #elections

Wyoming's behemoth trona mining and soda ash industry — its largest global export commodity — needs to "make some noise," one CEO says. The industry that records $1.3 billion in annual exports is in jeopardy, and it's going to need federal help to compete with China.
#wyomingnews #sodaash

Gillette renters’ money is going to landlords likely based outside Wyoming, according to a Gillette News Record analysis of property data.
#wyomingnews #landlords #privateequity #housing

The gnarled, spindly and not-very-tall whitebark pine began growing in Paintbrush Canyon at the same time as the Siege of Constantinople and shortly before vikings began raiding Europe.
#wyomingnews #whitebarkpine #grandteton

Data has shown that Wyoming kids often end up in the state’s adult judicial system, where the goal is punishment rather than treatment, training and rehabilitation. What determines when Wyoming kids can be treated like adults in court?
#wyomingnews #juvenilejustice #criminaljustice

Federal agents detained Feride Bardakci at a bus stop Sept. 15 for allegedly overstaying her student visa. After learning of Wyoming community’s support, she plans to contest her removal.
From Jackson Hole News&Guide
#wyomingnews #ice

Roberts beat a Freedom Caucus-aligned lawmaker for a House seat and is soon headed to Cheyenne. The outgoing commissioner spoke to WyoFile about the recent Game and Fish turmoil, agency morale and navigating controversies.
#wyomingnews #molliespack #codyroberts #freedomcaucus

OPINION: Let’s celebrate the past, but more importantly, let’s make sure we’re securing the future, writes guest columnist Sam Mead.

#wyomingnews #publiclands

Photo Friday: A photo of discarded wind turbine blades being buried at a local landfill moved Casper sculptor Chris Navarro. The "Windborne" art installation transforms an industrial byproduct into something functional and inspirational, he says.
#wyomingnews #photofriday #art #windturbine

President Donald Trump last week ordered federal land managers to boost public access to public lands, including to landlocked parcels in Wyoming and to Western whitewater rivers.

#wyomingnews #publiclands #cornercrossing

OPINION: President Trump pitched $5,000 to each American adult citizen as a ‘dividend,’ but let’s not pretend to be fooled, writes columnist David Romtvedt.

#wyomingnews #trump #elections
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Liberty Counsel is defending a church on the Wind River Indian Reservation that’s embroiled in controversy after its pastor delivered a sermon urging Native congregants to renounce Northern Arapaho traditions.
#wyomingnews #windriverchurch #pastorsarahlucas

El Nino could mean less wind for our notoriously blustery state. It could also produce above-average snow in the southern part of the state and below average in the north, "It's hard to do worse" than last winter without El Nino, a Wyoming meteorologist says.
#wyomingnews #elnino #wyomingwinter

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is weighing pros and cons of feeding wildlife, which could lead to more chronic wasting disease. That’s raising questions about health risks beyond the herd.
#wyomingnews #wyomingwildlife #CWD

OPINION: Humans yearn for a place that has meaning, that connects us to the earth and to our people, writes columnist Walt Gasson.
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The Wyoming Judicial Branch says it’s awaiting more details regarding the scope of a cybersecurity breach of a third-party software company once used by the Wyoming Supreme Court and state district courts. It may have included data from cases between 2015 and 2025.
#wyomingnews #cybersecurity

Backers of the proposed Alkali Creek Dam near Hyattville expect to condemn ranch property if landowners don’t agree to sell easements necessary for construction and operation of the troubled project, letters shared with WyoFile show.
#wyomingnews #eminentdomain

Powerful Wyoming organizations are teaming up to challenge a grassroots effort to cut property taxes. The campaign seeks to convince voters that it’s worth supporting local services instead of making further tax cuts.
With KHOL 89.1 FM
#wyomingnews #propertytax

WyoHistory.org editors Kylie McCormick and Leslie Waggener revisit the chaotic 1891 night when a clerk’s “wet ink” note sparked accusations of fraud, vote buying and a political meltdown in Wyoming’s first Legislature.
#wyomingnews #wyominghistory #legislativenews
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