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.
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OPINION: Sen. John Barrasso is known for his frequent television appearances. But when he had an opportunity to defend the freedom of the press, Wyoming’s senior senator backed President Trump over the First Amendment, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
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Voters finally felt the threat to public lands had reached a critical point, observers say.
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Yellowstone National Park’s last original wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, emerged unscathed from a Wyoming hunting season that opened last week and has already closed. The famous pack made headlines for leaving the safety of its longtime territory in the park.
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In case you missed it: A new lawsuit accuses the TD Ameritrade founder’s former agent and a Star Valley developer of conspiring to run up costs, rig appraisals and falsely suggest that the U.S. Forest Service was interested in a land trade.
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap

Though global engineering giant Bechtel was expected to see the ambitious nuclear power project through to completion, it wasn't able to reach an agreement with Bill Gates-backed TerraPower. Still, "construction in Kemmerer will maintain its current schedule," the company says.
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OPINION: Guest columnist Paul Hansen, a first-time election judge, reflects on his experience and looks ahead to November’s general election.
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University of Wyoming faculty told WyoFile they remain optimistic, if not cautiously so, about President Shane Reeves’ stance on academic freedom after Reeves was named in a federal lawsuit that accuses him of firing a West Point professor for teaching about climate change.
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Authorities don’t yet know what prompted the attack, which has caused concern within the broader Sikh community. The suspect faces an attempted first-degree murder charge, and the Sweetwater County prosecutor cautioned against making assumptions about the case.
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Photo Friday: WyoFile’s Jared Steinman celebrates the value of an unsuccessful hunt.
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The noxious invasive grass has been detected west of the Bighorns for the first time. Killing it won’t be easy or cheap, at a time that resources are declining.
#wyomingnews #invasivespecies

Fremont County voters passed a tax in August that unionized EMTs and paramedics say was part of a deal to eventually move them from contract employees to working for the county. They’ve pledged to strike Sept. 28. “Let ‘em,” said one commissioner, who maintains there was no such deal. #wyomingnews

The ruling finds that the state failed to adequately fund teacher salaries, but it reverses requirements to pay for safety officers, computers and nutrition.
With the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
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Immigration enforcement agents have shown a “shift in tactic” according to one Jackson immigration attorney after arresting a 26-year-old Turkish woman Tuesday afternoon at a bus stop. The woman was targeted for overstaying her yearlong visa.
#wyomingnews #immigration #ICE

Timothy Allen Smith lived with his wife in Star Valley Ranch. The 53-year-old pilot was on a multiday hiking, fishing and camping trip when flooding swept through the Grand Canyon.
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OPINION: Built the ‘Wyoming Way,’ data centers could bolster economic development and help support our state’s existing energy industries, writes the Wyoming Driven Innovation advisory board.
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AROUND WYOMING: Wild Horse Management, Fatal Crash and Black Bear!
— Your Wyoming Link

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FFeeding Laramie Valley has lost grants, shed positions and discontinued programs in the turbulent era that began with DOGE.

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Douglas debates allowing automated surveillance system plus agreement to share data with state law enforcement. Nearby Glenrock pushes pause on Flock contract renewal while Flock cameras are vandalized in Jackson.
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A new lawsuit accuses the TD Ameritrade founder’s former agent and a Star Valley developer of conspiring to run up costs, rig appraisals and falsely suggest that the U.S. Forest Service was interested in a land trade.
#wyomingnews #billionaire #landswap