Republican frontrunner Chuck Gray was a no-show, but Democrat Lisa Kinney, Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit and Libertarian Shawn Johnson came to Riverton to pitch Wyoming voters on their candidacies.
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Candidates Ana Cordova and Steve Harshman squared off to talk about AI, cellphones and teacher pay in Thursday’s televised debate.

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In some of the last votes they’ll make as state lawmakers, Wyoming Freedom Caucus members and allies voted Thursday to sponsor a slate of legislation to revamp the state’s election system. They also rejected a resolution intended to combat dark money.
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Photo Friday: Biology major Will Anderson left no stone unturned in a search for a rare extremophile that took him and a fellow student into Yellowstone’s debris-covered glaciers. The effort was rewarded this summer with his discovery of three of the Grylloblattodea, or ice crawlers.
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Game and Fish’s position is rooted in a desire for local control, but some former employees aren’t buying the argument. At stake are 3.3 million backcountry acres in Wyoming.
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Republican Eric Barlow, Democrat Kenneth Casner and the Constitution Party’s Rebecca Bextel squared off Wednesday in the one televised debate scheduled ahead of November's general election. Here’s what you need to know.
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Josh Dorrell's departure comes amid an effort to reform the state's top economic development shop and after Freedom Caucus members tried unsuccessfully to defund and dismantle the agency. The council's board said it will appoint an interim CEO as it seeks a replacement.
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Attorneys for a former Wyoming Boys’ School resident alleging that he suffered excessive force and isolation while at the school will be allowed to use the term “solitary confinement” during trial after a judge’s ruling Wednesday.
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Gov. Mark Gordon opted into President Trump’s new federal tax-credit scholarship program and the education department has started laying the groundwork. So how will the program work here, and who is eligible to benefit?
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The proposed gravel operation at the base of Casper Mountain ignited fierce opposition in Natrona County. But the county breached its legal authority when it rezoned the area to stymie the project, the developer says.
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The Trump administration has seven business days to comply with an order temporarily halting a major reorganization of an agency that manages nearly 200 million acres of public land.
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OPINION: More than 90% of Wyomingites oppose federal land sales, and our federal representatives don’t seem to care, writes guest columnist Cam Walker.
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When she was a kid, A.J. Cargill’s parents moved from the Midwest to the chic ski resort of Sun Valley, setting her — a future world champ — afloat in a style-conscious culture she yearned to join.
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When U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith touted an enforcement surge on the Wind River Reservation, he included three defendants who were among cases he had to reindict after judges found the first-time federal prosecutor's misconduct may have prejudiced jurors.
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OPINION: "BearCare” catastrophic coverage plan wasn’t found to be as helpful as expected to reduce costs, but there are many ideas to explore, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
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The combination of the plague and a drought-ravaged prairie dog population are the primary culprits for the missing mustelids. “This is a place that we're going to continue to work on,” a Wyoming biologist said. “It’s the place where ferrets persisted.”
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During a mental health summit in Jackson, Gordon said the issue deserves continued support from his gubernatorial successor.

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Too many qualifying Wyoming households go without federal dollars set aside to help with winter heating bills — about 84%, state officials say. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program is accepting applications for the upcoming winter season.
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OPINION: The Trump administration has taken an axe to regulatory safeguards of our public lands, and Wyoming’s Republican federal delegate-hopefuls are sure to fall in line, writes guest columnist Earl DeGroot.
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After Union Pacific Railroad began stacking creosote-soaked rail ties in Laramie’s West Side neighborhood this summer, local residents say the stench has been “overwhelming,” and the mound sparked significant concerns about health and fire hazards.
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