@wyofile.comOPINION: 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.
#wyomingnews #publiclands
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@wyofile.comAfter 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.
#wyomingnews #publichealth
@wyofile.comFacing another record-breaking year for money wagered at Wyoming gaming establishments, lawmakers advanced a potential ban on online sweepstakes games — drawings where prizes are awarded purely by chance.
#wyomingnews #onlinesweepsakes #gambling
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@wyofile.comOPINION: Treat the American Library Association’s list of the 100 most challenged and banned books as a suggested reading list, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
#wyomingnews #bannedbooks
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@wyofile.comThe Legislature-assigned panel studying healthcare affordability in Wyoming examined unorthodox pricing and provider structures Tuesday including health sharing ministries and direct primary care.
#wyomingnews #healthinsurance #healthcareaffordability
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@wyofile.comCounty officials abruptly rescinded resort zoning for a luxury resort that the TD Ameritrade founder has argued is akin to conservation. Some Bondurant residents are not convinced the fight is truly over.
#wyomingnews #billionaire #luxuryresort
@wyofile.com“It’s like weeds,” Commissioner Clarence Thomas said, as the Fremont County Commission faces a $66 billion data center campus at Lost Cabin and the prospect of more on the horizon. The county’s lack of zoning regulations leaves local government with little say.
#wyomingnews #datacenters
@wyofile.comOPINION: A self-imposed cut to property taxes means fewer services and more reliance on volatile funding sources, writes guest columnist Jerry Obermueller.
#wyomingnews #propertytaxes #prop1
@wyofile.comCatherine Cullinane was working in the Tetons for Exum Mountain Guides when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. That didn’t stop her from climbing Denali, having a child and working as a nurse to create a program that helped others with the disease.
#wyomingnews #america250 #wyomingwomen
@wyofile.comTrump officials tout "harm" change to the Endangered Species Act as a means to unleash the administration’s energy agenda, as critics warn it could unravel 50 years of ecological recovery. From @mountainjournal.bsky.social
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@wyofile.com“We are particularly disappointed by the process,” the board of commissioners wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
#wyomingnews #grandteton
@wyofile.comThe first reintroduction site following the 1981 rediscovery of the mustelid species once presumed extinct has been a rare relative success story. Especially because of plague, sustaining fragile populations requires perpetual maintenance.
#wyomingnews #blackfootedferrets #wildlife
@wyofile.comRiver guide Lorna Corson rowed through notorious rapids for more than four decades, keeping clients safe with her skills and knowledge. At 5 foot 3 inches and 120 pounds, she first had to convince others that she could meet the challenges of Lava Falls and Crystal Rapid.
#wyomingnews #america250
@wyofile.comFormer state livestock brand inspector Justin Martin appeared stunned when a judge sentenced him to immediate jail time. “You do this kind of nonsense in Wyoming, where we value our wildlife, you're going to jail,” the judge told him. Two other defendants in the case got probation.
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@wyofile.comThree sheriff’s offices will be the first under a new law to receive reimbursements from the Wyoming Department of Health for lengthy mental health holds in their jails.
#wyomingnews #mentalhealth #ruralhealth
@wyofile.comOPINION: Following decades of expanding and protecting the wild lands that hold the ecosystem together, the Trump administration is working to fragment them, Writers on the Range contributor Andrew Hansen writes.
#wyomingnews #yellowstone #publiclands
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@wyofile.com In the first of multiple cases against the state-run facility for delinquent boys, some but not all claims of civil rights violations have been cleared for trial. #wyomingnews #wyomingboysschool #justice
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@wyofile.comThe Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on Friday moved to draft legislation that would bump the limits of allowable personal assets and monthly personal spending, which haven’t kept up with inflation.
#wyomingnews #medicaid #nursinghomes
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@wyofile.comAmid growing animus toward Flock-style cameras in Wyoming, state lawmakers have begun discussing legislation that would severely restrict the technology’s use in the Equality State.
#wyomingnews #flock
@wyofile.comOPINION: The Pentagon’s call for a new large-scale military base gives Wyoming an opportunity to buck the commodity roller coaster, writes guest columnist David Giralt.
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