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• Weston County commissioner battles residency complaint

  NEWCASTLE — Weston County Commissioner Tony Barton is standing his ground and asserting his legal right to remain on the Board of Weston County Commissioners until the end of his term, as stated by his attorneys, Samuel R. Yemington and Kasey J. Benish, who are associated with the Cheyenne firm Holland and Hart.

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• Sheridan County schools examine teacher housing

  SHERIDAN — Sheridan County’s joint housing study will be completed this month, and it should include some answers on how to affordably accommodate an influx of new residents into the county.

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• Wyoming coal prices soar

  CASPER — Utilities are back in the market for coal.

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• State salary increases a priority in Gordon’s budget

  CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon considers salary increases meant to support state employee recruitment and retention a high priority in the 2023-24 biennium budget.

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• Active coronavirus cases rise by 14

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 14 on Thursday

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• Wyoming chancery court opens

  CASPER — Wyoming’s chancery court is now open, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate Fox announced Wednesday.

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• Wyoming chancery court opens

  CASPER — Wyoming’s chancery court is now open, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate Fox announced Wednesday.

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• Wyoming approves revised grizzly agreement

  CODY — The latest effort to delist Yellowstone area grizzly bears took a step closer Tuesday.

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• Wyoming approves revised grizzly agreement

  CODY — The latest effort to delist Yellowstone area grizzly bears took a step closer Tuesday.

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• COVID-related deaths rise by 81 over last two weeks

  The number of Wyoming deaths connected to the coronavirus has increased by 81 in the last two weeks, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday.

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• Active coronavirus cases rise by 36

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 36 on Tuesday.

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• Stay on vaccine mandate provides relief for some hospitals

  The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates have had health care workers and their employers on edge in recent weeks, but on Monday, a U.S. District Court judge temporarily halted the enforcement of the mandate in Wyoming and nine other states.

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• Taxes on drilling could rise

  CASPER — Taxes on oil and gas drilling on federal lands could go up for the first time in a century, the Department of the Interior said Friday.

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• Bridger-Teton rejects plan for domestic sheep in Wyoming Range

  JACKSON — The Bridger-Teton National Forest will not imminently allow woolgrowers to herd domestic sheep back onto portions of the Wyoming Range near where a bighorn sheep herd roams, a mix that could endanger the wild sheep by introducing diseases.

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• Active COVID cases fall by 763 during holiday weekend

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 763 during the holiday weekend.

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• Relief money to boost higher ed

  CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon will allocate $27 million in federal relief money toward building up Wyoming’s higher education opportunities, his office announced Tuesday.

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• Off-track betting’s gamble pays off – for now

  GILLETTE — Since May, the historic horse racing machines at the Gillette locations of Wyoming Horse Racing and Wyoming Downs have been shut down, but they could soon be up and running again after a judge’s decision earlier this month.

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• Investment of $70M by Bluepeak helps close digital divide

  CHEYENNE — With Wyoming ranked near the bottom among U.S. states for broadband access, internet provider Bluepeak is investing $70 million toward local expansion to help close that gap.

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• Industry criticizes plan to tap oil reserves

  CASPER — The federal government will pull oil from the country’s emergency stockpile in an effort to bring down stubbornly high fuel prices, the White House said Tuesday.

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• End in sight for state’s most expensive road project

  JACKSON — After years of construction, which followed nearly two decades of environmental planning and design, the end of the U.S. Highway 89 construction project south of Jackson is in sight.

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• Clark fire leaves lives upended

  CODY — “That’s 25 years of my life just sucked away in a flame and a wind,” Becky Flowers said.

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• Riverton approves $80K for company if it maintains 25 local employees

  RIVERTON — An outdoor sports equipment company planning to move to Riverton must maintain at least 25 full-time employees in order to keep the economic development money it’s getting from the City of Riverton.

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• Riverton approves $80K for company if it maintains 25 local employees

  RIVERTON — An outdoor sports equipment company planning to move to Riverton must maintain at least 25 full-time employees in order to keep the economic development money it’s getting from the City of Riverton.

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• Riverton approves $80K for company if it maintains 25 local employees

  RIVERTON — An outdoor sports equipment company planning to move to Riverton must maintain at least 25 full-time employees in order to keep the economic development money it’s getting from the City of Riverton.

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• Active COVID cases falls to less than 2,000

  The number of active coronavirus cases declined by more than 300 over the weekend to fall to less than 2,000 for the first time in three months.

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• Gillette College district starts receiving money

  GILLETTE — Trustees for the newly formed Gillette Community College District had and still have a long list of things to do before it achieves true independence.

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• Showdown over regional haze could shut down coal unit

  PacifiCorp could be forced to shut down one of four coal-burning units at the Jim Bridger power plant at year’s end unless it is granted more time to comply with federal haze standards,

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• Evaluation ordered for teen charged in father’s death

  SHERIDAN — Christian Torres, a 15-year-old who allegedly murdered his father, Edgar “Eddie” Jones, July 27, 2021, appeared before 4th Judicial District Court Judge John Fenn in an arraignment hearing Thursday.

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• Trustees approve UW reorganization, no layoffs

  CASPER — A major restructuring of academic programs at the University of Wyoming earned approval from the school’s board of trustees this week, but without layoffs and the deep budget cuts that were originally anticipated.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 54

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 54 on Thursday.

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• Power plant at risk of premature retirement

  CHEYENNE — Unit 2 of the Jim Bridger Power Plant is six weeks from violating federal air quality regulations, putting the plant at risk of premature retirement, Gov. Mark Gordon revealed Monday.

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• Active COVID cases up by 219

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 219 on Wednesday.

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• Ski closures recommended in saga to protect Teton bighorns

  The decline of a rare, isolated bighorn sheep herd, high on the scoured granite slopes of the Teton Range has long been a flashpoint in the perpetual balancing act between western wildlife and outdoor recreation.

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• Wyoming GOP votes to rebuke lawmakers

  CASPER — Wyoming Republican Party leaders on Saturday decided not to rebuke a Park County official who wrote an obscene email to state Sen. Tara Nethercott.

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• Chronic wasting disease makes more inroads into elk feeding region

  JACKSON — Chronic wasting disease has been detected in elk that dwell along the southwestern flank of the Wind River Range in an area where 80% or so of the animals congregate each winter on densely-packed feedgrounds.

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• TerraPower chooses Kemmerer for nuclear reactor

  CHEYENNE — TerraPower, Bill Gates’ nuclear power company, announced Tuesday that it has chosen Kemmerer as its preferred site for a planned nuclear reactor.

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• Active coronavirus cases down by 48

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming declined by 48 on Tuesday.

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• Active COVID cases fall by almost 400 over weekend

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by almost 400 over the weekend.

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• School board told of more teen violence amid pandemic

  RIVERTON — There has been an “extreme increase” in violence among Fremont County youth as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Riverton school board heard last month.

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• Gaining my religion: Religious exemption may be only out for some unvaccinated Campbell County Health employees

  GILLETTE — The Campbell County Health COVID-19 vaccine policy implemented this week will pose the decision to the organization’s 1,100 or so employees to either get vaccinated, file for a religious or medical exemption or lose their jobs.

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• How Congress’ massive infrastructure bill will impact Wyoming and its residents

  CASPER — Congress recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, and experts say the measure could help remedy longstanding issues in Wyoming.

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• Wyoming sees highest inflation increase since early 2000s

  CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Economic Analysis Division recently reported that through the second quarter of this year, the state experienced the highest rise in the average annual inflation rate on all items since the 2008 recession.

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• Grizzly 399 and family pass through Jackson

  JACKSON — When Cache Creek Drive resident Ann Smith got word after dark Tuesday night that Grizzly 399 and her string of cubs were traveling down the streets of Jackson, she immediately went to see for herself.

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• UW delays bulk of reorganization until 2023

  After pushback from stakeholders on and off campus, the University of Wyoming’s administrators have opted to delay for more than a year much of their plan to reorganize the university.

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• Short-term Wyoming coal outlook good, says mine official

  GILLETTE — The question of what the future of coal in Campbell County will entail long-term, remains unanswered. But in the near future, Powder River Basin coal is projecting to do well.

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• Committee approves bill to collect juvenile crime data

  CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Interim Committee on Thursday voted to sponsor a draft bill lawmakers hope will compel the state to finally collect juvenile justice data.

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• Grizzly deaths approach record, high population cited

  POWELL — Grizzly bears are dying at a record pace in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, but wildlife officials say that’s a sign of a population that has reached its carrying capacity.

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• Public notice petition dismissed

  CASPER — A judge Wednesday dismissed a petition to overturn a pair of ordinances exempting Mills and Bar Nunn from state statutes requiring public notices to be published in a newspaper.

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• ACLU demands Wyoming, Teton County halt forced sobriety program

  JACKSON — The ACLU of Wyoming is threatening to sue the state for its use of the 24/7 Sobriety Program on people who have been arrested but not convicted.

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• Johnson County officials fear school, hospital staffs will quit due to vax mandate

  BUFFALO — Johnson County Healthcare Center is preparing for an impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its employees after the Biden administration announced its rules for health care facilities and large companies.

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• Laramie County DA responds to second State Bar charge

  CHEYENNE — In her response to the Wyoming State Bar’s second formal charge against her, Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove denied allegations that she made false claims or excuses about her office’s inability to access evidence.

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• Active coronavirus cases increase by 372

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 372 on Wednesday.

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• Sheridan school officials oppose bill removing local control

  SHERIDAN — Sheridan County School District 2 administrators strongly oppose proposed legislation that would move monitoring kindergarten through third-grade curriculum from local control to a statewide level, and those administrators expressed such opposition with local legislators Monday.

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• Special session costs exceed $233K

  CASPER — The daily rate of the recently completed special legislative session cost taxpayers about $8,000 more than originally projected, the Legislative Service Office told the Star-Tribune this week.

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• Tracking grizzly 399 now easier

  JACKSON — The way Hilary Cooley sees it, Grizzly 399 and her four cubs are now better positioned to stay alive and out of trouble until they den up for the winter.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 52

  The number of active coronavirus cases fell by 52 on Tuesday.

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• Deaths of 55 Wyoming residents linked to coronavirus

  The deaths of another 55 Wyoming residents have been linked to the coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday.

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• Lummis, Western senators renew push for state management of grizzlies

  POWELL — A group of Republican senators from Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are calling on Democratic leaders to take “immediate” action on a bill that would return management of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s grizzly bears to state governments.

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• Campbell County hospital staff takes brunt of relentless inpatient wave

  GILLETTE — The most obvious and norm-altering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may already have passed for many people in Campbell County. Looking around the community, life may seem ordinary once again.

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• Patient surge hits Cheyenne hospital

  CASPER — An increase in people seeking care for a variety of illnesses strained Cheyenne Regional Medical Center staff last week.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 391 over weekend

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by almost 400 over the weekend.

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• Into thin air: The twists and turns of a 20-year disappearance

  GILLETTE — Some young cops believe they can solve every case.

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• Gaming reg fix weighed during special session, but vote failed

  RIVERTON — An attempt to tighten Wyoming’s loosened gambling regulations during the special legislative session failed last week when the House opted not to introduce a corrective bill.

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• Biggest U.S. coal plant will halve production

  CASPER — The biggest coal-fired power plant in the country gets all of its coal from Wyoming. A second of its four units is now slated for retirement, halving total capacity before the end of the decade.

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• Divided commissioners support ‘via ferrata’ plan for Sinks Canyon

  RIVERTON — On a split vote, the Fremont County Commission has endorsed a letter of support for further Sinks Canyon via ferrata planning.

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• Student arrested for mask violation sues state, schools

  CASPER — A Laramie High School student who was arrested for trespassing after refusing to comply with the school’s mask mandate is suing the governor, public health officials and six local school districts in an effort to overturn executive and public health orders related to COVID-19.

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• Special session bill supports mandate legal challenge

  CHEYENNE — The only bill to come out of the Wyoming Legislature’s weeklong special session will not be as far-reaching as some expected, but it will define the state’s legal battle against the federal vaccine mandate, if enacted as law.

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• Active coronavirus case up by 49

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 49 on Thursday, according to state figures.

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• Campbell County commissioners' meeting had extra security; board accused of violating open meetings law

  GILLETTE — Six officers were assigned to the commission chambers Tuesday for the Campbell County Commission's regular meeting after the county sheriff had been asked to provide extra security.

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• Feds seek tighter methane rules

  CASPER — After an Obama-era methane rule was repealed by the Trump administration, reinstated in court and then struck down for good last October, the federal government is once again tightening methane regulations.

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• Number of active coronavirus cases up by 370

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming grew by 370 on Wednesday.

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• Judge orders release of Glenrock police chief report

  DOUGLAS — State District Court Judge Thomas Rumpke ruled Friday partially in favor of the Glenrock Independent Publisher Matt Adelman’s lawsuit against the Town of Glenrock to release the majority of the Stedellie Report.

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• Senator’s Facebook post to ‘fix bayonets’ criticized

  GILLETTE — A Facebook post made Friday by a Campbell County legislator calls into question where the line is between figurative and literal language amid a politically polarized national and state climate.

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• Legislator drops plans for censure of colleague

  CASPER — A Gillette lawmaker no longer plans to seek the censure of Rep. Steve Harshman, who was caught on camera last week cursing a colleague.

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• Bar brings new charge against Laramie Co. DA

  CHEYENNE — The Wyoming State Bar in mid-October filed a second formal charge against Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove, claiming that false statements and excuses about her office not being able to access crime lab results have impeded the administration of justice in the county.

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• Active coronavirus cases up by five

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming remained relatively stable on Tuesday, growing by five.

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• Active coronavirus cases up by five

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming remained relatively stable on Tuesday, growing by five.

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• Proposed bill would stabilize pension plan

  SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Appropriations Committee reached a milestone in a months-long conversation last week as it approved a bill draft addressing the state’s quickly depleting Fire A pension plan.

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• Kanye era comes to end in Cody

  CODY — The Kanye West experience is coming to an end in Cody. Whether it was good or bad for the town, most Cody residents can likely agree it was a memorable presence.

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• Pot petition signatures ‘on track’ for February deadline

  GILLETTE — Petitions are circulating throughout the Cowboy State in support of two ballot initiatives proposing reshaped marijuana legislation in Wyoming.

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• Anti-vaccine mandate bills get first Senate OK

  CHEYENNE — As the Wyoming Legislature’s special session resumed Monday, lawmakers focused on revising the two remaining bills designed to push back on vaccine mandates.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall below 3,000

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell below 3,000 to start the week.

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• Business council funding for tribes still confounds lawmakers

  RIVERTON - State lawmakers continued to express confusion this month about tribal eligibility for economic development programs in Wyoming.

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• Crypto mining pioneer moves headquarters to Cheyenne

  CHEYENNE — In a state well known for its mining industry, one West Coast startup is ushering in a whole new wave of miners as Wyoming continues to lead the nation in digital asset technologies.

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• Wyoming revenue estimate continues to improve

  CASPER — Buoyed by unexpectedly high oil and gas prices, revenue collected by Wyoming during the 2021 fiscal year far outstripped earlier estimates.

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• Study: CWD will hurt feedground numbers, hunting

  New research predicts that both elk numbers and hunting opportunity will decline in northwest Wyoming as a result of Chronic Wasting Disease infection in elk that winter mostly on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson.

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• Story House Inc. promising 435 film industry jobs in Sheridan

  SHERIDAN — A new business aims to bring the film industry to Sheridan.

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• No criminal charges to be filed against Campbell County library staff

  GILLETTE — The Weston County Attorney’s Office will not pursue charges against members of the Campbell County Public Library after reviewing the relevant case law and the books alleged to violate the law.

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• Vaccine mandate bills continue their advance in Wyo. Legislature's special session

  CASPER — Three major bills fighting back against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate advanced to third reading Thursday, a final step before they can move to the opposite chamber.

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• Active coronavirus cases down by 54 Thursday

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by 54 on Thursday.

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• Faculty urges UW to slow reorganization plans

  The University of Wyoming’s Faculty Senate voted Monday to ask UW’s administrators to postpone a proposed reorganization that would move several programs from the College of Arts and Sciences to other colleges on campus.

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• School districts examine end of ‘snow days’

  BUFFALO — The days of Johnson County students building snowmen with their friends or drinking hot chocolate on the couch during a snow day may soon be coming to an end.

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• Active coronavirus cases increase by 419 on Wednesday

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 419 on Wednesday.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by more than 300 over weekend

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell by more than 300 over the weekend, according to Wyoming Department of Health figures.

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• ‘Good medicine:’ Buffalo delivered to home on the reservation

  On a clear October morning on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Eastern Shoshone tribal member Jason Baldes stood in front of a semi trailer parked on an expanse of patchy dirt surrounded by agricultural lands, snow-crusted outcroppings and pale blue sky.

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• Dems, GOP in pitched battle over special COVID legislative session

  Wyoming lawmakers are deeply divided along party lines over the need for, and structure of, a forthcoming special legislative session called to fight proposed federal COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing rules.

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• As closure nears, miners grapple with next steps

  CASPER — With four weeks left before Wyoming’s last underground coal mine shutters, the employee transition is well underway.

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• Out-of-state contributions boost Cheney campaign

  CASPER — An unprecedented amount of out-of-state money is pouring into Rep. Liz Cheney’s reelection effort, as she campaigns in one of the nation’s highest-profile congressional races.

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• Businesses to state lawmakers: No more mandates

  CHEYENNE — “No more regulations or mandates on Cheyenne businesses” was the clear message from the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce on Friday as state legislators gear up for a special session this week to discuss ways to fight federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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• Wyoming sugar beet harvest strong despite delays

  WORLAND — Despite losing about 300 acres of sugar beets in the spring, Wyoming Sugar’s 2021 crop should push 32 tons per acre and finish above 19% in sugar content.

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• Ongoing testing program tracks UW COVID-19 spread

  LARAMIE — University of Wyoming students and faculty may experience a new kind of pop quiz this fall semester. A random 3% sample of on-campus UW students and employees is being tested each week for COVID-19 as part of the university’s COVID-19 response.

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• COVID-19 hospitalizations hit all-time high

  CASPER —Wyoming hospitals treated 249 COVID-19 patients on Thursday — the most at any point during the pandemic. At the height of last year’s surge in November, 247 people were hospitalized with the virus, while active cases neared 12,000 — roughly 2% of the state.

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• Record number of COVID patients in hospital; active cases at 3,547

  The number of Wyoming residents hospitalized for treatment of coronavirus on Thursday exceeded the peak seen in late November of 2020, according to state Health Department figures.

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• Simpson remembers Powell as patriot

  CODY — Former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson has many fond memories of the late U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, but none more prominent than the way he heard Democrat Robert Byrd, a 51-year senator from West Virginia, speak of Powell after he heard him give a speech.

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• Residents angry over end of public comments at commission meetings

  GILLETTE — The Campbell County Commission has suspended public comment at their meetings until further notice, but that didn’t keep people from speaking up and speaking out against the commissioners Tuesday.

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• Wyoming still most hesitant state for vaccination

  CASPER — Wyoming remains the most vaccine hesitant state in the nation, according to the latest numbers from U.S. Census Bureau polling. Wyoming children ages 12 to 17 now fall into that category as well.

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• Land swap would create 38,000-acre public block in SE Wyo

  An Albany County land exchange proposed by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management would consolidate a 38,000-acre block of public land around the Mule Creek Ranch 50 miles southeast of Casper.

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• Poll: Medicaid expansion popular

  CASPER —A new poll commissioned by four nonprofits shows significant support for Medicaid Expansion in Wyoming, a government health insurance assistance program for those who can’t afford insurance and aren’t offered it by their employer.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 61

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming declined by 61 on Tuesday.

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• Campbell County Commission not allowing public comment on library issues

  GILLETTE –- The Campbell County Commission will no longer be taking public comment relating to the Campbell County Public Library.

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• COVID spikes in state prisons

  CASPER — Cases of COVID-19 at Wyoming prison facilities have spiked to their highest total since the start of the pandemic.

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• Tribes shorted on federal funds due to joint-powers structure

  RIVERTON — The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes have missed out on multiple federal funding opportunities because of the cooperative government structure imposed upon them by the federal government, state and tribal officials said this month.

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• Teton areas eyed as off-limits to help bighorn sheep population

  JACKSON —An interagency collective of biologists is recommending that 21,233 acres of high-quality winter habitat in the Teton Range be made off limits to humans to help an imperiled, declining herd of bighorn sheep stage a comeback.

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• Barrasso: ‘I’m pro-vaccine and anti-mandate’

  POWELL — While some Wyomingites and Republican officials have been hesitant to endorse the COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso has no such qualms.

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• Crook County treasurer resigns

  SUNDANCE — A civil trial that was to consider the removal of Mary Kuhl from her position as Crook County Treasurer will no longer be necessary because her letter of resignation was accepted by the county commissioners on Friday, Oct. 8.

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• Committee approves bill giving tribes access to grants

  RIVERTON — Lawmakers advanced a bill draft Friday that would make Wyoming Business Council grants as accessible to local tribes as they are to other governments.

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• Health officials encourage flu vaccination

  SHERIDAN — Following an unusually quiet 2020-21 flu season, a Wyoming Department of Health official says the need for flu shots remains important to help protect Wyoming residents from influenza as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

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• Legislators prepare bills fighting vaccine mandate

  CASPER — Some Wyoming lawmakers are already working on bills for the impending special session aimed at fighting the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for all companies with over 100 employees.

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• Active coronavirus cases increase by almost 400 Wednesday

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by almost 400 on Wednesday, according to Wyoming Department of Health figures.

  1 month ago

• Petito strangled weeks before body was found, officials say

  JACKSON — Hundreds of thousands of people watched live and millions reacted as Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue announced in a video press conference Tuesday that Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, 22, died by strangulation.

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• Lawsuit alleges abuse of grade school student on bus

  RIVERTON — Facing claims that its bus driver and superintendent did not react properly to sexual abuse on a school bus, Fremont County School District 14 is being sued in federal court.

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• Wyoming hospitals report critical staffing shortages

  CASPER — Four Wyoming hospitals have recently utilized crisis standards of care, and more than half a dozen have sought information on those standards from the state health department, though no hospital was actively in crisis care as of Tuesday afternoon, health department spokesperson Kim Deti said via email.

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• Legislators recommend $72 million adjustment to schools

  CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Interim Committee voted Monday to recommend adding an external cost adjustment worth more than $72 million to the state’s next K-12 education budget.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 65

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming declined Tuesday, falling by 65.

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• West puts ‘West Ranch’ up for sale

  CODY — Kanye West’s ranch is now for sale, symbolizing the likely final page in the hip-hop and fashion mogul’s saga in Cody.

  1 month ago

• Park County GOP declines to discipline member over email

  POWELL — Leaders of the Park County Republican Party have decided not to take action against a precinct committeeman for a vulgar email he sent to a state lawmaker last month.

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• Trooper chief says shooting is evidence of challenges for officers

  RIVERTON — The fatal exchange of gunfire between a Lander man and a state trooper on Sinks Canyon Road in June is just one among many signs of increasingly challenging times for law enforcement, according to a state police leader.

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• Cheney campaign sees second-highest fundraising quarter

  CASPER — Rep. Liz Cheney’s House reelection campaign enjoyed its second-biggest fundraising quarter ever this summer, a Cheney aide told the Star-Tribune. The donations came on the heels of Cheney’s all-time fundraising record, which occurred one quarter earlier.

  1 month ago

• West puts ‘West Ranch’ up for sale

  CODY — Kanye West’s ranch is now for sale, symbolizing the likely final page in the hip-hop and fashion mogul’s saga in Cody.

  1 month ago

• Trooper chief says shooting is evidence of challenges for officers

  RIVERTON — The fatal exchange of gunfire between a Lander man and a state trooper on Sinks Canyon Road in June is just one among many signs of increasingly challenging times for law enforcement, according to a state police leader.

  1 month ago

• Park County GOP declines to discipline member over email

  POWELL — Leaders of the Park County Republican Party have decided not to take action against a precinct committeeman for a vulgar email he sent to a state lawmaker last month.

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• NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021

  NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers

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• Cheney campaign sees second-highest fundraising quarter

  CASPER — Rep. Liz Cheney’s House reelection campaign enjoyed its second-biggest fundraising quarter ever this summer, a Cheney aide told the Star-Tribune. The donations came on the heels of Cheney’s all-time fundraising record, which occurred one quarter earlier.

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• Active coronavirus cases fall by 481

  Wyoming’s active coronavirus case count fell by almost 500 over the weekend, according to state Department of Health figures.

  1 month ago

• College districts to start separation talks

  GILLETTE — At least Pax the Pronghorn is safe.

  1 month ago

• Man sues Cheyenne police over DUI testing

  CHEYENNE — A Cheyenne man is suing three Cheyenne police officers in federal court for allegedly violating his civil rights, after a municipal court judge ruled that one of the officers lied to a judge about the man’s refusal to take a blood alcohol level test.

  1 month ago

• More information needed on missing, murdered Indigenous people, leaders say

  CASPER — Recent data suggests Indigenous people continue to make up a disproportionate amount of Wyoming’s homicides and missing persons cases, but tribal members say even the best numbers are not telling the full story.

  1 month ago

• Standoff over mask requirement forces lockdown of school

  LARAMIE — Laramie High School was locked down for about 90 minutes Thursday morning during a showdown of wills between school administration and a 16-year-old junior who was arrested and removed from the school in handcuffs.

  1 month ago

• Vaccine mandate spurs hospital staffing worries

  SUNDANCE — Crook County Medical Services District is starting to see difficulties with staffing on the horizon. CEO Micki Lyons last week shared her concerns over the impending federal vaccine mandate with the board of trustees.

  1 month ago

• Sheridan school board rejects call for resignations over masks

  SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County School District 2 Board of Trustees responded to calls for board members to either voluntarily resign or be recalled, with board members unanimously approving a motion at their regular meeting Monday to reject petitions filed by a concerned group of citizens.

  1 month ago

• Mine reclamation at risk with coal fee lapse

  CASPER — Entangled in the congressional infrastructure debate, Wyoming’s biggest source of mine cleanup funding expired last week, raising questions about the future of reclamation.

  1 month ago

• DCI makes missing persons site easier to use

  CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation now has an easier-to-find list of the state's missing persons.

  1 month ago

• Active coronavirus cases up by 92 on Tuesday

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased by 92 on Tuesday, according to Wyoming Health Department figures.

  2 months ago

• Man charged in Cheyenne woman’s murder ruled unfit for trial

  CODY — Another delay has occurred in the prosecution of a former Cody man accused of first degree murder as he was recently determined still mentally unfit to stand trial.

  2 months ago

• Dell Creek feedground open for one more year

  PINEDALE – Wyoming Game and Fish went to work last week to sort out the dilemma of the expiration of its Dell Creek winter elk feedground.

  2 months ago

• Uncertainty surrounds first lease sale since December

  CASPER — Scoping is over for the first oil and gas lease sale since December.

  2 months ago

• Active COVID cases at lowest number since August

  The reporting of more than 1,400 recoveries among coronavirus patients brought the number of active coronavirus cases to the lowest point seen in more than two months on Monday.

  2 months ago

• Gold, copper mine could mean millions for state

  CHEYENNE — A plan for a potential gold and copper mine near Cheyenne is steadily progressing, with a company putting forth vast community outreach efforts in recent months for a project that could bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars to Wyoming.

  2 months ago

• Tribes, enviros pan Wyo wolf kill policy in ESA petitions

  Several conservation organizations and numerous Native American tribes are citing Wyoming’s wolf predator zone — the roughly 85% of the state where wolves can be killed at any time by any means — as evidence of the need for renewed federal protection of the gray wolf.

  2 months ago

• Gillette library reviews book challenges during ‘Banned Book Week’

  GILLETTE — During a week designed to focus on books being challenged for being inappropriate, the staff at the Campbell County Public Library were spending some of their time responding to more than a dozen forms challenging books in the library’s collection.

  2 months ago

• Tourism boom fuels increase in taxable sales

  CASPER — After declines in five consecutive quarters, total taxable sales in the state expanded 12.1% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with 2020, largely due to the record-breaking boom in tourism at Wyoming’s national parks, according to a year-by-year comparison recently released by the Wyoming Department of Revenue.

  2 months ago

• Game and Fish tracking deer, pronghorn disease

  LARAMIE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced earlier this month that it’s tracking outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer and pronghorn in eastern Wyoming.

  2 months ago

• Rude comments led to end of Jackson mask complaint site

  JACKSON — At first, submissions to the Teton County Health Department’s COVID-19 complaint form were helpful.

  2 months ago

• State says tribes not eligible for Business Council money

  RIVERTON — Wyoming’s Attorney General says local tribal entities are not eligible for grants and loans through the Wyoming Business Council Business Ready Community Program, WBC staff told the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on Tribal Relations last month.

  2 months ago

• Campbell school vaccine incentive program criticized

  GILLETTE — Members of the public, including some teachers, came to tell the Campbell County School District’s board of trustees that they were not happy with the decision to offer district employees a $300 incentive for getting the COVID-19 vaccination.

  2 months ago

• Committee rejects proposed energy tax structure

  CASPER — Sen. Cale Case on Thursday proposed a new energy tax structure that would be shared across all electricity producers. But a motion to have a bill drafted for the plan failed by a vote of 4–9 in the Joint Revenue Committee.

  2 months ago

• Active COVID cases down by 39 on Thursday

  Wyoming’s total of active coronavirus cases dropped by 39 on Thursday to fall below 4,000.

  2 months ago

• Missing and murdered Indigenous people issue continues to plague Wyoming

  GREYBULL —With all the national coverage of her disappearance and the discovery of her body in Wyoming, the name of Gabby Petito is familiar to most.

  2 months ago

• Crook County Treasurer objects to new charges

  SUNDANCE — County Treasurer Mary Kuhl has objected to new charges filed against her in the civil case that seeks her removal from office, complaining in a response filed with District Court that it’s unfair to add new information so close to the date of her trial.

  2 months ago

• Determining the need for affordable housing in Saratoga

  SARATOGA — Is there a need for affordable housing in Saratoga?

  2 months ago

• Interest in parasitic medicine for cattle on the rise; health officials urge caution

  WORLAND — In one year, the number of calls to the regional poison control center doubled from the five previous years on complications related to ivermectin.

  2 months ago

• Active COVID cases up by 372

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming grew by 372 on Wednesday, according to Department of Health figures.

  2 months ago

• Rep. Sommers: Game and Fish won’t let 400 Dell Creek elk starve

  A Sublette County legislator is confident Game and Fish Department personnel “will work their butt[s] off” to ensure some 400 elk that depend on the Dell Creek Feedground don’t starve this winter. Rep. Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale) made his comments after U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled the wildlife agency has no permit to operate the feedground.

  2 months ago

• ‘Nightmare’ elk hunt turns heads on the levee

  JACKSON — If Bob Geringer had another shot, he says he wouldn’t have pulled the trigger.

  2 months ago

• Campbell County Commissioner says county should stop funding the library

  GILLETTE — A Campbell County Commissioner said he does not believe the Campbell County Public Library should receive funding from the county.

  2 months ago

• Converse County hospital battles nursing, employee shortages and surge in COVID-19 cases

  DOUGLAS —A longtime Memorial Hospital of Converse County nurse known for not ever complaining looked wearily at CEO Matt Dammeyer as he checked in with her Friday.

  2 months ago

• Active coronavirus cases fall for second day

  The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming declined for a second consecutive day Tuesday, falling by 45 from Monday.

  2 months ago

• Park County GOP official apologizes for letter, won’t resign

  POWELL — A Park County Republican Party official who sent an obscene message to a state lawmaker about vaccine mandates has apologized for language he used.

  2 months ago

• Sublette County elk feeding program in doubt

  PINEDALE — Feeding tons of hay to wild elk wintering around the Dell Creek feedground in Bondurant – to keep them out of privately owned haystacks – might not happen this year due to a Sept. 21 court decision and an apparent Wyoming Game and Fish oversight.

  2 months ago

• Gillette hospital sends mandate protest to Biden

  GILLETTE — In addition to airing out the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming federal vaccine mandates expected to affect Campbell County Health employees next month, hospital trustees decided to send a formal response to the man in charge himself.

  2 months ago

• After dry summer, ag producers likely need extra feed for winter

  SHERIDAN — After a second hot, dry summer in a row, Wyoming’s cattle producers are concerned about heading into winter without enough feed.

  2 months ago

• More Wyoming residents eligible for boosters

  CASPER —A wider swath of Wyomingites is now eligible for Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized the additional inoculations.

  2 months ago

• Prosecutors express concern about State Bar charge against D.A. Manlove

  CHEYENNE — A group composed of the state’s county and district attorneys has raised concerns about the Wyoming State Bar’s formal charge against Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove.

  2 months ago

• To vaccinate or staff? Gillette hospital board fields public concerns over vaccine mandates

  GILLETTE — People came out in droves this week to lament the impending federal vaccine mandates that are expected to affect Campbell County Health employees next month and may lead to a significant loss of staff.

  2 months ago

• Active coronavirus case count grows to 4,403

  Wyoming’s total of active coronavirus cases increased by 108 on Thursday, according to Department of Health figures.

  2 months ago