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Virginia-based PAC spreads misinformation in Wyoming legislative races
July 18, 2024
Make Liberty Win is popping up on doorsteps and in mailboxes, and through phone calls and text messages, but fails to give voters accurate information.
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Wyoming bans conservation bidders from oil and gas lease sales
July 15, 2024
Wyoming has narrowed its definitions for who can bid on state oil and gas lease parcels, disqualifying parties that intend to conserve the land rather than produce the mineral resources.
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Yellowstone shooter approached building with 200 people inside while firing rifle, park says
July 09, 2024
Samson Fussner, 28, worked for a park concessionaire. Authorities say they’d received reports he had earlier threatened to kill a woman and carry out a mass shooting outside Yellowstone.
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Yellowstone National Park shooting leaves one dead, ranger injured
July 04, 2024
Rangers and an unidentified person exchanged gunfire during a ‘significant’ incident at Canyon Village. The ranger was in stable condition late Thursday morning.
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Wyoming’s transgender athlete ban goes unchallenged in court
July 01, 2024
Both opponents and supporters expected litigation when the ban went into effect one year ago today. But that won’t be happening anytime soon.
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Teton Pass reopening planned Friday with ‘slow down point’ following highway collapse
June 25, 2024
Workers are paving a detour past the section of the vital Highway 22 between Idaho and Wyoming that a landslide undercut and demolished.
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Wyoming and Utah sue feds to halt controversial ‘conservation rule’
June 19, 2024
Environmental groups hail the measure, which Gov. Gordon says is part of Biden’s attempt to kill Wyoming’s fossil fuel industries.
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A record-low number of Democrats will run for Wyoming’s Legislature this year
June 14, 2024
Since 1998, the average number of Democrats seeking statehouse seats in the least populous state in the country has been 37. This year there are just 16.
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‘Jackson Hole is open’ to visitors as plan to address highway landslide takes shape, officials say
June 10, 2024
As three communities wrestle with destroyed mountain highway, leaders say residents primarily impacted; access is open to Yellowstone, Grand Teton parks.
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Wyoming, tribal impasse over hunting rights persists despite judicial order
May 24, 2024
Many of the fundamental legal and policy questions about where, when and if certain Native Americans are bound by state hunting regulations remain far from resolution.
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Wyoming voids 28% of its voter registrations in mandatory purge
May 01, 2024
While it’s not unusual for voter rolls to fluctuate, local election officials want residents to know that anyone who didn’t vote in the 2022 general election must register again to vote in 2024.
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Feds reject plan to pump Moneta oilfield waste into potential drinking water
April 24, 2024
Federal environmental officials have rejected a request by Aethon Energy to pump Moneta Divide oilfield wastewater into the Madison aquifer, saying the deep reservoir could be used for drinking water, especially by tribal nations on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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Wolf policy set the stage for tragedy of tortured animal and public outcry
April 18, 2024
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and state Legislature should revisit the wolf “predator zone,” address animal welfare and increase transparency.
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Eyewitness describes Wyoming wolf’s final hours in the Green River Bar
April 12, 2024
Bar patron who first alerted authorities of Cody Robert’s possession of a live wolf tells WyoFile what happened on a now notorious night in February.
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Highway crossing threatens unique pronghorn herd
April 02, 2024
Wildlife experts say increasing traffic on road from Cody to Meeteetse could sever migration.
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