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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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Majority of bills related to gender identity fail introduction, three remain
February 17, 2024
Bills have been wide-ranging this year, including limits on gender-affirming care for minors, preferred pronoun usage, as well as obscenity laws.
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FBI launches initiative to investigate Wyoming’s missing and murdered Indigenous people
February 08, 2024
After years of work at the state and local levels, the FBI is stepping in to gather more data on the scope of the MMIP problem here in Wyoming.
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Wyoming’s latest coyote-killing plan results from brutal 2022-’23 winter
January 29, 2024
State wildlife officials propose — and commissioners approve — a $200,000 bump in funding to kill coyotes from the air on deer fawning grounds.
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Vaccine exemptions surge in Wyoming
January 24, 2024
Likely spurred by flawed studies in the 90s and vaccine fears during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of religious exemptions continues to grow.
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Corner-crossing hunters: Cattle King era is over
January 08, 2024
In response to a suit claiming they trespassed through the airspace of a ranch, four Missouri hunters trace Western legal history that rebuffed landowners blocking access.
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Wyoming coal could be in for a rough year
January 03, 2024
After enjoying a respite that lasted for a couple of years, the coal industry tipped back into its long-term downward trajectory in 2023. Early signs suggest that the progressive decline could worsen in the new year.
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Chronic wasting disease advances near Wyoming’s elk feedgrounds
January 02, 2024
A fourth wapiti has tested positive for the always-fatal communicable infection in western Wyoming where artificial feeding concentrates large numbers of animals.
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Before fixing Wyoming’s maternal health gaps, agencies aim to understand them
December 20, 2023
Hiring incentives, transportation assistance, community doulas among ideas for rebuilding a health care system robust enough to deliver babies, support economic vitality.
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As nearby maternal care dwindles, tribal clinics build it up
December 20, 2023
Obstetric services have shrunk elsewhere in Fremont County. Tribal patients have greater options.
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Rural Wyoming is losing OBs. Those who remain are spread thin.
December 06, 2023
In part two of the Delivery Desert series, WyoFile examines the strains on medical personnel — and the spillover demands on nearby counties.
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Delivery Desert
November 29, 2023
This five-part series illustrates what lengths families have to go to deliver babies; doctors spread thin or on the brink of burnout and hospitals juggling the complicated cost formulas in thinking about maintaining labor wards.
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