In the next few weeks, thousands of children in Wyoming will be marching off to school. Especially for those parents of kindergartners, it is a poignant time. It sure was for me back in 1976 when our daughter Amber marched off to her first day of school. Keep Reading
Californians are moving away from natural gas, which could complicate Wyoming’s energy-reliant economy in the future, but experts say it’s too soon to predict an actual impact. In Berkeley, California, city officials banned natural gas connections to new homes to fuel furnaces and appliances starting in 2020 as part of an initiative to reduce the city’s carbon emissions. Keep Reading
Of Wyoming’s 23 counties, why is Converse County leading the way economically? Keep Reading
Poor Gillette obviously is in the doldrums from mines closing. Poor Casper with all the downtowns in the energy industry, is certainly lagging, right? Not necessarily. Keep Reading
State officials are urging pet owners to keep their dogs away from water where a toxic algae may be found. Keep Reading
Sales taxes, investment income, oil severance taxes and federal mineral royalties are proving to be the saving grace for state coffers, according to a recent report, but the overall revenue picture for Wyoming remains bleak. Keep Reading
Some Wyoming businesses are starting to introduce their products into the market of Taiwan, thanks in part to assistance from the Wyoming Business Council. Keep Reading
A bison chucked a 9-year-old Florida girl visiting Yellowstone National Park into the air like a rag doll in late July. The incident was shared via social media and was soon followed by an unrelated video of a man reaching over a fence to pet a bison. Keep Reading
The island where explorer John Wesley Powell launched his two groundbreaking explorations of the Green and Colorado rivers in the 1800s will be the site this weekend for Green River’s official final party of the summer. Keep Reading
What is on your ‘Cowboy State Bucket List? In a land of 97,000 square miles full of mountains, canyons, rivers, historical trails and outposts, Native American sites, and modern marvels, it is easy to compile such a list. And yet, there are so many more places to see it seems like my list is getting longer rather than shorter. Keep Reading
