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![Holly Krutka, executive director for the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Krutka-Holly-9.1.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Holly Krutka: Wyoming Can Still Lead The Way For Energy-Driven Economic Development
Guest columnist Holly Krutka writes, “One of the industry’s top concerns for future growth: How to reduce emissions? Making investments in technologies to give these facilities the tools they need to continue thriving means we are protecting good-paying, blue-collar jobs.”
September 01, 2023
![Rep. Tony Locke](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Tony-Locke-8.31.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Has Spoken Loud And Clear On 30% RMP Rate Hike
Dear Editor: “As voiced by numerous Wyoming residents, business owners and elected officials, a rate hike of this magnitude, or even far less, would devastate local Wyoming households and cripple local Wyoming businesses, in some cases crushing our ability to be competitive with foreign nations (i.e. China).”
August 31, 2023
![Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Landon-Brown-8.30.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Rep. Landon Brown: Books Are Only A Problem If Our Kids Can Read
In a guest column, Rep. Landon Brown writes, “The noise has been surrounding books, but a more pressing issue is the fact that more than half of children in Wyoming aren’t reading proficiently. To me, this seems like our priorities are out of order.”
August 31, 2023
![Rep. Lloyd Larsen, R-Lander.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Lloyd-Larsen-8.30.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Rep. Lloyd Larsen: Wyoming A Model For Fiscal Conservatism
In a guest column, Rep. Lloyd Larsen writes, “Just last year alone, our Legislature put almost $1.5 billion into savings. This past session was perhaps the single most fiscally conservative budget in the history of the state. To try to claim otherwise is, frankly, silly.”
August 30, 2023
![Cynthia Lummis](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Cynthia-Lummis.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Biden Administration Weaponizes ESA Against Landowners And The West
In a guest column, Sen. Cynthia Lummis writes, “The Biden administration’s decision to repeal its predecessor’s commonsense approach to wildlife conservation won’t improve a species’ ability to recover; it will only drown the West and other regions affected by these onerous regulations in an untenable sea of red tape.”
August 30, 2023
![Wyoming's Red Desert.](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Red-Desert-8.29.23.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Letter To The Editor: Agency Proposes Sensible Plan To Protect The Northern Red Desert
Dear editor, “Wildlife is hard-wired to the habitat occupied for thousands of years. Places, sounds, views, smells and even the solitude afforded by the Northern Red Desert are testimony to who we are as humans.”
August 30, 2023
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John Bear: Uniparty Claims to Know Better Than You Do
In a guest column, Wyoming Freedom Caucus Chairman John Bear writes, “Before the leadership of a supermajority Republican legislature complains about every Make America Great Again Republican voting against their pork filled budget, they should ask themselves why every Democrat voted for their budget.”
August 29, 2023
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Why Is A Biological Man Allowed To Smash In The Women’s Division Of The Governor’s Cup?
Rep. Ben Hornok says to protect women’s sports, we should draw a line and not allow a 6-foot 27-year-old biological male who registered for the women’s open division of the Wyoming Governor's Cup tennis tournament to play this weekend.
August 02, 2023
![Dalton Banks 7 31 23](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Dalton-Banks-7.31.23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Rep. Dalton Banks: Wyoming Legislature Must Do More To Protect Children
Rep. Dalton Banks writes, “I encourage the citizens of Wyoming to step up to the plate when it comes to protecting our children from sexual predators, human traffickers and harmful and explicit content.”
July 31, 2023
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Daily Darwin: Thursday, May 4, 2023
You know this is going to turn out well...
May 04, 2023
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Biden Gives $200 Million To Chinese Company For Green Energy Batteries
A lithium battery company received $200 million in grant funding from the Department of Energy as part of an effort to develop more domestic sources of green energy manufacturing. The company operates primarily in China.
December 13, 2022
![I 80 Telephone Canyon 12 7 22](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/I-80-Telephone-Canyon-12.7.22.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Casper Aquifer Plan Considers How I-80 Spills Could Contaminate Laramie Drinking Water
I-80 travels above the Casper Aquifer while descending through Telephone Canyon east of Laramie. Thousands of vehicles use the interstate every day, many transporting hazardous materials. The aquifer supplies more than half the drinking water for Laramie.
December 08, 2022
![Laramie City Council 10 22 22](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Laramie-City-Council-10.22.22.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Laramie Residents Angered By City Council Still Meeting Remotely After 2 1/2 Years
People in Laramie have protested their city council at least six times about its continued refusal to go back to holding in-person meetings. Council members have defended the action citing health, logistical concerns.
October 24, 2022
![Haunted school 10 16 22](https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/Haunted-school-10.16.22.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop)
Wyoming Ghosts: 144-Year-Old Laramie Civic Center Actively Used, And Actively Haunted
Lights flicker on and off, objects seem to move on their own and people have reported hearing screaming, crying and drumming in Laramie's expansive and depending on who you ask thoroughly haunted Civic Center.
October 17, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Friday, October 7, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Friday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Sheridan at $3.35 per gallon.
October 07, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Thursday, October 6, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Thursday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Cheyenne at $3.26 per gallon.
October 06, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Wednesday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Cheyenne at $3.26 per gallon.
October 05, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Tuesday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.19 per gallon.
October 04, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Monday, October 3, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Monday was in Moose at $4.97 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.19 per gallon.
October 03, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Saturday, October 1, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Saturday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.19 per gallon.
October 02, 2022
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Eating Wyoming: Miners And Stockmen’s Steakhouse
Miners and Stockmen's Steakhouse in Hartville, Wyoming boasts the oldest bar in the state and arguably the best steak as well.
September 30, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Thursday, September 29, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Thursday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.19 per gallon.
September 29, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Wednesday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 28, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Monday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 28, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Monday, September 27, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Monday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 27, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Sunday, September 25, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Sunday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 25, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Thursday, September 22, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Thursday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 22, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Wednesday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 21, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Tuesday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 20, 2022
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Wyoming Daily Gas Map: Monday, September 19, 2022
The highest reported gasoline price in Wyoming on Monday was in Moose at $4.98 per gallon. The lowest price in Wyoming was in Laramie at $3.09 per gallon.
September 20, 2022