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Record Winter Claims Another Casualty Around Wyoming — Fences
As massive snowbanks start finally start to melt across Wyoming, they’re leaving ruined fences in their wake and a daunting amount of work for ranchers and state road crews.
Mark HeinzApril 26, 2023
Disgraced Former Rock Springs Mayor Was Inspiration For Making Interference With Public Contracts A Felony In Wyoming
Rep. Clark, Stith, R-Rock Springs, said former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo, who was sentenced Tuesday for official misconduct and conflict of interest charges, inspired part of the law he lobbied for that makes those acts felonies.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Wyoming, Other Western States, Obliterate Snowpack Records
The amount of snow that stayed on the ground in Wyoming this year is unprecedented, according to satellite imagery that tracks snowpack. Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day says all that snow will begin to melt very soon.
Wendy CorrApril 26, 2023
Jackson Braces For Throngs Of Shed Antler Hunters, But Boy Scouts Get A Head Start
Mobs of shed antler hunters are expected to descend on Jackson on Monday in what could be the last season for many nonresidents. But area Boy Scouts have already had their traditional first crack at shed hunting the National Elk Refuge.
Mark HeinzApril 26, 2023
Casper Family Asks Lawmakers To Let Them Divorce Their Mom, Who Has Dementia
After being denied by the Wyoming Supreme Court, a Casper family is asking state lawmakers to let them divorce their mother, who has Alzheimer's and dementia, from their father.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
Kroger Urges California Court To Toss Consumer Lawsuit Over $25 Billion Mega Merger With Albertsons
The mega merger of Albertsons and Kroger has been sharply criticized by a union that represents hundreds of Wyoming grocery store workers. Regardless of how it fares, the consumer lawsuit is part of opposition that continues to build against the $25 billion deal.
Renée JeanApril 26, 2023
Colorado Lawmakers File Last-Ditch Effort To Halt Wolf Reintroduction
In an apparent effort to delay Colorado’s imminent reintroduction of wolves, and possibly allow wolf hunting, some lawmakers there have introduced a bill to have the predators designated an “experimental population.”
Mark HeinzApril 26, 2023
Riverton Resident Finds Dead Body That Had Been Exposed For Weeks On Riverbank
A Riverton resident who spent Sunday morning outside discovered a man's body on the bank of the Wind River that has apparently been exposed to the elements for weeks or months.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
Citing Gang Violence, Wyoming Prisons Want To Conceal Investigative Documents
Saying gangs in prison can target ex-gang members and informants by reviewing prison investigation documents, the Wyoming Department of Corrections is asking for a law change to exempt its internal investigations from public review.
Clair McFarlandApril 26, 2023
Former Clinton Official Wants States To Keep Trump Off 2024 Ballot, Chuck Gray Says He ‘Will Absolutely’ Put Him On Wyoming’s
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray says he won’t fall in line with a push by former Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to keep Donald Trump's name from appearing on state election ballots in 2024. “I will absolutely allow President Donald J. Trump to appear on the ballot,” he said.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Wyoming Shed Hunting Season Delayed Everywhere In Wyoming Except Teton County
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Tuesday that it will delay the shed antler hunting season across much of Wyoming until May 15 – two weeks after the normal start date. Shed hunting will start as normal, on May 1, in the premier areas of Teton County.
Mark HeinzApril 26, 2023
Former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo Fined More Than $5,000 For Official Misconduct
Former Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo was fined more than $5,000 on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two charges of using his position as mayor to bolster his own business.
Leo WolfsonApril 26, 2023
Wyoming Oil And Gas Insider Says Supreme Court Allowing State Courts To Decide Climate Change Reparations Is Bad News
A Supreme Court decision this week sends climate reparation cases to state courts, which can be more sympathetic to claims of harms caused by fossil fuels.
April 25, 2023
Black Bear Shrugs Off Bear Spray To Steal Hiker’s Dog: ‘Holy Crap,’ Says Wyoming Wildlife Official
Despite being sprayed and beaten by a hiker, a black bear in Canada killed a dog and stashed its carcass. A Wyoming wildlife official said his reaction to the incident was, “Holy crap.”
Mark HeinzApril 25, 2023
Replacing Minuteman III Missiles Around Cheyenne Will Bring In $2.6 Billion In Construction Money
The economic impact of replacing the Minuteman III missiles located in the Cheyenne area will be gigantic. Not only will the workforce increase by 5,000 people but construction costs alone are estimated to be $2.6 billion dollars.
Renée JeanApril 25, 2023
Hageman Unloads On Interior Secretary After Haaland Says She Hasn’t Heard Term ‘Energy Poverty’
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found herself unable to answer numerous questions during a tense back-and-forth with Rep. Harriet Hageman. Hageman later told Cowboy State Daily that fossil fuels won't be going anywhere, despite Haaland and President Biden.
April 25, 2023
20 MPH Robot Bear That Simulates Grizzly Attack To Tour Wyoming This Summer
Are you calm enough to deploy bear spray if a 1,000-pound grizzly is charging after you? To help you prepare, a remote-controlled robot bear that can travel 20 mph will tour Wyoming this summer to teach grace under pressure.
Mark HeinzApril 25, 2023
DCI Wrong To Make Casper Man Register As Sex Offender, Wyoming Supreme Court Says
The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation was wrong to use its authority and unproven allegations to make a Casper man register as a sex offender 20 years after his misdemeanor sexual battery conviction in Georgia.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Cat Urbigkit: Who Has Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
Cat Urbigkit writes: “The Biden administration has adopted the concept of traditional ecological knowledge, but narrowed it to exclude all but ‘indigenous knowledge.’ While attempting to eliminate racial disparities, the administration has a tendency to marginalize or exclude others in the process, furthering inequity rather than resolving it.”
Cat UrbigkitApril 25, 2023
Animal Rights Group Asks Feds To Investigate University of Wyoming Researchers
An animal-rights group is asking the federal government to investigate the University of Wyoming’s research department in response to research misconduct by a former researcher. The complaint alleges that “many mice and sheep died” and their hearts were cut out.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
Sweetwater County School District: Claims Made In Transgender Student Lawsuit 'False' And 'Fabricated'
Sweetwater County School District No. 1 says the complaints two Rock Springs parents made that school officials kept them in the dark about counseling their child through a gender transition are “false” and “fabricated” with an aim to incite the public.
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023
“Epic” Spike In Officer-Involved Shootings Detours DCI From Investigating Wyoming Cold Cases
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations Director Robert Jones and other officers say a spike in officer-involved shootings last year is taking valuable time away from the agency’s already limited capacity to investigate cold-case murders.
Leo WolfsonApril 25, 2023
Facebook Settles Privacy Lawsuit, But Wyoming Cybersecurity Experts Say Plenty Of Issues Remain
Wyomingites who were Facebook users anytime during the past 15 years qualify for a sliver of a $725 million settlement over privacy issues.
Renée JeanApril 25, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Urged To Draft Harsher Laws For Parents Who Steal Their Own Kids
A Cody couple wants harsher laws for parental abduction in Wyoming, telling the Joint Judiciary Committee on Monday how the father of their 2-year-old granddaughter hid her from her mother and only got “a good scolding from the judge.”
Clair McFarlandApril 25, 2023