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Long-Term Outlook For Wyoming’s Largest Utility Creates Concern Over Grid Reliability, Electricity Rates
PacifiCorp released its 2023 resource plan, which lays out the energy mix for Wyoming’s largest utility over the next couple decades. As the company plans to shed coal and rely on wind and solar, some are concerned about impacts to wildlife, grid reliability and electricity rates.
April 06, 2023
Drunken Man Gets Attacked By Moose After Touching It To See What Happens
Two drunk men in Montana got a head start on tourist season when a moose attacked them after they touched it to see what would happen.
Jimmy OrrApril 06, 2023
Casper Sets One-Day and Two-Day Snowfall Record And There's Still Time To Break All-Time Snow Amount
Good news for Casper residents. It's only early April so there's plenty of time left to break the all-time snowfall amount record which was set back in 1982 - 1983.
Wendy CorrApril 06, 2023
If You Can't Defeat Your Foes, Confuse Their Children To Death With Rubik's Cubes
Clair McFarland writes: Back in the pre-Youtube days, which I keenly remember, thugs and warlords would give Rubik’s Cubes to children as a psychological attack meant to cripple the nation.
Clair McFarlandApril 06, 2023
Chuck Gray Hammers Financial Advisors About ‘Clown Show Woke Ideology’ ESG Policies
Secretary of State Chuck Gray grilled financial advisors aspiring to manage investments for the State of Wyoming about their stance on ESG policies.
Leo WolfsonApril 06, 2023
Sundance Man Faces Decades In Prison For Slamming Children Against Bath Tubs And Walls
Joshua Idler faces up to 42 years in prison if convicted on all counts of child abuse and assault relating to allegations that he choked, hit, threw and kicked his children, and tried to push his pregnant wife out of a moving van.
Clair McFarlandApril 06, 2023
Wyoming Attorney General Appoints New DCI Director From Within The Agency
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill on Wednesday afternoon appointed Ronnie Jones, a top commander for the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, to head the agency in May upon the retirement of current director Forrest Williams.
Clair McFarlandApril 06, 2023
New Task Force To Identify State’s Role In Solving Wyoming’s Mental Health Crisis
There was one memory that always stuck with Speaker of the House state Rep. Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale, through the years; a senior citizen found in her home in Pinedale, surrounded by dog feces and an overall state of filth.
Leo WolfsonApril 06, 2023
Rod Miller: The Legacy of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett in the Big Empty
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "There is an entire generation of red-shirted, green pickup-driving Wyoming game wardens who came of age reading about and identifying with Joe Pickett, and I found myself curious about how that has affected their work."
Rod MillerApril 06, 2023
More Than 1,000 Yellowstone Bison Killed As Harsh Winter Pushes Herds Out Of The Park
An exceptionally hard winter that has been hammering Wyoming’s wildlife outside of Yellowstone Park has also been pushing more Bison out of the Park and into Montana. Roughly 1,000 bison have been killed by hunters, mostly from Native American tribes.
Mark HeinzApril 06, 2023
Verizon Says Multiple 5G Service Drops In Cheyenne Were ‘Growing Pains’
Cheyenne Verizon customers noticed their connection to the new 5G network had dropped back frequently down to 4G. They say Verizon tech support didn’t give them any answers, but a company spokesperson said the network is being upgraded and customers should see improvements soon.
April 06, 2023
Livestock Vax Based On COVID-19 Vaccine Technology Raises Concerns, But Biologist Says Fears Are Unfounded
A livestock vaccine using the same technology as the COVID-19 vaccine hasn’t been approved for use, but some legislators are moving to implement labeling rules on foods coming from animals that receive the vaccine. A molecular biologist said the vaccine can’t get into the foods being labeled.
April 05, 2023
Eathorne Calls On Speaker To Strip Provenza Of Committee Positions For "Promotion Of Violence"
In a letter Wyoming to Speaker of the House Albert Sommers, Republican Party Chairman Frank Eathorne requested that Minority Whip Karlee Provenza be stripped of her committee assignments because of a meme she posted last weekend.
Leo WolfsonApril 05, 2023
Double Jeopardy Doesn't Spare Man Convicted Of Stomping On Woman's Head
Double jeopardy doesn’t apply in the case of the Ethete man who was convicted of charges in tribal court for stomping on a woman's head, and now is being charged again on the federal level.
Clair McFarlandApril 05, 2023
High Winds Rip Apart Four-Ton Horse Trailer in Clark, Blows It Away Like A Tumbleweed
There's windy and then there's "Clark, Wyoming windy." Over the weekend, high wind gusts tore a four-ton horse trailer away from a truck and blew it like a tumbleweed across the Wyoming plains.
Wendy CorrApril 05, 2023
Bus Topples Near Wheatland, Injuring 11 Texas Farm Workers Headed To Washington
When the driver failed to navigate a curve on I-25, a 40-person bus full of contract farmers headed from Texas to Washington toppled outside of Wheatland, injuring 11 people.
Clair McFarlandApril 05, 2023
Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Republicans, Speak Against Trump Indictment
With the case against former President Donald Trump finally unsealed on Tuesday, many Wyoming conservatives are speaking up in defense of the former president.
Leo WolfsonApril 05, 2023
University of Wyoming Professor Urges Supreme Court To Rule In Favor Of NRA
George Mocsary, a University of Wyoming law professor who advised the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2022 landmark gun-rights case, now has submitted a document urging the high court to uphold the NRA's ability to do business with banks and insurance companies.
Clair McFarlandApril 05, 2023
Believe It Or Not, Yellowstone Roads Will Begin Opening In Two Weeks
Although the high temperature in Yellowstone on Wednesday is 9 degrees and the park is buried under feet of snow, roads in Yellowstone National Park are expected to start opening in just two weeks.
Wendy CorrApril 05, 2023
‘A Daily Occurrence Of Death’: Even Hardiest Of Animals Starting To Fall As Vicious Winter Drags On
A town hall meeting that Gov. Mark Gordon planned to host in Rawlins regarding Wyoming’s wildlife winter kill had to go fully online Tuesday after yet another heavy snowstorm shut highways down. Those who attended gave a grim outlook.
Mark HeinzApril 05, 2023
Teton County GOP Chair May Run Against Wyoming GOP Chair Frank Eathorne
Citing a desire for a competitive election, a few county Republican Party chairman say they would like Wyoming Chairman Frank Eathorne challenged in the state party’s upcoming election.
Leo WolfsonApril 05, 2023
Copper Shortage Scare Is 'Clickbait' But More U.S. Mining Would Be Better For The Environment, Say Mining Experts
The demand for copper and other critical minerals is going up as a result of electric vehicles and renewable energy. Mining experts say that a domestic supply could meet much of that demand, and it would be better for the environment — if the federal government would allow it.
April 05, 2023
IRS-Authorized eFile.com Has Exposed Some Wyomingites’ Computers To Malicious Trojan Horse Virus
Cyber security researchers have discovered that popular IRS-authorized site, eFile.com, has been placing malware onto users’ computers. Anyone who visited eFile.com from March 17 through April 4 should assume exposure, and act accordingly, Wyoming cybersecurity experts say.
Renée JeanApril 05, 2023
Son Recalls How Wamsutter Tow Truck Driver Who Died In I-80 Crash 'Taught Me About Being A Man'
Kirby Lugg died early Monday when an 18-wheeler hit him as he tried to winch a car out of the barrow ditch between Interstate lanes, but he leaves behind a grateful family and a legacy of fatherhood.
Clair McFarlandApril 04, 2023