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A committee of state lawmakers on Monday shot down a controversial proposed hike to state fuel taxes. The question of how to remedy the Wyoming Department of Transportation's reported $400 million shortfall remains.

Fuel Tax Hike Shot Down Amid $400M Wyoming Department Of Transportation Deficit

A committee of state legislators on Monday shot down a controversial proposed hike to state fuel taxes. The question of how to remedy the Wyoming Department of Transportation's reported $400 million shortfall remains.

Jackson WalkerOctober 20, 2025

A Wyoming legislative committee meeting in Cheyenne on Monday adopted a draft bill to give let all state law enforcement officers ticket commercial truckers caught driving without being proficient in the English language.

Bill Would Allow Wyoming Police To Ticket Non-English-Speaking Truckers

A Wyoming legislative committee meeting in Cheyenne on Monday adopted a draft bill to let all state law enforcement officers ticket commercial truckers caught driving without being proficient in the English language.

Clair McFarlandOctober 20, 2025

Pro-EV Group Wants Wyoming To Halt New Charging Tax

Wyoming started taxing electric vehicle drivers who plug into charging stations this month. Now a pro-EV group wants the new fee paused, saying it unfairly triple-taxes EV drivers. WYDOT says it's enforcing an existing law after broader EV reforms failed.

David MadisonOctober 20, 2025

Dave Simpson: Casper Grapples With Turning Point Surge

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "The Standing In Front of a Speeding Locomotive Award this week goes to school officials in Natrona County, who have been accused of making things difficult for a student setting up a Turning Point USA Club America chapter."

Dave SimpsonOctober 20, 2025

Cody Businesses Team Up To Save Historic Cassie’s Restaurant From Wrecking Ball

Five Cody business owners have signed a long-term lease to operate the historic Cassie’s restaurant in Cody. Cassie’s opened as a supper club in 1993, but was in danger of being torn down after it recently closed amid its former owners' legal troubles.

Andrew RossiOctober 20, 2025

Being able to corner-cross private property to access landlocked public lands is now the rule across the American West, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Wyoming landowner’s challenge of the practice.

Corner-Crossing War Is Over: Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Landowner's Appeal

Being able to corner-cross private property to access landlocked public lands is now the rule across much of the American West, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Wyoming landowner’s challenge of the practice.

Clair McFarlandOctober 20, 2025

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Jake NicholsOctober 20, 2025

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Monday's headlines include: * Rare “Ghost Elk” Spotted * Scientists Figure Out Animal Language * Wyo Family Regains Ranch From Kanye West

Mac WatsonOctober 20, 2025

A Rock Springs inventor’s panoramic Cirkit camera revolutionized photography in 1905. His innovative technology enabled wide-sweeping images and changed how large groups and landscapes were photographed.

Wyoming History: Rock Springs Inventor’s Panoramic Camera Changed Photography Forever

A Rock Springs inventor’s panoramic camera revolutionized photography in 1905. He developed a camera that swiveled with a motor to take panoramic photos. It changed photography forever.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 19, 2025

David Maulik of Riverton's Maker Space 307 volunteered to create a prosthetic hand for a local pastor, Scott Jorgenson, through the e-NABLE group that connects people with volunteers who can build the hands. This is just one of many projects that have been made possible with the 3D machines and other emerging technology.

Need A Robot Hand? If You Can Think It, You Can Make It At Riverton Maker Space

With 3D printers, advanced laser cutters and even heavy-duty sewing machines, Maker Space 307 is loaded with tech for the public to use. If you can think it, you can make it at the Riverton maker space — even a robot hand.

Jackie DorothyOctober 19, 2025

Cassie Craven: Kings and Things

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “The irony of a generation of blue-haired, misgendered whiners crying about their rights being stripped by a king, is not lost on most of us. Keep up the good fight kiddos, and you keep America free exercising the rights we are so blessed to have."

Cassie CravenOctober 19, 2025

Gail Symons: Teachers' Salaries In Wyoming And The Creative Math Behind Them

Columnist Gail Symons writes, "Here's the reality. Actual average teacher salaries in Wyoming exceed the model's averages because districts have been covering pay by hiring fewer teachers. The paycheck looks healthier because the staff is thinner."

Gail SymonsOctober 19, 2025

Nels Wroe with Dry Land Distillers has created a novel whiskey using emmer wheat grown in Wyoming.

Unique Whiskey Made From Ancient Grain Grown In Wyoming Called Emmer Debuts

A new whiskey debuted on Saturday made from emmer wheat grown in Powell, Wyoming. Nels Wroe, who grew up in Douglas and is the owner of Dry Land Distillers, said they're the only company making a true 100% emmer whiskey. "It's the only one like it in the world," he said.

Renée JeanOctober 19, 2025

Christine Castillo is sharing her love of ice skating with her students in Cody, Wyoming. This joy she brings to the young figure skaters is the same joy that her grandfather brought to the community of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center when he built them an ice-skating rink.

Cody Woman Teaches Ice Skating Decades After Grandfather Built Heart Mountain Rink

Christine Castillo's grandfather was one of about 14,000 Japanese Americans relocated to the Heart Mountain internment center, where he shared his love for ice skating by building a sheet of ice for the camp. Now, decades later, she coaches ice skating in Cody.

Jackie DorothyOctober 19, 2025

Ellen Watson, dubbed “Cattle Kate” by her enemies and some in the press, was hanged from this Limber Pine in 1889. Her death was never avenged and there are those that believe her spirit still haunts the tree.

Ghostly Wyoming: Haunted Trees Hold Echoes of Violence From Murders Beneath Their Branches

Chilling accounts of frightened hounds and blood-streaked apples have been reported around Wyoming hanging trees and spots where people were lynched — either by the law or vigilantes. Some say the trees are haunted by the murders beneath their branches.

Jackie DorothyOctober 19, 2025

George Bumann and his wife Jenny Golding have spent more than two decades learning how to understand what the animals in Yellowstone National Park tell us.

How A Couple Of Naturalists Cracked The Code Of Animal Language In Yellowstone

Naturalist George Bumann decodes animal communication in Yellowstone, revealing how listening to wildlife transforms our understanding of the natural world. He says animal sounds carry meaning humans can learn to interpret.

David MadisonOctober 19, 2025

The piebald elk cow along the South Fork of the Shoshone River near Cody. Most piebald elk don't make it to adulthood, but this extremely rare cow appeared to be young and healthy.

Rare 1-In-100,000 Piebald Cow Elk Spotted Near Cody

Powell photographer Michael Moore got photos of a piebald cow elk in a herd southwest of Cody. The rare condition, where the elk's hair and fur is more white than brown, is seen in less than 1% of the elk in the United States.

Andrew RossiOctober 19, 2025

A Cheyenne clinic has added a remote blood-pressure monitoring program for high-risk pregnancies. It’s the latest example of a wearable health technology industry that's growing fast across Wyoming.

Cheyenne Clinic Uses Wearable Tech To Protect Moms And Babies

A Cheyenne clinic has just added a remote blood-pressure monitoring program for high-risk pregnancies. It’s just the latest example of wearable health technology entering the medical field in Wyoming.

Renée JeanOctober 19, 2025

The historic Lander Bar was a saloon when it first openend in 1907, and has also been a brothel and hotel before operating as a dive bar for years. Then a ski patrolman and two buddies stopped in for a beer, and decided to buy and restore the place.

Drinking Wyoming: The Drinks At Lander Bar Come With A Taste Of Western History

The historic Lander Bar was a saloon when it first opened in 1907, and has also been a brothel and hotel before operating as a popular hangout for years. In the 1990s, a ski patrolman stopped in for a beer, and with two buddies decided to buy and restore the place.

Renée JeanOctober 19, 2025

An heiress to the Doubleday publishing family left a privileged high-society life for the rugged and untamed wide open spaces of Wyoming. That’s where she lived “North of Crazy” and fueled an art renaissance that’s still growing even after her 2021 death.

North Of Crazy: How A Publishing Heiress Fueled A Wyoming Art Renaissance

An heiress to the Doubleday publishing family escaped her privileged - but abusive - high-society life for the wilderness of Wyoming. That’s where she fueled an art renaissance that’s still growing even after her 2021 death and published her memoir "North of Crazy."

Wendy CorrOctober 19, 2025

The popular Boiling River hot springs soaking spot was washed away by the 2022 floods, but it used to be a magnet for those in search of a natural soaking experience not far from Mammoth Hot Springs.

Doomsday Church Renovating Popular Yellowstone Hot Springs

The popular Boiling River hot springs soaking spot near the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park was washed away by the flood of 2022. That's sent more soakers to Yellowstone Hot Springs, run by a doomsday church that's now renovating.

David MadisonOctober 19, 2025

$A doctor at Ivinson Memorial talks with a patient. Ivinson is among Wyoming medical facilities that have turned to fractional physicians provide more services to its community.$

Part-Time Doctors Have Full-Time Impact For Rural Wyoming Patients

Health care clinics in rural America have long struggled to recruit specialists to serve low-population, wide-open regions. A new model called fractional medicine lets them recruit part-time doctors and surgeons for hard-to-fill jobs.

Renée JeanOctober 18, 2025

Lander Photographer Captures Striking Aspen 'Leaf Fall' In Sinks Canyon

A Lander photographer captured a striking “leaf fall” of brilliantly colored aspens cascading through Sinks Canyon. Experts say the trees may share connected roots or be separate groves growing together through the drainage.

Andrew RossiOctober 18, 2025

Garments with built-in concealed carry handgun holsters are nothing new, but they’ve become more popular lately, with Wyoming eliminating gun-free zones, and a push nationwide for concealed carry permits. This canvas vest made by Venado has multiple holsters.

‘Concealed Carry’ Fashion Includes Vests And Workout Shorts With Pistol Holsters

Concealed carry clothing, with built-in pistol holsters and pouches for ammunition magazines, could be one of the fastest-growing fashion niches. Wyoming tactical experts, however, said although it could be viable for some, the clothing has drawbacks that can make it impractical.

Mark HeinzOctober 18, 2025

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