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EnvironmentConservation and government build ‘starter homes’ for beavers
GREEN RIVER—On Jackson Ramsay’s family ranch late in the summer, there were few signs it had just weathered the worst-ever winter snowpack and record-setting heat.
EnvironmentYellowstone receives record $105 million gift for infrastructure, conservation, access
Yellowstone National Park and Tallgrass, a Colorado company building an AI power hub near Cheyenne, have launched a $105 million conservation and stewardship fund for the country’s first national park, calling it the largest single private…
HealthA problem with our ‘them’ and ‘us’ mentality
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And everyone else is They.” — Rudyard Kipling
GovernmentLawmakers advance draft bill to close legal loopholes for giving alcohol to minors
LANDER—As things currently stand in the state of Wyoming, adults can at times provide alcohol to minors without consequence.
CultureWho showed up for Wyoming’s US House debate and key takeaways
For those familiar with Wyoming political history, it might seem like a foregone conclusion that voters are poised to elect Republican nominee Chuck Gray to be the state’s next at-large representative in the U.S. House.
EducationFive takeaways from Wyoming’s superintendent of public instruction debate
Wyoming political newcomer and Democrat Ana Cordova faced educator and long-serving Republican state lawmaker Steve Harshman in a well-mannered Thursday debate, where the superintendent of public instruction candidates discussed teacher pay…
GovernmentWyoming Freedom Caucus lawmakers vote to sponsor election bills, reject dark money resolution
In some of the last votes they’ll make as state lawmakers, several Wyoming Freedom Caucus members and allies voted Thursday to sponsor a slate of legislation to revamp the state’s election system.
EducationUniversity of Wyoming student finds elusive insect in Yellowstone alpine
University of Wyoming junior Will Anderson spent the 2025 field season picking through debris-covered glaciers in Yellowstone National Park in a hunt for a tiny and elusive insect that prefers cold temperatures.
Real EstateA lightless stasis
There is a point when crossing the Garfield Street pedestrian bridge in Laramie where the overhead lights stop working. In daylight, this sidewalk suspended above the Union Pacific Railroad is quite magnificent.
EnvironmentSpreading fear about wolves never goes out of style
In early September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that continued to rely on big-bad-wolf myths. He claimed that living in wolf country is “very dangerous.”
EnvironmentWyoming wildlife managers want to nix the Roadless Rule. Hunters and anglers want to keep it.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is among the few parties encouraging the Trump administration to fully eliminate the 2001 Roadless Rule, which safeguards roughly 3.3 million acres of backcountry in the state — valued habitat for wildli…