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EnvironmentFBI’s touted Wind River enforcement surge includes three reindicted cases after prosecutorial misconduct
When U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith touted an enforcement surge on the Wind River Reservation, he included three defendants who were among cases he had to reindict after judges found the first-time federal prosecutor’s misconduct may…
GovernmentFollowing primary squabble, DOJ says it will ‘have presence in Wyoming’ in November
The Department of Justice plans on “having a presence in Wyoming in the general election,” a department spokesperson confirmed to WyoFile on Monday.
HealthAmid Wyoming’s mental health struggles, governor hopes successor prioritizes the issue
JACKSON—Wyoming is among five states with the highest suicide rates in the nation. In recent years, it has fallen from No. 1 to the second and third spots.
HealthWyoming health insurance task force deserves another year on the job
When I first heard about the Legislature kicking the tires last year on a state vehicle to offer catastrophic health insurance to Wyomingites who have been priced out of the market, I had some hope for the proposal.
EnvironmentNo black-footed ferrets found in Meeteetse, 40 years after a rescue saved the species
Wyoming wildlife managers are reporting that no black-footed ferrets are being detected in the cradle of the species’ conservation: the Absaroka Range foothills outside of Meeteetse, where the ferrets were saved after presumed extinction in…
EnvironmentState urges households to apply for underused low-income energy assistance ahead of winter heating season
Too many qualifying Wyoming households go without federally funded dollars dedicated to help with winter heating bills, state officials say.
EnvironmentConservationists beware
My good friend Wes Jackson, who started the nonprofit organization The Land Institute, has an adage that I love. It’s simple: Money finds trouble.
Real EstateIndustrial development boom drives Laramie County’s new workforce housing requirement
CHEYENNE—Laramie County is moving toward a new standard for industrial developments that requires construction workers be housed outside the local housing market, whether it be through accommodations on the project site or through another a…
HealthYellowstone wolves struggle to produce pups, again, but don’t blame disease this time
Yellowstone National Park’s wolf packs — arguably the world’s most visible and famous wild wolves — had another poor year of producing puppies and keeping the youngsters alive, according to a Park Service biologist.
CultureAuthorities use chemical irritant grenade to arrest former Wyoming journalist
A former Wyoming journalist accused of perjury and forging documents faces a new interference charge after Laramie County authorities say they needed to use chemical irritant projectiles to take her into custody on an outstanding warrant.
EnvironmentRailroad tie stacks raise stink in Laramie’s West Side neighborhood
LARAMIE—In the eight years since Kylene Claar and her family moved into a house with a brown picket fence on this city’s historic West Side, they’ve watched the Greenbelt, a river park adjacent to their block, come alive.