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Tribal leaders want white-colored animals protected internationally
(Hanna Merzbach / Wyoming Pubic Media)A rare white bison calf was born in Yellowstone National Park last summer. Now, the idea of protecting such animals is gaining support among conservationists and...
View ArticleVirginia Dale #433: Andrew Springs Gillespie Papers
Virginia Dale is a tiny community located along Highway 287 in Colorado, just south of the Wyoming border. From 1862 to 1867 it was a famous stop on the Overland Trail. Travelers along the trail found...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Tuesday, October 29
In honor of Halloween week, we’re visiting a few Wyoming ghost towns.Many of the state’s ghost towns are related to industry - either coal or the railroad. The town of Gebo was right at the...
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2024 General Election Live Blog
A Sweetwater County ballot drop box near the local courthouse on Aug. 21, 2024. A watch party was held at the courthouse for local candidates, including Reps. J.T. Larson and Cody Wylie (R-Rock...
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Mail-in ballots: Consider returning by hand to hit the 7 p.m. Nov. 5 deadline
( Mike Yin)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.If you’re planning on sending your absentee ballot by mail...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Wednesday, October 30
It’s Halloween week and we’re going around the state to see some ghost towns.Along Highway 20 in Niobrara County, you may see what appears to be a random cornerstone proclaiming the building it once...
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Could more creative road signs help protect grizzly bears?
A sign urges drivers to slow down in Grand Teton National Park. It emphasizes cubs, a method researchers found to be particularly effective.( Will Rice and Jeremy Shellhorn)Conservationists and...
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Marketing Wyoming is on the ballot this election. In Cody, some are concerned...
(faungg's photos / Flickr)Many Wyoming voters will see county-level bed taxes on their ballots for the Nov. 5 election.A lodging tax in tourism-reliant Park County near Yellowstone National Park...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Thursday, October 31
On the most spooky day of all, why not take a trip to one of Wyoming’s ghost towns with us?Field City, better known as Tubb Town, is about two miles north of Newcastle. According to Wikipedia, it was...
View ArticleGrand Teton Music Festival #434: George W. Hufsmith Papers
The Grand Teton Music Festival offers a summer full of exhilarating musical experiences amidst the spectacular natural beauty of the Grand Tetons. The origins of the festival date to the 1960s. Early...
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Mark and Maggie O’Connor on Wyoming Sounds.
Mark and Maggie O’Connor in the WPM studio Mark and Maggie O’Connor on Wyoming Sounds.Grammy winning and renowned multi instrumentalists, singer/songwritersMark and Maggie O’Connor played a studio...
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Republicans may be building a ‘seawall’ of early voters
(Dante Filpula Ankne / Jackson Hole Community Radio)Republicans in some states in our region are casting ballots in the 2024 election in higher numbers than in years past.It appears to mark a return to...
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End of the season: Most Yellowstone roads close to cars on Friday
This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.Oct. 31 was the last day to drive on most roads in Yellowstone National...
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Wyoming lawmakers back voting screen for the public, nix press restrictions
The Wyoming Capitol on Feb. 12, 2024.(Chris Clements / Wyoming Public Media)Wyoming lawmakers on the Select Committee on Legislative Facilities, Technology and Process recently forwarded a proposal to...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Friday, November 1
According to the Wyoming Historical Society, on October 27, 1947, in the midst of the Communism scare in the United States, the University of Wyoming trustees appointed a committee to examine social...
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Grizzly 399 wasn’t your average bear. She got a rare farewell — by cremation
Grizzly 399 with her cubs in Grand Teton National Park. She spent much of her life in the Pilgrim Creek area, where her ashes were spread.(Dave Hensley / Flickr)Federal wildlife officials spread the...
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Meet Elias and Erin, the student and teacher from Cheyenne featured in PBS’...
( PBS)We The People is partly a high school class, and partly a nationwide civics competition for high school students. A PBS documentary called “Citizen Nation” followed a few teams, including one out...
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The Road to Cheyenne: When to expect unofficial and official Wyoming election...
(David Dudley/Wyoming Public Media, edits by Nicky Ouellet/Wyoming Public Media)This week we’re talking about what to expect once the polls close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 and election officials begin to...
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Students explore creeks in Laramie County, connecting to treaty history and...
(Hannah Habermann / Wyoming Public Media )A group of students and adults hiked up a steep rocky hill on a warm fall day, huffing and puffing as they climbed. They were on a day-long field trip focused...
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In 1889, five Western states wrote visionary constitutions. A look at where...
( University Press of Kansas)In August of 1889, five Western states ratified their constitutions. They all had something in common. They were unusually progressive and pragmatic for their time. But...
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