Wyoming Supreme Court schedules hearing on abortion ban challenge
(George Hodan / publicdomainpictures.net)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.Wyoming’s legal battle over...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill expanding nanny care in hopes of addressing Wyoming’s...
Current law restricts babysitters and nannies to caring for only one family at a time.(Wikimedia Commons)After Dubois’ only daycare closed last year, Casey Sedlack said that she and some other moms...
View ArticleWGFD is accepting advisory board applications to help regulate commercial...
(Hannah Habermann / Wyoming Public Radio )This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.The Wyoming Game and Fish...
View ArticleMountain West communities may be at risk of measles outbreaks
A closeup of a measles virus particle. (CDC and NIAID)The measles outbreak has only struck a remote corner of our region, in New Mexico. But federal data shows many states in the Mountain West may be...
View ArticleSecretary Gray releases Weston County report and calls for clerk’s removal
(Alyte Katilius / Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)Secretary of State Chuck Gray is recommending the removal of the Weston County clerk from her role over issues with misprinted ballots in last year’s election.In...
View ArticleGordon signs ‘Wyoming Wednesday’ and pictograph protections into law, among...
( Governor Gordon)Gov. Mark Gordon signed nine more bills into law on the afternoon of Mar. 12.Signed: Rock art protectionsOne creates repercussions for people who vandalize petroglyphs, pictographs...
View ArticleThe Hotel del Coronado #473: Richard Fielder Papers
Photograph of the Hotel del Coronado from the book titled <i>Hotel del Coronado, 1888-1988, 100<sup>th</sup> Anniversary</i>, 1988. Box 166, Richard Fielder papers, American...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Thursday, March 13
Two Powell doctors are living their dream jobs thanks to a connection they made years ago in Kansas. The Powell Tribune reports Dr. Kelly Christensen is a local who went to Kansas for residence...
View ArticleIt’s unclear what the Seminoe energy project’s environmental study will look...
( Carbon County Visitors Council )A proposed project on the Seminoe Reservoir northeast of Rawlins would use water, pumps and gravity to store energy. But a conservation group is worried about the...
View ArticleGordon signs a bill creating a committee to study K-12 school funding, among...
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon answers questions from the press after his town hall in Gillette, Wyoming, on June 25 2024.(David Dudley / Wyoming Public Media)Gov. Mark Gordon signed eight more bills on...
View ArticleTrans people in Wyoming react to new bans
Ari Kamil and their wife at a drag show in Rock Springs.(Courtesy of Ari Kamil)The Wyoming Legislature’s general session ended on March 6.Even though the session may have gaveled out, Wyoming Public...
View ArticlePhotos of Wyoming in the 1950s focus of new Robert Frank exhibit
<b>Robin Everett, a processing archivist with the Wyoming State Museum poses for a photograph in the Robert Frank exhibit.</b>(<b>Susan Izzo</b>)Editor’s note: This interview...
View ArticleFeds already got 50,000 comments on grizzly bears. Now they want more.
Grizzly 399 and her three cubs in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.(Thomas D. Mangelsen/© Thomas D. Mangelsen / Mangelsen Stock Agency)Editor’s note: This interview has been lightly edited for...
View ArticleCody rafting outfits say federal cuts add another layer of uncertainty to...
Andy Quick has been operating Gradient Mountain Sports in Cody since 2004. The company offers guided rafting and kayak trips.(<b>Olivia Weitz</b>)Andy Quick owns Gradient Mountain Sports,...
View ArticleWyoming was once a pioneer in cloud seeding. Now the future is uncertain
Clouds building over the Wind River Range. The mountains are home to some of Wyoming’s ground-based cloud seeding program.(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media)Skiing touring up a mountain in the Wind...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Al Simpson, a plain spoken collaborator, is dead at 93
A seemingly larger-than-life persona in Wyoming politics has died at the age of 93.Sen. Al Simpson was born in Denver but grew up in Cody in the 1940s. His youth wasn’t easy. In high school, he got in...
View ArticleTrans people react, former Sen. Al Simpsons dies, and more...
Today on the show, former U.S. Senator Al Simpson passed away in Cody at the age of 92. We will hear about his legacy. But first, the Wyoming general legislative session has ended. We'll dive into two...
View ArticleTrans people react, former Sen. Al Simpsons dies, and more...
Ari Kamil and their wife at a drag show in Rock Springs.(Courtesy of Ari Kamil)
View ArticleCheyenne Roundup: Big picture takeaways from a session with a lot of firsts
Between the Freedom Caucus’ first session holding a majority in the House and the Senate tanking a supplemental budget, the general session of the 68th Wyoming Legislature was a whirlwind. Our team...
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