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Wyoming electeds cheer as Trump signs coal-boosting executive orders
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon stands next to Pres. Donald Trump after Trump signed four executive orders aimed at boosting American coal.(PBS)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will...
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Natrona County court hears abortion case, but doesn’t rule from the bench
A judge heard arguments around the constitutionality of Wyoming's two new abortion laws at the Natrona County Townsend Justice Center on April 8.(Tony Webster / Creative Commons)Editor's Note: This...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief: April 9, 2025
Wyoming Debrief: April 9, 2025. Today’s trivia question: The Teapot Dome scandal during the administration of Warren G. Harding involved the sale of what commodity? Send us your answer to...
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How will Wyoming’s biggest export fare under Trump’s tariffs?
(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media )How other countries respond to Trump's tariffs could hurt certain industries in Wyoming, like the state’s biggest export – soda ash.Soda ash is made from a mineral...
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Wyoming parents see the highest jump of any state in the cost of raising...
Tariffs could exacerbate the rising cost parents are shouldering to pay for goods like shoes and clothes.<br/>(Creative Commons)Wyoming parents are paying 47% more to raise their young children...
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Logging could increase by 25% on a large swath of Mountain West forests
(Tim Schleicher / Flickr via CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)The Trump administration is opening up almost 113 million acres of land to logging. That’s nearly 60% of our nation’s forests, and they’re mostly in our...
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‘We have to have our voices heard’: A Casper group is building a queer...
An edition of the Casper Star Tribune in 2015 featuring Wyoming stories on the legalization of gay marriage in the state.(Mallory Pollock / Casper Pride)Brightly colored posters and black and white...
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The Modern West podcast is back. This season looks at ‘the gray in between’
Wyoming Public Radio’s award winning podcast, The Modern West, has a new season coming out starting April 9, and we thought our listeners might want to get a sneak peak. The show’s host, Melodie...
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Federal funding cuts hit Meeteetse Museums’ roof and solar project
(Meeteetse Museums / Facebook)Last year, Meeteetse Museums got a little over $100,000 of grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fix a leaky roof and install solar panels....
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Attorney general picked for the Wyoming Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court Building in Cheyenne. (Daniel Vorndran / Wikimedia Commons)Attorney General Bridget Hill has been appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court.Gov. Mark Gordon announced his...
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Local nonprofit’s major grant canceled day before renovation
Feeding Laramie Valley main office located at LaBonte Park in Laramie Wyoming.( Feeding Laramie Valley)Wyoming nonprofit Feeding Laramie Valley lost a grant from the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH)...
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Feds won’t analyze total impact of 3,224 oil and gas leases in our region
(BLM Wyoming / Flickr via CC BY 2.0)The Bureau of Land Management will no longer prepare a report tallying the environmental impacts of thousands of oil and gas leases across our region. That includes...
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Native fish rebound after massive conservation project
( Wyoming Game & Fish Department)Last month, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) celebrated a rebound of native fish in the Big Sandy water basin after 20 years of planning and...
View ArticleThe SALT II Agreement #482: Tom Pugh Papers
The possibility of widespread nuclear destruction was on the minds of world leaders during the 1970s. The first Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty, known as SALT I, had been signed by the U.S. and the...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief: April 15, 2025
Wyoming Debrief: April 15, 2025. Today’s trivia question: Cody, We all know that Cody, Wyoming is named after Buffalo Bill Cody. But he is not buried there. Where is Buffalo Bill's final resting place?...
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Judges and lawyers call on Wyoming’s D.C. delegates to support the judiciary
(Marilyn Kite)Editor's Note: This story was updated on April 15 to include a response from Wyoming's U.S. senators and representative. Their response follows the original story transcript.More than 100...
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How Wyoming Public Media is funded
(Kamila Kudelksa / Wyoming Public Media )Editor's Note: Since this story first published, Pres. Trump notified his intention to Congress to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief: April 16, 2025
Wyoming Debrief: April 16, 2025. Today’s trivia question: With all the talk of Tariffs and such, what is the value of Wyoming’s international exports? Send us your answer to...
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Wyoming Supreme Court hears arguments on abortion bans
Abortion supporters gathered Wednesday in front of the Wyoming Supreme Court building, where justices heard arguments on the future of abortion in the state.(Hanna Merzbach / Wyoming Public Media)About...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief: April 17, 2025
Wyoming Debrief: April 17, 2025. Today’s trivia question: When was the last time Wyoming voted for a democratic presidential candidate? Send us your answer to WyomingPublicRadio@gmail.com or by message...
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