Federal agency wants your opinion about streamlining the Endangered Species Act
Landowners, loggers, tribes, developers and others have a chance to tell the federal government what they think about certain aspects of the Endangered Species Act.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is...
View ArticleMuseum Minute: Beadwork on a horse mask shows bond between Blackfeet owner...
A horse covering in the Plains Indian Museum by a Blackfeet artist was made with glass beads.( Plains Indian Museum)Heather Bender is the native education outreach specialist in the education...
View ArticleWyoming lawmakers consider cementing corner crossing as legal
Sheep are commonly grazed on public lands throughout the Mountain West. (Bob Wick / Bureau of Land Management)A group of Wyoming lawmakers are considering reaffirming that corner crossing is legal in...
View ArticleWhile data shows progress in well-being of kids and families, will proposed...
(Kids Count 2025 / Annie E. Casey Foundation )Kids Count gathers national and state data annually to see how children and families are faring across the nation. It looks at health insurance numbers,...
View ArticleYellowstone May visitation breaks records
People walking on boardwalks at the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief June 13, 2025
Today’s trivia question: Who wrote the famous book on Wyoming Geology, “Rising from the Plains?” Send us your answer to WyomingPublicRadio@gmail.com or by message on Instagram or Facebook. We’ll give a...
View ArticleTrump can undo national monument protections, DOJ says
Sunset over the Indian Creek area of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah in on Aug. 14, 2016.(Bob Wick / Bureau of Land Management via CC license)Federal protections for some lands and archaeological...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Friday, June 13
The city of Powell is a little more green after a local program hit a major milestone. The Powell Tribune reports the Homesteader Roots program started five years ago to address a little known problem...
View ArticleFederal funds pulled from dozens of carbon capture projects, including one in...
People prepare for the tour of the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, which studies carbon capture technology using CO2 produced from the Dry Fork coal plant. The coal plant is what can be seen in the...
View Article‘This isn't just a conversation with statistics’: updates on the MMIP crisis
(Wyoming Legislature / YouTube )Tribal members, law enforcement and state employees talked with lawmakers about the status of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) crisis at an interim...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief June 16, 2025
Today’s trivia question: What and where is Wyoming’s “Highway to Heaven?” Send us your answer to WyomingPublicRadio@gmail.com or by message on Instagram or Facebook. We’ll give a shout out to the first...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Monday, June 16
According to the Wyoming Historical Society, on June 15, 1939, the Blue Goose Cafe invited customers to dine in “cool comfort” inside the only air conditioned cafe in Powell. On June 15, 1971,...
View ArticlePony Express Re-Ride comes to Sweetwater County
The Pony Express Re-Ride starts in California and ends in Missouri, stopping in Wyoming along the way. ( National Pony Express Association )This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will...
View ArticleThousands gather across Wyoming for No Kings protests
(Jordan Uplinger )Over 300 people lined the sidewalk of the Capitol building in Cheyenne on a clear-skied June Saturday.They joined millions across the country as part of the No Kings mass protest on...
View ArticleLightning-caused blaze in Sublette County starts up Wyoming’s wildfire season
(Bridger-Teton National Forest / Facebook)Editor’s Note: This is a rapidly changing story. For the latest information, click the links.The Horse Fire is Wyoming’s first big burn this summer season. The...
View ArticleWyoming Debrief June 17, 2025
Today’s trivia question: What is the LOTOJA Classic? Send us your answer to WyomingPublicRadio@gmail.com or by message on Instagram or Facebook. We’ll give a shout out to the first person to submit the...
View ArticleAround Wyoming, Tuesday, June 17
A Wyoming Highway Patrol explosive detection K9 is getting a well-deserved retirement. The department posted on Facebook that Duster has been hard at work for nine years, doing everything from regular...
View ArticleWashington’s Farewell Address #500: Charles William Burdick Family Papers
George Washington, America’s first president, was a remarkably forward-thinking leader. In 1796, near the end of his second term in office, he composed a letter to the American people announcing his...
View ArticleAs Trump deregulates coal, some in Wyoming wonder if it still needs ‘saving’
( Alan Nash)Sweetwater County Rep. J.T. Larson was excited when he first heard the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to virtually eliminate pollution limits on fossil fuel power...
View ArticleWhat did you think of Wyoming's participation in "No Kings Day"?
<i>Jordan Uplinger</i>What did you think of Wyoming's participation in "No Kings Day"?Related Story 1:By contributing your comment, you consent to the possibility of having it read on the...
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