Wyoming Stories
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Some West Coast states have blocked Wyoming’s fossil fuel exports. But lawmakers are trying to get around that with new legislation.
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Former state Rep. James Byrd said he believes in education for everyone, public lands in public hands, and that healthcare is the bedrock of a strong and thriving community. -
A pair of bills adjusting the Hathaway Scholarship program is heading to the House. The scholarship is available to every in-state high school graduate and financially helps many students attend community college or the University of Wyoming. -
More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife. -
The state program lost the majority of its budget last fall, when the Trump administration eliminated funding for SNAP-Ed. Now it’s spreading out educators and exploring more online classes.
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ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights. -
Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California. Six others were found alive. -
The Food and Drug Administration's about-face comes a little more than a week after the agency refused to consider the company's application to market the new kind of influenza vaccine. -
President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass.
