Finis Mitchell was an influential Wyoming mountaineer and photographer in the 20th century. Mitchell Peak, which was named in his honor, is located in the Wind River Range.

The ban punishes him for his specific by-name targeting of an individual student. It does not punish him for the more general anti-trans message.

The saga of lawsuits over oil and gas lease sales on public land continues. On Monday, Dec. 5, two western agencies announced they are suing the federal government.

The Wyoming Game & Fish Commission is allocating nearly $550,000 to eight local sage grouse working groups to fund projects and address issues and threats to the bird. Environmental and human impacts have caused a significant loss of habitat for sage grouse in several Western and Mountain West states in previous decades.

The $4.4 million grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority will help with the costs associated in the design and construction of the plant, which is in the final stages of the design phase. Construction is dependent of the approval of a permit issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is currently reviewing the company's application.

A new study highlights the importance of both protected and private lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) for wildlife migration.

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel wrote a message to students and staff Monday, Dec. 5, responding to multiple “incidents of concern” on campus. The incidents reportedly targeted the local LGBTQ+ community last week.

Congress invoked the Railway Labor Act, passed nearly a century ago, that forced the four remaining rail unions that had rejected the Biden Administration's brokered deal largely due to a lack of stipulations for paid time off, to accept it, avoiding a nationwide strike. But a Gillette union leader indicated there are potential positives for rail unions and workers in their relationships with the the railroads.

Senator Eli Bebout cries foul over BLM overreach, but admits that moving away from fossil fuels is the future

Open Spaces show rundown for December 2, 2022

The 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 took place this past week, with the top half of competing countries now reduced to eight teams.

The singer repeatedly postponed performances in the past year because of severe muscle spasms. In a tearful Instagram post, she revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.

Last month, tech companies laid off about 50,000 workers, many of them immigrants on work visas. Now they have to find a job soon or leave the country.

The promised surge in clean-energy jobs from the growing popularity of electric vehicles in the U.S. is mostly focused farther down the supply chain, like at battery assembly plants.

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

Playing competitive youth soccer can cost families a small fortune, excluding kids who might excel at the sport. There are efforts around the country to get more kids in the game.

More than 1,100 of the newspaper's journalists say they'll strike Thursday over the paper's failure to meet the union's demand for pay raises.

The quarterfinals at the 2022 World Cup begin Friday. Favorites France, Brazil, Argentina are through — as is England, the Netherlands and 2018 finalist Croatia along with Morocco taking on Portugal.