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It’s about 5:45 a.m. on May 1 at a closed gate leading to an elk feedground in Sublette County. There's 15 minutes until the shed antler hunting season officially opens, as it’s illegal to pick up antlers in much of southern and western Wyoming for the first four months of the year.
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A newly-purchased ranch aims to support Eastern Shoshone community members recovering from addictionPeople recovering from addiction can sometimes have to wait for weeks or months to get into a residential treatment facility to get the help they need. Those shortages are especially felt in tribal communities in rural states like Wyoming and Montana – and last summer, inadequate treatment centers in Arizona made headlines for conducting a widespread Medicaid fraud scheme targeting Native Americans. But, a ten-acre ranch recently purchased by the Eastern Shoshone Business Council will help make that transition a little easier for tribal members.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is officially recognizing ‘conservation’ as one of the multiple uses of land it oversees, and it’s controversial with lawmakers in Wyoming.
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Reckless Rooster, from Pinedale, helps fight fires in his free time so that he can tour and play his music.
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The Sublette County Attorney’s Office released a statement Monday, April 22, on the recent wolf incident in Daniel. This comes after the killing and alleged torture of a wolf by local Cody Roberts in late February has received international attention.
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Legislative committee weighs sponsoring a bill that would incentivize cleanup of abandoned buildingsA bill that would incentivize property owners in Wyoming to refurbish abandoned buildings was reconsidered in a Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee meeting on Monday.
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An Italian Supreme Court case in the 90s sparked international outrage when a judge didn’t convict a perpetrator in an assault case – on the premise that the survivor’s jeans were too tight. That outrage turned into Denim Day, an annual day of action that raises awareness around sexual assault and pushes back against victim-blaming.On April 24, University of Wyoming (UW) community members are invited to wear denim to show their solidarity for survivors of sexual assault. April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Austrian-American Architect Victor Gruen is credited with the development of the concept for the American shopping mall. He was an influential architect and city planner, working in the U.S. and Europe from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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Roughly half a million dairy calves were transported from seven states in the upper U.S. to calf-rearing operations in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas in 2022, according to an investigation conducted by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), creating potential health risks for animals and people.
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Last summer, Riverton Police Chief Eric Hurtado proposed adding community service officers (CSOs) to the department to help with a high volume of calls and understaffing issues. CSOs don’t make arrests or carry a gun, but they can help with low-risk incidents like parking tickets or minor car accidents. Ideally, that frees up other officers to respond to more serious crimes.The police chief’s proposal turned into a reality at a City Council meeting in Riverton last week.
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The largest electricity provider in Wyoming is proposing rate hikes to customers again. Rocky Mountain Power, a division of the six-state utility PacifiCorp, is asking the state to approve an average of a 12.3 percent hike to its 144,511 Wyoming customers’ bills.
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The panel will discuss UW’s new Statement of Principles.
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Freedom Caucus lawmakers single out annual Laramie Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser for HIV, AIDS testingA drag show bingo event in Laramie has been happening annually for years. It raises money for AIDS and HIV testing in Wyoming, and to support those living with the virus. Recently, however, it’s come under fire from ultraconservative state legislators.
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The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.
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Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
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President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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Workers are still removing pieces of the Key Bridge from Baltimore Harbor, but the fight over who will pay to replace it has already begun. Past accidents offer some clues about how it could play out.
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