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The parent company Rocky Mountain Power is asking the U.S. District Court to overturn the Wyoming Public Service Commissioners’ decision in January to only approve a part of the company’s proposed electricity rate increases. The commission rejected part of the increase that would have helped pay for things like higher fuel costs to the company and rising insurance costs partly due to wildfires linked to their infrastructure.
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Alison Ochs Gee, Micheal J. McGrady and Ronald Wirthwein Jr. have been selected for the Governor’s consideration
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If the proposal goes through, coal mining will likely end in the region by 2041 when existing leases expire.
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Buffalo Bill Museum Curator Jeremy Johnston says some of the images in posters that are part of a new exhibition opening this month are ones you might not expect.
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The Texas couple says they suspect it happened because of their "I stand with Israel" sticker. While police are still investigating, Jacksonites who support Israel and Palestine say they have also experienced increased harassment.
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More than 30 posters printed over 100 years ago are part of a new exhibition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The collection mingles scenes from history and mythology of the American frontier.
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The Equality State objects to Biden's expanded protections for LGBTQ students and staff.
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The Stars and Stripes newspapers, produced and distributed from military installations around the world during World War II, gave troops far from home access to news.
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This weekend, Native peoples from across the region will gather outside of Jackson for the fourth annual Teton Powwow on May 18. The event brings together hundreds of dancers, vendors and thousands of spectators in a celebration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous cultures.
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The exhibition is on display at universities in over 20 countries.
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Suicide rates for female veterans are more than double that of non-veteran women in the U.S – and suicide rates among female vets have also increased at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. The Sheridan VA is trying to combat those statistics by organizing more opportunities for female veterans to create community, heal and give feedback about their health care needs.
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The deadline for registered voters to change political party affiliation for Wyoming's primary election is Wednesday, May 15.
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Journalist Charles A. Wells published the twice-monthly newsletter “Between the Lines” for more than thirty years beginning in 1942. The bulletin promised to illuminate important news developments with brief, but well sourced stories from around the world.
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The Trump's Trials team breaks down why prosecutors have a timeline problem, what Michael Cohen's testimony so far has shown, and why it may all come down to a question of sex and privacy in the end.
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In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff's three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appeared.
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Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.
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Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the 1980s.
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Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now."
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Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing."
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Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.
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"Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division," the sisters wrote of the NFL kicker's controversial commencement address.
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Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."
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Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.