Eric Galatas

Farmers in Wyoming and across the U.S. face many stressors and they have one of the highest rates of suicide of any occupation. Behavioral health care providers are now being taught a new method to identify depression, anxiety and other issues among farmers.

The Casper-based Friends Foundation recently started a grant program covering a family’s full insurance deductibles. The foundation helps families pay for travel expenses, as patients typically must go to Colorado or Utah for specialist care.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and LGBTQ+ youth in Wyoming and around the country are finding it harder to receive support because of a move by the Trump administration.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security, which has helped generations of Wyomingites retire with dignity after a lifetime of hard work.

CEOs at the largest 100 low-wage corporations listed in the S&P 500, businesses like Home Depot, Starbucks, Walmart and others, earn 632 times more than their lowest-paid workers on average, the report found.

The clock is ticking for Wyoming and other Colorado River Basin states to decide how to split up shrinking water supplies, and some conservationists are reconsidering a centuries-old water distribution tradition at work across the arid American West.