Nicky Ouellet
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Nicky has reported and edited for public radio stations in Montana and produced episodes for NPR's The Indicator podcast and Apple News In Conversation. Her award-winning series, SubSurface, dug into the economic, environmental and social impacts of a potential invasion of freshwater mussels in Montana's waterbodies. She traded New Hampshire's relatively short but rugged White Mountains for the Rockies over a decade ago. The skiing here is much better.
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Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington could take over management, but hunting will not immediately be on the table.
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Cheyenne Roundup is back for a special series previewing Wyoming’s primary election. This week, we’re looking at the state Legislature, where the hardline Freedom Caucus is hoping to grow its majority in the House and add to its allies in the Senate.
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Lawmakers passed a bevy of bills to change and fund education, health and incentivize National Guard and wildland fire positions, among other things.
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Open Spaces show rundown for June 5, 2026.
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The purplish weed sucks up nutrients before native plants have a chance, fills in needed gaps between sagebrush and leaves crispy dry fuel on the landscape all summer long.
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Wyoming detected rabies for the first time this year in a backyard bat
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John Holtz’s top priorities are strengthening America’s defense and reducing the federal deficit.
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Jill Edwards seeks the Republican nomination. She said she supports term limits, government accountability, rural health care, mental health access and “protecting Wyoming values without turning neighbors against each other.”
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Political newcomer Billy Benavidez works at the Powder Horn Golf Club in Sheridan. His priorities are dismantling what he calls the “overreaching” government surveillance state, letting a free market drive industry decisions and more public control over public lands.
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A dozen U.S. House candidates, half as many for U.S. Senate and most races for the state Legislature will see primary contests.
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That’s the result of a ruling by the Wyoming Supreme Court, reaffirming a lower court’s finding of summary judgment in the station’s favor.
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During the pause, city staff would have studied five questions: the impacts of data centers on the environment, electricity rates, the power grid, water usage, and any other factors related to the health, safety, and welfare of Cheyenne’s residents.