Sweetwater County

A direct air capture project set to begin operations this year in Wyoming could soon be the largest facility of its kind in the world. The commercial companies that founded "Project Bison" estimate it will remove five million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere per year by 2030

Sweetwater County will see a new soda ash mining project in the next eight years, potentially creating hundreds of mining jobs.Soda ash is a material that is refined from the mineral trona. Although it is not a common household term, soda ash is one of the most consumed inorganic compounds in the world

Former President Donald Trump announced a goal to decrease the amount of western wild horses by the end of the fiscal year 2022. The Bureau of Land Management is following this plan by capturing roughly 4,300 wild horses living in southwestern Wyoming.

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has opened a second COVID unit in its same day surgery department. This comes about a week after the hospital announced it was canceling elective surgeries due to increase of COVID-10 patients and staff shortages.

On August 31, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County announced they are canceling all elective surgeries. This comes right after the Rock Springs hospital had a completely full ICU over the weekend. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska spoke with the director of emergency services and incident commander Kim White to understand why elective surgeries had to be canceled.

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has canceled all elective surgeries. This comes as the hospital deals with an influx of COVID-19 patients.

A Green River man in his 40s tested positive for COVID-19 - he is currently self-isolating at home. In a press release, Kristy Nielson with Memorial…

Leaders across Wyoming are criticizing Bank of the West for its recent decision to stop doing business with coal, oil or gas companies — including…

Wyoming is seeing slightly less drought now than this time last year, from 24 percent down to 20. But it’s still having an effect, especially since the…

A potential solar energy project in southwest Wyoming obtained a permit last week moving it a step closer to construction. The Sweetwater Solar Energy…