Sweetwater County

A mine safety office in Green River is on the list. There are conflicting reports and details have been hard to confirm.

The letter comes as the Trump administration ramps up deportations and is anticipated to request or demand assistance from local law enforcement to carry out federal policies, a duty long considered outside the scope of practice in places like Teton County.

Wyoming lawmakers Cody Wylie and J.T. Larson have filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wyoming Freedom PAC, claiming the group falsely accused them of voting to remove Donald Trump from the ballot.

In case you missed it over the holidays, the federal government released its final decision for how to manage millions of acres of public land in southwest Wyoming. The plan is over a decade in the making. Reactions from state politicians are very unhappy. Many are looking to a Trump administration for relief, but that route isn’t clear.

Soda ash is Wyoming’s largest export. It’s in things like baking soda and glass, and it comes from the mineral trona. The industry relies on trona miners in Sweetwater County, but many are without jobs this week due to layoffs at Genesis Alkali.

At least 30 Genesis Alkali workers in Sweetwater County received notice that they’ll be laid off by early December. The company said it’s because of a downturn in the soda ash market, but workers are shocked because some of them were just hired.

The federal government’s plan for managing a large chunk of land in southwest Wyoming is going through its final edits. And whether or not they reflect Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon’s latest feedback will likely shape any future litigation.

Wyoming is eyeing the nuclear industry to keep young adults from leaving. The state is giving almost $2 million to Western Wyoming Community College to develop a nuclear associate degree – the first of its kind in the state.

Wyoming will be testing the air quality around Rock Springs for the next year, partly because of population growth in the area. The air quality monitor is one of three Department of Environmental Quality equipped trailers that’s moved around the state every year or so to collect data and monitor trends.

Formal opposition trickled in this week over a federal proposal for managing millions of acres in southwest Wyoming. The general consensus? Not enough local input and federal overreach.