Wheatland

This comes a month after Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) announced she was going to hold only virtual town halls. At the time, Hageman said her decision came from incidents at public town halls in Laramie and Wheatland.

Geringer was born in 1945. She served as first lady from 1995 to 2003.

In Laramie Hageman faced intense backlash for the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE, towns like Wheatland stood behind Hageman.

Both fires were sparked by high winds on Sunday but were 100% contained by early Tuesday morning.

Gov. Mark Gordon will host public forums in Sheridan, Gillette and Wheatland on Mon. Jan. 27. The talks will focus on Gordon’s wildfire restoration and recovery proposals in this year's supplemental budget.

The State Lands and Investment Board (SLIB) approved the funds needed to repair a failing million gallon water tower in Wheatland on Thursday.

Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed sending $2 million to replace a failing water tank in Wheatland. The funds would have come from $50 million in remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which need to be allotted to specific infrastructure projects by December, or they will revert to the federal government. Meanwhile, residents who live near the tank worry for their safety.

The batteries in your cell phone, the glass in solar panels and other important materials all depend on rare earth minerals. That’s leading to a new mining rush in the West.

Hot Notes Cool Nights started in 1994, and the crowd this week attracted about one hundred participants from all over central Wyoming.

The Sierra Club, a national conservation group, has threatened the Laramie River Station, LRS, a cooperative, coal-fired power plant near Wheatland, with…