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Less than two weeks after opening their doors, school officials around Wyoming are finding that hygiene protocols and mask and
Shrinking Wyoming communities brace for budget impacts
August 31, 2021 by Nick Reynolds, WyoFile It’s not so quiet in Mills anymore. The industrialized Casper suburb, home to just 2,500
PacifiCorp holds course to exit Wyoming coal
Wyoming’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power, will decommission its entire coal-fired power fleet in the state by 2039 while continuing
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August 27, 2021 by Nick Reynolds, WyoFile Wyoming lawmakers will pursue a film subsidy program in the upcoming legislative session. The move
Wyoming officials face growing pressure to audit state elections
Wyoming officials are facing mounting pressure to audit the 2020 election from pro-Trump activists asserting, without evidence, that the 2020
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August 24, 2021 by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile Students, parents and educators preparing for another year of in-person classes across Wyoming expect the
Patagonia dumps Jackson Hole ski resort after far-right fundraiser
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Aging dam above Douglas called ‘catastrophic’ threat
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Wyo drilling rig count triples during Biden leasing pause
The number of rotary rigs drilling for oil and gas in Wyoming tripled since President Joe Biden announced a pause
Wyo’s economic recovery lags behind nation
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School districts across the state are taking a wait-and-see approach to updating COVID-19 safety guidelines and protocols as students and
Officials reexamine guidelines, decline mandates as Delta variant spreads
August 5, 2021 by Joel Funk, WyoFile Circumstances have changed with the COVID-19 Delta variant’s incursion into Wyoming, health experts say, prompting
Wyo unprepared to grab federal coal community lifeline, experts say
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PAC backing Cheney challenger Rep. Chuck Gray funded solely by his father
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