Natrona County
Sector outpaced all others for most of last year, report finds
CASPER — Mining outpaced all other Wyoming industries for job growth from the last quarter of 2021 to the same time in 2022, a recent report from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services found.
The sector — which includes oil...
Brush envelopes a fence at the Marton Ranch, as seen from the Bolten Creek public access road June 20, 2022. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
Gov. Gordon objected to an agreed-upon sale between private landowners and the federal land agency in 2022, demanding more public and state agency input.
After clashing with Gov. Mark Gordon on a private land acquisition it touted as a major win for conservation and public access, the U.S. Bureau...
SHERIDAN — During the second and final day of the Wyoming Legislative Joint Judiciary Committee meeting, former 4th Judicial District Court Judge and current Wyoming Supreme Court Justice John Fenn spoke before the committee about court and judge security, recommending legislative changes in court...
CASPER — A sweeping policy that would restrict which bathrooms transgender students use, remove liability protections for teachers who counsel students about gender dysphoria and require teachers to notify parents when a student raises the subject was set to go before a Natrona County school board...
CHEYENNE — A new report released Thursday found that the direct value added annually to the state’s economy by hospitals and nursing homes is nearly $2.6 billion.
The contribution analysis was commissioned by the Wyoming Hospital Association and its for-profit subsidiary, and was conducted...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming is becoming an island amid a sea of states that have legalized marijuana in some capacity.
Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, but 21 states have legalized recreational marijuana use and 37 states have legalized medicinal marijuana in some capacity.
Among Wyoming’...
Wellspring Health Access in Casper is now open. This picture was taken in December 2022. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
Wyoming now has two abortion providers.
Wellspring Health Access opened its doors today to provide a range of services, including abortion, family planning and gynecological services. It will be the only clinic in the state offering surgical abortions but will also offer medication abortions as...
Local GOP invites anonymous owners to public forum
CASPER – Since it first popped up in 2019, the anonymous website WyoRINO has further cleaved Wyoming’s already divided Republican Party, declaring certain state lawmakers to be “Republicans In Name Only.”
But the people behind the site have never...
CASPER — The Wyoming Freedom Caucus announced the launch of its affiliated political action committee — WY Freedom PAC — at the caucus’ first town hall meeting in Casper on Saturday.
The political action committee officially formed April 8, according to records from the Secretary of State’s...
JACKSON – A group of intervenors hoping to defend Wyoming’s new abortion ban has grown from three to four, with Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray joining two lawmakers and an anti-abortion advocacy group.
The intervenors are arguing that the Attorney General’s Office is offering “inadequate...
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