$29 M eyed for city water, ranchers, wilderness cloud seeding
Omnibus water bills may help municipalities, advance New Fork Lake dam project and resolve a flap over Gillette water project that rural residents believe disrupted their domestic wells.
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Dam backers forge ahead with $11 million, seek more from feds
A controversial impoundment proposed on the West Fork of Battle Creek in Carbon County has hit a couple of speed bumps but remains alive.
Analysis: Lawmakers see culture war in anti-LGBTQ appeasement
Legislative leaders avoided addressing LGBTQ discrimination head-on by erasing all protected classes from internal policies, a move critics fear will spark culture wars
Commentary
Red-Desert-to-Hoback protection has a precedent
Opinion
By 1 Comment There’s a well-guarded avenue for cattle, but a similar migration route for mule deer is threatened by oil and gas leasing.
The Drake’s Take
Wrong side of history: Lawmakers roll back discrimination protections
Opinion
By 7 CommentsIn a move destined for disdain by future generations, the Legislative Management Council bowed to the religious right and eliminated all classes protected from discrimination in its rules of conduct
Remembrance
Interviewing President George H.W. Bush
Veteran Wyoming journalist Geoff O’Gara recalls his time interviewing the 41st president for a documentary about his old friend U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Two Elk: The story behind the story
One reporter brought the Two Elk scandal to light and tracked the twisting tale of greed, fraud and government ineptitude for more than a decade.
Studio Wyoming Review
The art of survival
Eighteen artists explore the ways in which animals protect themselves, and take a risk — working in unfamiliar media — to do so.
In Case You Missed It
Coal miners: Westmoreland bosses for naughty list, not bonuses
Buffeted by economic forces beyond their control, union members fight payouts for mid-level managers while seeking to save their pensions and health care.
In Case You Missed It
State leaves data trespass defeat unchallenged
The deadline for Wyoming to appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down portions of the controversial laws passed without rebuttal
Photo Friday
Snow tannenbaum
A “ghost of Christmas past” for much of the country, the tradition of finding and cutting one’s Christmas tree from the forest is still alive, well and widely practiced in Wyoming.