Ambulance services are on life support across Wyoming
With costs outstripping revenues and no legal mandate to provide service, counties’ and towns’ EMS funding models are collapsing.
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Proposed project would trap, move, track lamb-hunting eagles
Game and Fish poised to approve permit for research project that Colorado professor says could aid both sheep ranchers and golden eagles.
Legislators to study Medicaid expansion in 2021 interim
Medicaid expansion, a proposal that failed again in 2021, will be subject to further study this summer. Lawmakers will also look at new revenues, charter schools, education funding and other topics.
National money, small donors pour into Wyo’s U.S. House race
Both Liz Cheney and Anthony Bouchard received high numbers of small donations as Cheney outpaces the field early.
Rancher defends $339K award for stock he claims grizzlies killed
A Wyoming state attorney told a judge that an arbitration panel exceeded its authority when it awarded Josh Longwell compensation for missing cattle.
Signage of the times
Laramie photographer Rose Curtis chronicles the character and history of signs in southeast Wyoming.
The Drake’s Take
Gov. Gordon must lead school funding fix
Opinion
By Leave a CommentThe chief executive’s lackluster response to $300 million crisis falls short of what’s needed, Drake opines.
Madden’s Measure
The winners, losers and fireworks of the ed budget failure
Analysis
By 1 CommentWyoming lawmakers saved the pyrotechnics for the very last day of the 2021 legislative session, when House and Senate negotiators failed to compromise on the education funding bill.
Dodson’s Doctrine
Wyoming could use some ‘Byrd droppings’
Opinion
By 4 CommentsFormer U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd became famous for securing federal funds for his state of West Virginia, writes Dodson. Wyoming, he opines, could use a similar champion.
Op-eds
Recalling the Wyoming eagle killings of 1971
Opinion
By Leave a CommentRecent population counts of eagles are promising, writes guest columnist Jackie Hauptman, especially as she reflects on a notable anniversary of a dark chapter for the state.
Elk feedground bill won’t hamper Game and Fish power
Opinion
By 5 CommentsFormer Game and Fish Commissioner and Wyo AG Pat Crank writes that the recent bill regarding feedground closure won’t limit the authority of the Game and Fish.
Photo Friday
Signage of the times
Laramie photographer Rose Curtis chronicles the character and history of signs in southeast Wyoming.
Arts & Culture
Signage of the times
Laramie photographer Rose Curtis chronicles the character and history of signs in southeast Wyoming.
In Case You Missed It
Lawmakers weighing study of public lands transfer in 2021
Members of the legislature’s ag committee want to examine the transfer of federal lands to Wyoming’s hands.
Cheney rails against plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
Wyoming’s Congresswoman is resisting calls to officially end a war whose history is closely intertwined with her father’s.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Celebrating suffrage 100 — no, 150! — years later
Opinion
By 3 CommentsThough territorial legislators’ motivations have been lost to history, Wyoming was a pioneer in giving women the right to vote.