Judge tosses marijuana charges brought against hemp farmers
A Laramie County judge threw out the drug trafficking charges Thursday, finding prosecutors lacked probable cause the farmers and hemp advocates intended to grow and distribute marijuana.
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Week 21: The pandemic in Wyoming from Aug. 1-7
WyoFile’s weekly review tracks cases and connects the throughlines of COVID-19-related developments.
Grizzly CSI: Cutting to facts in a predator-livestock whodunit
Up near the Continental Divide, cowboys call Zach Turnbull when they find dead stock. It’s his job, through all the guts and gore, to determine if an animal was killed by wildlife and is thus eligible for damage compensation from the state.
Gordon touts plans for $1.25B in CARES funds as some question pace
An end-of-the-year use-it-or-lose-it deadline looms as the state has spent little more than 10% of its allocated federal funding.
Wyoming’s investments: Plenty of activity, but to what end?
Analysis
By 4 CommentsIn part three of series, WyoFile looks at Wyoming’s new approach to investing, and compares it to a state that is taking a much different tack.
Navigating Wyoming’s unemployment system amid a pandemic
Freelancers and gig workers are struggling to claim benefits, but Wyoming’s Department of Workforce Services is handling the wave of job losses better than many other states, it says.
The Drake’s Take
Campaigning in the time of COVID-19
Opinion
By 1 CommentWyoming office-seekers get creative with social media, phone banks and outside events to reach voters during pandemic.
Dodson’s Doctrine
Five reasons the economy won’t ‘roar back’
Opinion
By Leave a CommentCommonsense observations point to a more tempered rebound, columnist Dodson writes.
Op-eds
Social distancing and the 6-foot political divide
Opinion
By 4 CommentsOne might think a global pandemic would unify humanity. Somehow it seems to have done the opposite, essayist Grace Cannon writes.
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair: A Wyoming pandemic dispatch
Opinion
By 20 CommentsEven for writer W.S. Robinson, who lives in arguably the safest place in the Lower 48 — an eastern Wyoming ranch — the pandemic weighs heavy.
Photo Friday
Moonlit marvel
A Powell photographer captured the eruption of America’s most famous geyser backlit by the moon.
Arts & Culture
For artists, pandemic means pivoting and new inspiration
Wyoming artists adapt, get creative, as pandemic upturns their traditional models of sharing their work.
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Simplot to pay $775,000 for alleged hazardous waste violations
Agreement with the EPA would resolve claims the fertilizer company violated waste and community-protection laws. Simplot would change operations, monitor groundwater and devise a $126-million closure plan.
Week 20: The pandemic in Wyoming from July 25-31
WyoFile’s weekly review tracks cases and connects the throughlines of COVID-19-related developments.
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Hotel history
More than 100 years old, The Plains Hotel recalls grand years in Wyoming’s capital city Cheyenne.