Water banking bill surfaces amid sea of questions
All eyes are on Wyoming, state senator says, as water commission board member Budd-Falen questions need for new law that would make banking a beneficial use.
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Massive Medicine Bow logging plan sparks critics
Forest Service would log, cut, burn, build 600 miles of temporary roads across 562 square miles in Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre.
The haves and have nots: Gov’s race finance reports explained
Personal wealth and political action committees dominate expensive governor’s race ahead of primary voting.
Peaks to Plains
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act turns 50
Groups strive to add protected river miles in Wyoming
The Drake’s Take
The full story of the Bells of Balangiga
Wyoming’s congressional delegation should drop its opposition to sending the Bells of Balangiga back to Philippines, and in doing so enable long overdue healing.
Op-Ed
Public lands initiative deserves praise for collaboration
County commissioners lead a good-faith effort by hardworking stakeholders with diverse aims to resolve the wilderness study area issue — a fact critical broadsides have failed to acknowledge.
Op-Ed
Wyoming shouldn’t put a price tag on civic engagement
Fees for public records as imposed by Wyoming Department of Administration and Information rules are unnecessary, undemocratic and threatening to government transparency, argues Bleizeffer.
Studio Wyoming Review
Nowoodstock: Ten Sleep’s quirky music fest is all characters
Eighteen years on, the three day music festival named after an illicit keg-party has retained its unique personality and loyal community.
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Election may determine future of sage grouse
Mead asks BLM to honor Wyoming’s regs requiring oil and gas companies to make up for habitat destruction as candidates support imperiled bird.
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Hageman isn’t a stranger to state contracts
State legal contracts in the early 2000s helped gubernatorial candidate start a law firm, Hageman & Brighton, as she built her business and professional reputation.
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Conservation spirit
A newspaper columnist strikes a spirited profile while being recognized for contributions to conservation and citizen science.