Rone Tempest

Rone Tempest was a longtime national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In 2004 he was part of a team of reporters to win the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the massive wildfires in Southern California. From 2000-2007 he was a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley. One of the co-founders of WyoFile, he served as its editor from 2008 to 2011.

Trial Lawyers College embroiled in legal battle

May 5, 2020 by Rone Tempest 2 Comments

The unconventional school created by famed Wyoming attorney Gerry Spence on his Thunderhead Ranch outside Dubois is the focus of litigation over its management.

‘Hot Tamale Louie’: An eclectic tribute to a Wyoming icon

April 16, 2019 by Rone Tempest 3 Comments

Rock Springs attendees reflect on the role of immigrants in Wyoming and what it means to be an American today.

Two Elk fraudster Michael J. Ruffatto locked up

August 28, 2018 by Rone Tempest 4 Comments

The Powder River Basin power plant promoter reported to a minimum security federal prison in California this week to begin serving an 18-month sentence.