Special Reports

Old plants, new ideas: Who might buy a retired coal power unit?

November 19, 2019 by Dustin Bleizeffer 4 Comments

Backers of Wyoming’s efforts to find second lives for aging coal plants describe several profitable scenarios. But how does their vision for coal power stack up in a quickly shifting power market?

Ruffatto gets 18 months, $14.4M penalty for Two Elk fraud

June 27, 2018 by Rone Tempest 12 Comments

A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Wednesday sentenced the power plant promoter to prison for stealing $5.7 million in federal stimulus funds.

Who really cheats Wyoming workers’ comp?

June 28, 2016 by Dustin Bleizeffer 2 Comments

Perhaps 2 percent of workers’ comp claims are fraudulent while employers have short-changed the program by $3.3 million since ‘95.

Cheers, boos for Jewell’s sage grouse decision

September 22, 2015 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 5 Comments

The sage grouse “does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act,” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said Tuesday.

Mead to feds: Revise grouse plans

August 4, 2015 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 1 Comment

Gov. Matt Mead has asked the federal government to revise greater sage grouse protection plans to make them consistent with Wyoming’s own strategy.

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