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This Week
Coal port lawsuit: A bad idea thankfully dead, for now
Opinion
by 3 Comments Gov. Mark Gordon was right to veto $250,000 for suing Washington State, even if he still thinks it’s state’s job to prop up minerals industry
Goats now outnumber native bighorns in Tetons, become targets
Introduced by Idaho in 1969, mountain goats join habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation in threatening an iconic native sheep herd’s future.
Governor lets private schools avoid local zoning control
Gordon allows “flawed” legislation limiting county authority to become law with an explanatory letter but not his signature. It was backed by a one-time political rival.
Teamwork
Old photos of her father from a 1986 newspaper article give Savannah Lavenstein a fresh perspective on her Wyoming upbringing and the values it instilled.
