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KPVI News 6
April 26, 2018
A bank is suing Revelation Energy in West Virginia for transferring ownership of the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines in Wyoming to an affiliate company, Blackjewel LLC, while Revelation was in default on its loans. First Third Bank of Ohio alleges that the conveyance of Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr violatedÃâà...
University of Wyoming News
April 26, 2018
The University of Wyoming College of Law's Defender Aid Program recently achieved a major victory in one of its cases that has spanned a few years. Last week, the Wyoming Supreme Court issued an opinion reversing Johnson County District Court's refusal to modify a sentence of life imprisonment, withÃâà...
WOODTV.com
April 26, 2018
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Wyoming Department of Public Safety has a new chief. Kim Koster was sworn in by outgoing Chief James Carmody in a Wednesday ceremony at Wyoming City Hall. She's the first woman to have the job. "I hope that young girls can look at this … and know they canÃâà...
Billings Gazette
April 26, 2018
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A man and woman have received prison sentences in the 2017 deaths and mutilation of two Wyoming men. District Judge Michael "Nick" Deegan sentenced Michael Montano on Wednesday to 60 years to life in prison for two counts of second-degree murder and 2.5 years to three yearsÃâà...
Jackson Hole News&Guide
April 26, 2018
Wyoming is caught up in that rush, too. The Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind farm outside Rawlins is under construction. The Power Company of Wyoming plans to have 1,000 turbines on a ridge outside the town when all is said and done, which would double the current number of turbines in the state.
The Spokesman-Review
April 26, 2018
PULLMAN – The 2018 Washington State football season is one step closer to getting underway. On Wednesday, the school annonuced a kickoff time for its season opener at Wyoming on Sept. 1. The Cougars and Cowboys will kick off at 12:30 p.m. PDT at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. CBSsportsÃâà...
The Hill
April 3, 2018
A new proposal from a Republican state senator could put Wyoming in the airline business, at least tangentially. The plan, currently being considered by an advisory board, would establish a partnership between the state Department of Transportation and an airline — likely a small regional carrier — to flyÃâà...
Gillette News Record
April 3, 2018
LARAMIE — The main hopes for the University of Wyoming throughout the Wyoming Legislature's 2018 budget session involved seeing an end to funding cuts and the release of Science Initiative Building funds. But a slew of other bills touched on UW's autonomy, directed university officials to take certainÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 3, 2018
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees says it does not plan to publicly release the details of its review of its president's performance. ... Faculty Senate Chair Michael Barker says part of the review of University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols should be made public so the university communityÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 3, 2018
The Wyoming Department of Education is forging ahead with efforts to offer computer science to every K-12 student in the state. April 3, 2018, at 6:03 p.m.. Wyoming Begins ... The agency this week announced the creation of Boot Up Wyoming 2022, an initiative to facilitate the addition of computer science to school courses.
U.S. News & World Report
April 2, 2018
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming enters the month of April with an above-average statewide average snowpack. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the state's snowpack was 109 percent of media on Monday. That is up from last week's 107 percent reading. However, it is lowerÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 2, 2018
However, it followed a difficult 2017 legislative session, where $2.1 million was reduced from the Wyoming Department of Health's Substance Abuse, Tobacco and Suicide Prevention budget. That cut compounded reductions from the previous year, including Gov. Matt Mead's hand being forced to reduceÃâà...
Sierra Magazine
April 2, 2018
Ever wanted to kill a wolf? If so, now's your time. In Wyoming, wolf hunting is now legit—365 days a year across 85 percent of the state, where wolves are classified as shoot-on-sight vermin. Guns, snares, explosives, trucks, and snowmobiles—almost any form of violence is allowed to kill these animals.
U.S. News & World Report
March 31, 2018
The state of Wyoming's first oil and gas lease auction of the year has netted $2.7 million. March 30, 2018, at 10:49 a.m. ... The Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments conducted the lease auction earlier this month on behalf of the Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners. It offered 210 parcels of State Trust Land forÃâà...
Fox17
March 31, 2018
WYOMING, Mich. — The Kent County Sheriff's Department is now leading the investigation into a deadly officer-involved shooting in Wyoming on Friday. Wyoming authorities say officers were sent to Resurrection Cemetery at 4100 Clyde Park Avenue, north of 44th Street, around 5:40 p.m. on reports of aÃâà...
KGWN
March 31, 2018
They will be representing Wyoming on the Girls Basketball Team during the summer of 2018. Your support will help them fulfill this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Tickets are $8 per person and can be purchased by calling (307) 256-1594 or (307) 286-0702. Donations are also accepted. Thank you for yourÃâà...
Jackson Hole News&Guide
March 31, 2018
“Today was a special opportunity to reiterate our shared commitment to Wyoming coal, oil, natural gas and other resources that will power our American economy for generations to come,” Barrasso said. “EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt saw firsthand the state-of-the-art coal operations taking place every dayÃâà...
Laramie Boomerang
March 31, 2018
The Laramie River runs past Woods Landing on Friday morning. The Laramie Valley is experiencing above-average snowpack because of wetter-than-usual storms hitting the Snowies this winter. SHANNON BRODERICK/Boomerang photographer. Snowpack across the state is well above average, andÃâà...
Wyoming Tribune
March 31, 2018
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Health is warning residents about a surge in confirmed statewide gonorrhea cases. Recent data suggest a 50 percent increase in cases from 2016, with 415 cases reported in 2017. Laramie, Niobrara and Fremont counties saw the highest gonorrhea rates.
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
Health officials say gonorrhea rates in Wyoming jumped 50 percent from 2016 to 2017, contributing to a dramatic rise over the past half-decade. ... Courtney Smith, the communicable disease surveillance program manager at the state Department of Health, said Wyoming's gonorrhea case count has goneÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
Wyoming Fees for Copies of Certificates and Records Rising. The state of Wyoming is raising its fees for birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates. ... The Wyoming Department of Health says records ordered through Vital Statistics Services will be going up between $5 and $10 each, effective nextÃâà...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
March 17, 2018
Mustachio is among more than 250 teams vying for state titles during the 24th Annual VNEA Wyoming State 8-Ball Pool Tournament at the Casper Events Center. The five-day event features more than 1,000 players in team and singles competitions and continues through Sunday. The tournament is freeÃâà...
New Haven Register
March 17, 2018
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Bridger-Teton National Forest has acquired a sprawling former ranch that had been the largest remaining private inholding along the Upper Gros Ventre River valley in northwest Wyoming. The $3 million purchase of the 990-acre (400-hectare) property roughly 30 miles east ofÃâà...
TMZ
March 17, 2018
Kanye West and Drake working together on a song for Ye's new album is a big deal ... but it seems like the 2 hip-hop icons are teaming up in Wyoming for a whole lot more. Sources in Jackson Hole tell TMZ ... both rappers are staying at the Amangani luxury hotel and resort under an alias, and have eachÃâà...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
March 16, 2018
Wyoming's own Jonah Bank, which has branches in Casper and Cheyenne, announced it was rewarding its employees with a $1,000 raise because of the tax law. The bank also plans to increase its contributions to local charities and organizations in Casper and Cheyenne. Not only do the bank's workersÃâà...
Wyoming Business Report
March 16, 2018
JACKSON– Every year, the federal government spends millions of dollars right here in Wyoming! If you want to sell your products and services to the federal government, you won't want to miss this event! The Wyoming District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Procurement TechnicalÃâà...
Rewire
March 16, 2018
Advocates suggest these reporting requirements represent an underhanded attempt to paint abortion care as a dangerous procedure, though evidence says otherwise. “I do not report to the state because it is none of their business,” Wyoming abortion provider Dr. Brent Blue told Rewire.News. WyomingÃâà...
EdScoop News
March 16, 2018
Wyoming had no computer science requirements prior to Wednesday, like many other states across the country, but Balow believes that the new law really is "one of the most ambitious movements in the nation for computer science education.” “Other states have implemented parts of computer science,"Ãâà...
Wyoming Tribune
March 16, 2018
With major differences in their takes on how much Wyoming can afford to spend in coming years, the House of Representatives and Senate engaged in tough negotiations throughout the session. Knowing they would be held up by funding for state construction projects and reductions for K-12 education,Ãâà...
Gillette News Record
March 16, 2018
WyoFile reporter and photographer Angus M. Thuermer Jr. has become a witness in a lawsuit brought against Wyoming's data trespass laws by the National Press Photographers Association. The NPPA is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state, seeking to overturn laws enacted in 2015 and amended inÃâà...
Gillette News Record
March 16, 2018
CHEYENNE — Months of speculation officially ended this week when Wyoming Treasurer Mark Gordon, a Republican, declared he intends to be the state's next governor. Gordon kicked off a state tour Wednesday to announce his candidacy in his hometown of Buffalo and continued with stops Thursday inÃâà...
News & Observer
March 14, 2018
State regulators face 10,000 applications for permits to drill for oil and gas in Wyoming, creating a backlog that would take five years to address. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Tuesday that Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Supervisor Mark Watson said a new policy is being introduced toÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2018
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has signed a bill into law that expands the length of time wrongfully convicted people have to introduce exonerating evidence. ... In Wyoming, people convicted of crimes had a two-year window in which they could present non-DNA evidence in an effort to have their convictionÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 14, 2018
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Boomgaarden was a partner and served four years at a Cheyenne law firm. Before that, she ... She also served as the director of the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments and was a professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law. ___. InformationÃâà...
The Root
March 14, 2018
To answer the proverbial question, “WTF is in Wyoming?”—apparently, Kanye West is, and because he appears to be at work on a new album there (in Jackson Hole, Wyo. to be precise), hip-hop fans are frantically checking for their favorite rapper's locations, seeing if the “Equality State” turns up. Yes, thatÃâà...
Wyoming Tribune
March 10, 2018
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming House debated about a proposed private ICE prison in Uinta County on Wednesday, with some lawmakers charging state officials with twisting words to avoid state constitutional and legal oversight. Lawmakers criticized those who define the project as a “civil holding facility,”Ãâà...
Yellowstone Insider
March 10, 2018
If the agency decides to preserve protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears, then Wyoming's hunting season will not happen as planned. Montana declined to draft hunting regulations for Yellowstone grizzly bears this year, citing the ongoing litigation against the USFWS. According Wyoming Game and FishÃâà...
Wyoming Tribune
March 10, 2018
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Republican Party Executive Committee on Wednesday voted to suspend its secretary amid allegations of what has been described ... According to a news release from the Wyoming GOP, executive committee members voted to suspend Charles Curley of his duties, powers andÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 9, 2018
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The first grizzly bear hunting in the lower 48 states in more than 40 years could happen in Wyoming this fall. Yellowstone-region grizzlies haven't been hunted since they were put on the federal endangered species list in 1975. Wyoming officials released a plan Friday that wouldÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 8, 2018
Authorities took Lewis into custody after finding him hiding inside the Wyoming governor's residence Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Cheyenne. Gov. Matt Mead said in a statement that his family was inside the residence at the time but not harmed. (Laramie County Sheriff's Office via AP) The Associated Press.
U.S. News & World Report
March 8, 2018
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party says it will meet to remove its secretary from office. Party officials said Thursday the state GOP executive committee met by teleconference Wednesday and voted to suspend Secretary Charles Curley. The committee voted to hold a state centralÃâà...
Benzinga
March 7, 2018
ICYMI: Spotify, Crypto And Wyoming. Taylor Cox , Benzinga Staff Writer {{following ? "Following" : "Follow"}}. March 06, 2018 4:56pm Comments. Share: Related. The Creator Of GBTC Launches New Products For Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin And XRP Ãâ÷ How Wyoming Could Become The Crypto Capital Of The US.
Bitcoin Magazine
March 7, 2018
In a landmark development for blockchain advancement, Wyoming's state legislature has cleared what is known as House Bill 70 (HB 70), which exempts various types of crypto assets from securities laws. The bill was originally passed by Wyoming's House of Representatives last month on February 20.
Gillette News Record
March 7, 2018
RAWLINS (WNE) —Wyoming residents have the opportunity to win prizes while taking photos at their favorite Wyoming locations. The Wyoming Office of Tourism and Carbon County Visitor's Council is currently giving away orange flags to Wyoming residents to take selfies with and post online. “Post yourÃâà...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
March 7, 2018
Wallin has had a long career in Wyoming politics, working for past U.S. Sens. Malcolm Wallop and Al Simpson and current Sen. John Barrasso. She has also worked as a development officer for the University of Wyoming Foundation, according to a short biography on the Wyoming Humanities website.
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
Fire Destroys 9 Structures Inside Wyoming Trailer Park. A fire destroyed ... The Laramie Boomerang reports Laramie Fire Department Shift Cmdr. Kevin Lam says first responders received a call around 11 a.m. Monday regarding a structure fire and went to Wade's Trailer Court off Wyoming Highway 230.
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
Wyoming state Rep. Cheri Steinmetz, R-Lingle, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, shows an example of an "In God We Trust" placard in Cheyenne, Wyo. Steinmetz is sponsoring a bill that would allow people to donate such placards for display in prominent places in state buildings and schools. Her bill has beenÃâà...
Benzinga
March 7, 2018
Wyoming is reportedly in the process of introducing a number of cryptocurrency-friendly bills aimed at making the state the blockchain capital of the U.S. On Feb. 16, Wyoming introduced Senate Bill 111, which would exclude cryptocurrency from property taxation. The bill is part of the state's push to makeÃâà...
