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Trump orders plans to unlock isolated public land, revise river-trip permitting
The efforts are contained in a push to bolster hunting heritage.
Celebrating the Wyoming way of life on Public Lands Day
Let’s celebrate the past, but more importantly, let’s make sure we’re securing the future, writes guest columnist Sam Mead.
What will ‘super’ El Nino bring to landlocked, parched Wyoming?
While poised to wreak havoc across the globe, El Nino might mean a closer-to-normal Wyoming winter after a wild, snowless one last season.
Who is the Christian legal group representing the Wind River church embroiled in sermon controversy?
Amid tribe’s call for banishment, Florida-based Liberty Counsel says Foundations for Nations church “will not be leaving its property.”
What, a bribe?
President Trump pitched $5,000 to each American adult citizen as a "dividend" if Republicans win, but let’s not pretend to be fooled, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
National Elk Refuge fields questions about what feeding elk could mean for Jackson Hole’s water
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is weighing pros and cons of feeding wildlife, which could lead to more chronic wasting disease. That’s raising questions about health risks beyond the herd.
Wyoming courts investigate extent of personal data exposed in cybersecurity breach
While the breach of third-party software did not impact the judicial branch’s current internal system, data from certain cases between 2015 and 2025 may have been exposed.
The home place
Humans yearn for a place that has meaning, that connects us to the earth and to our people, writes columnist Walt Gasson.
Backers of troubled Alkali Dam project threaten condemnation of private land
Water district sends “final offer” to landowners, saying it expects to “reluctantly initiate eminent domain proceedings” if offers are declined.
Teachers, hospital leaders launch $1M campaign to fight property tax ballot measure
Effort comes after 30,000 Wyomingites supported a 50% statewide tax break.
Barrasso loves attention from the media, but not protecting press freedoms
Wyoming’s U.S. senator backs President Trump’s ban on news outlets that say negative things about administration, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
Wet ink: The forgery accusation that nearly wrecked Wyoming’s first Legislature
WyoHistory.org editors Kylie McCormick and Leslie Waggener revisit the chaotic 1891 night when a clerk’s “wet ink” note sparked accusations of fraud, vote buying and a political meltdown in Wyoming’s first Legislature.