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No Mollie’s Pack, Yellowstone wolves killed, state reports after hunt area’s quick close
by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile EVANSTON—Yellowstone National Park’s last original wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, emerged unscathed from a hunting season that opened last week and has already closed, Wyoming wildlife officials announced Monday. Dan Smith, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department…
State Forestry Division picks City of Casper for ‘Forestry Program of the Year’ award
CASPER, Wyo. — Flexing a strong record of urban forestry work, the City of Casper is now officially the state’s 2026 Wyoming Urban & Community Forestry Program of the Year. The State Forestry Division recently recognized the city during its annual Wyoming Tree Academy in…
Rain, thunderstorms possible this afternoon in Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An umbrella may be handy later today as rain and thunderstorm chances roll into Cheyenne and across Laramie County. Following some early-morning patchy fog, today will bring a high near 73 degrees under mostly cloudy skies, according to the National Weather…
UW research values Wyoming’s elk, mule deer and pronghorn at a stunning $6B
by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile One way to comprehend the value of Wyoming’s elk, deer and pronghorn is to relate it to the state’s permanent mineral trust fund. The corpus of that account, which sits at over $13 billion, is fed by severance taxes on oil, gas and mineral extraction and…
Pokes in the Pros: Week 2
CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming has produced several NFL players currently making an impact. Here’s how they did in the most recent week’s slate of games. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills The Bills’ star quarterback continued his hot start to the 2026–27 NFL season in style on…
Rain chances return to Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Morning fog will clear for afternoon sunshine across Cheyenne today, kicking off a stretch of seasonable weather before rain chances build toward Thursday. The capital city will reach a high near 76 degrees today under gradually clearing skies, according to the…
Title X Family Planning: A National Program with a Wyoming Impact
For more than 50 years, Title X Family Planning has been helping individuals and families across the United States access health care, information and resources to make decisions about if, when and how many children they want to have. The story of Title X began in the 1960s, when…
State bar honors Cheyenne attorney Gregory Dyekman with service award
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For his decades of service to the practice of law in Cheyenne and the state of Wyoming, Cheyenne attorney Gregory C. Dyekman has been honored by the Wyoming State Bar with the 2026 Burman Extraordinary Service Award. He was presented with the award during the…
Despite large national gas price hikes, Laramie County drivers see 10-cent drop
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Laramie County gas prices fell 10 cents over the past week to an average of $4.21 per gallon Monday, according to AAA data. Wyoming’s statewide average sits higher at roughly $4.49 per gallon, up 3 cents, while the AAA national average stands at $4.47 per gallon,…
Seasonable temps, breezy spells ahead for Cheyenne this week
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cheyenne can expect sunny skies and seasonable temperatures to start the workweek before a steady warming trend brings late-summer heat by the weekend. Early-morning fog will clear quickly today, giving way to a high near 69 degrees under sunny skies, according…
Threat of heavy rain and storms for Cheyenne area this weekend
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A storm system pushing into Wyoming on Saturday is expected to bring widespread, soaking rainfall and scattered thunderstorms to southeast Wyoming, according to the National Weather Service in Cheyenne. The approaching upper-level low-pressure system, combined…
Why You Should Not Say Yes to Insurance After a Wreck
The call usually comes within a day or two. Sometimes within hours. You are still in pain, still figuring out how you are going to get to work without a car, still waiting on test results from the emergency room. And your phone rings. The voice on the other end is polite,…