News across Greater Riverton
Fremont County avoids EMT strike after extending contract
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The union representing 30 emergency medical technicians and paramedics serving Fremont County cancelled plans to strike later this week after the county extended its contract with their employer as a stop-gap measure. Organized under United Steel…
Fremont County avoids EMT strike after extending contract
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile The union representing 30 emergency medical technicians and paramedics serving Fremont County cancelled plans to strike later this week after the county extended its contract with their employer as a stop-gap measure. Organized under United Steel…
Judge denies qualified immunity to Wyoming Boys’ School staff in abuse lawsuit
In the first of multiple cases against the state-run facility for delinquent boys, some but not all claims of civil rights violations have been cleared for trial.
Lawmakers move to ease financial constraints for nursing home patients on Medicaid
Legislative committee to draft a bill that would bump personal spending and asset allowances for first time in decades.
Wyoming lawmakers could pursue some of the nation’s strictest limits on Flock-like cameras
Draft legislation would severely restrict the technology's use in the Equality State.
Baseball in a national park? We found 7 ball fields at Grand Teton and Yellowstone.
Turns out, the field of nightmares proposed in Grand Teton National Park wouldn’t be unique.
Wyoming should compete for America’s next great base — on our terms
The Pentagon’s call for a new large-scale military base gives Wyoming an opportunity to buck the commodity roller coaster, writes guest columnist David Giralt.
MLB won’t play ball in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball “will not continue to evaluate Grand Teton National Park as a potential site,” for a game, Commissioner Robert Manfred told local officials in a letter Thursday.
Wyoming Supreme Court concludes crossover-voting ban is constitutional
The ruling clears the way for November’s general election to proceed with party-affiliation restrictions in place.
Things that last
Stories — built from relationships with one another, with our environment, with a higher power — make us who we are and write the legacy we leave behind, columnist Walt Gasson reflects.
Billionaires in the wilderness
Private-sector wealth wants to save Greater Yellowstone. But for whom?
The plight of the pronghorn: Part 2
The lackluster recovery of the Sublette Pronghorn Herd after the killer winter of 2022-23 whispers of trouble on the range, writes guest columnist Chris Madson.