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Richard Ivan Brown, 90-year-old life-long Worland resident, passed away on July 24, 2019 at the VA hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming. Richard was born on June 30, 1029 in Worland. A Military Memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Monday, July 29, 2019 at... Full story

A $2.6 million pavement improvement project is scheduled to begin next week between Meeteetse and Cody. Prime contractor on the Meeteetse Rim project is McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland. The Wyoming 120 project begins north of Meeteetse... Full story

Mary Irene Sutherland, 99-year-old Worland resident, passed away on July 24, 2019 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be Saturday, July 27 at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Pastor Timothy Trippel... Full story

CASPER — Lander-based Fremont County School District No. 1 became just the fourth district in Wyoming to allow approved staff members to carry firearms in schools after a school board vote earlier this week, despite objections from some in the commun... Full story

LARAMIE — Former University of Wyoming football player Carl Granderson is appealing his six-month jail sentence, which was imposed July 11 after the defensive end pleaded no contest to a charge of sexual battery and unlawful touching. G... Full story

SHERIDAN — Recent reports indicate state tax revenues continued to grow through the end of fiscal year 2019, but recent disruptions in the state’s energy sector have cast doubt as to whether that growth can continue. Jim Robinson, principal eco... Full story

G&F wants to keep regional office in Jackson JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s leadership prefers keeping its regional office and current operations in Jackson, rather than co-locating with the Pinedale office or moving els... Full story

GILLETTE — Wyoming has come a long way from its roots. But when it comes to gambling, some lawmakers believe the Cowboy State today isn’t much different from its wilder days. “On the surface, it really is the Wild West,” said state Sen. Ogden D... Full story

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Attorney General’s office filed suit last week against Equifax Inc. for allegedly violating the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act. The lawsuit filed in Laramie County District Court alleges Equifax partook in unfair and dec... Full story

CASPER — A WalletHub data analysis has ranked Wyoming’s education system the 10th best in the nation for 2019, the group said in a press release Monday morning. The Equality State came in behind a slew of East Coasters who dominated the top fiv... Full story

Cody schools spend $10K to train for concealed weapons CODY (WNE) — The Cody School District spent just under $10,000 in the first full year of the CKA program that vets and trains certain staff who apply to carry concealed weapons in school building... Full story

SHERIDAN — As state officials continue discussions about how they can improve the transparency of Wyoming’s government, they have placed a greater emphasis on improving the legibility of government data. Though early transparency efforts have foc... Full story

JACKSON — A half square mile of sagebrush flats and rolling Gros Ventre Range foothills with remarkable Teton views is being considered for a sale to raise funds for a state agency that’s been bit by Jackson Hole’s housing crisis. The undev... Full story

July 23 was the kind of muggy midsummer’s evening where school is the farthest thing from most people’s minds — a distant obligation that comes after the vacations, barbecues and long days off. But in Lander, as more than 100 people filed into the h... Full story

Rocky Mountain Power delays release of resource plan ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — Rocky Mountain Power postponed the release date of its integrated resource plan, which would detail the potential closures of Jim Bridger Plant units one and two. Instead of c... Full story

Sheridan, WY-July 31, 2019- On the evening of July 30th, firefighters were looking for two reported fires in northern portion of the Bighorn National Forest. It was determined that there is likely only one fire, named the Lick Creek fire. This fire... Full story

TEN SLEEP — A $1.1 million pavement rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin Aug. 6 on Wyoming 434 (the Big Trails Road) south of Ten Sleep. The project is slated to begin on the south edge of Ten Sleep (milepost 0.267) and it extends nearly 1... Full story