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Self-sufficiency report reveals obstacles facing Wyoming workers, families
GREYBULL — A single parent of one preschooler and one school-aged child in Big Horn County must earn more than $60,000 annually to cover basic necessities and meet the monthly cost of living, according to a report released last month by the Wyoming Women’s Foundation. The Wyoming Self-Sufficiency report, a 114-page document compiled by researchers to assess economic security and how to best achieve prosperity, highlights the financial difficulties facing the average Wyoming family. ...
Wyoming Fire Fighters Making Strong Progress
Progress has been made on some of the biggest fires currently burning in Wyoming. Those heavy thunderstorms that passed over the area, on Monday, did not put anything out but made it a bit easier for firefighters to contain what has been burning. The House Draw Fire that has burned...
Wyoming Ranchers Help Each Other Through Facebook
Most ranchers across Wyoming know each other. In some cases, their families have known each other for generations. So when the world goes wrong they come together to offer help to those neighbors and friends in need. The recent wildfires on Wyoming's prairies have inspired a Facebook page called Wyoming...
Crews manage to contain wildfires under windy conditions Wednesday
CASPER, Wyo. — Firefighting crews were able to hold containment lines under persistent dry and windy conditions on Wednesday. According to an update from the Southwest Area Incident Management Team, which consists of multiple agencies handling numerous wildfires in the region, firefighters will continue to secure lines and work on suppression repair needs across four fires that are still burning in Wyoming.
Wyoming High School Cross Country Scoreboard: Aug. 29-31, 2024
The 2024 high school cross-country season in Wyoming makes its debut this weekend. The first race will occur with a unique event in Afton on Thursday. A lot of teams are heading to Cheyenne on Friday morning. Rock Springs hosts a small event on Friday. Newcastle has the last in-state cross-country meet on Saturday with a few Wyoming and South Dakota schools competing. A few schools are going to cross-country races out of state.
Wyoming Researcher Receives Aldo Leopold Award
A renowned Wyoming wildlife biologist and researcher has been awarded the 2024 Aldo Leopold Award for his work in the field of ungulate migration. Matthew Kauffman, leader of the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit at the University of Wyoming, U.S. Geological Survey researcher, and lead scientist for the Wyoming Migration Initiative, was bestowed the prestigious Leopold Award for his pioneering of migration studies, which colleagues say will have a lasting impact on the field.
Primary election sends Wyoming in 'new direction'
JACKSON — Teton County lawmakers won’t be walking back into the same State Legislature next year. Although all four of the incumbents from Jackson Hole and Star Valley, Republican and Democrat alike, went unchallenged in last Tuesday’s primaries, the rest of the state was battling it out for hold of the House and Senate. Some incumbents called it the ugliest campaign season they had ever witnessed, as misleading mailers, dark...
Democratic lawmakers frustrated over hesitancy to fund early childhood programs
CHEYENNE – Democratic lawmakers appeared frustrated after a motion to draft a bill that would fund high-quality early childhood education in Wyoming through an endowment failed to pass a legislative committee Wednesday morning. Members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Committee heard a presentation during the first day of their two-day meeting in Casper that demonstrated why ...
State certifies three write-in candidates for Legislature, none from Laramie County
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming State Canvassing Board met Wednesday to certify the 2024 August primary results, including three Democratic write-in candidates for state Legislature. To be certified as a write-in candidate, they must receive at least 25 write-in votes, they must be a registered member of the party on the day of the election, and they must receive a significant number of votes to affect ...
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