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Send tips to [email protected] WyoFile began in early 2008 as the brainchild of founder Christopher Findlater, who got together with a small group of veteran Wyoming journalists to plan how to give Wyoming better in-depth news coverage through an on-line platform. Findlater was Wyofil

e’s primary financial backer for its first two years. Rone Tempest was WyoFile’s first long-time editor. He had retired to Wyoming, where he had spent part of his childhood, after serving as the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in New Delhi, Beijing, and Paris. In 2011, WyoFile was able to hire Dustin Bleizeffer, long-time energy reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune, as editor-in-chief. Rone Tempest has continued as a free-lancer for WyoFile. WyoFile’s financial base has expanded over the years to include support in grants and donations from the John S. and James Knight Foundation, The George B. Storer Foundation, and Christopher Findlater, among others. WyoFile has partnered with the Wyoming Community Foundation in conjunction with a 2012 Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge grant. WyoFile also received grants from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation yearly since 2011. These recent partnerships resulted in a project to expand WyoFile’s reporting capabilities, for increased coverage of government & policy, and of the Wind River Indian Reservation and Native American issues. For the Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge grant awarded in 2010, WyoFile was sponsored by the Lander Community Foundation. WyoFile is also a member of the Investigative News Network, an associate member of the Wyoming Press Association, and works in collaboration with Wyoming’s legacy media, and other news organizations. WyoFile is also supported by reader donations, and we need more of your help. If you support our in-depth reporting on Wyoming’s people, places and policy, please donate what you can. If you can’t make a financial donation, please campaign to get your friends and co-workers to sign up for WyoFile’s free email subscription. The larger our subscription list, the easier it is for us to raise money.

OPINION: Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.
09/10/2026

OPINION: Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.



Data doesn’t back up the state’s image as an agrarian powerhouse, writes Dagny Signorelli.

09/09/2026

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The ACLU will appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court after a judge dismissed its immigration case against Laramie County Sh...
09/09/2026

The ACLU will appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court after a judge dismissed its immigration case against Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak. The judge struck down the case over lack of standing but said whether Kozak exceeded his authority when he entered into ICE contracts remains unresolved.

A Laramie County judge dismissed the case last month over lack of standing. But the question of whether the sheriff exceeded his authority when he entered the ICE contracts is unresolved, the judge says.

The state’s participation was announced at the inaugural Wyoming Maternal Care Summit in Laramie, where health and polic...
09/09/2026

The state’s participation was announced at the inaugural Wyoming Maternal Care Summit in Laramie, where health and policy experts gathered to discuss closing care gaps for moms and babies. Joining the national alliance “felt like low-hanging fruit,” an organizer said.

Participation was announced at inaugural maternal care summit in Laramie, where health and policy experts gathered to discuss closing care gaps for moms and babies.

After Wyoming State Parks settled with the former owner of the Hot Springs State Park facility, inspectors discovered le...
09/09/2026

After Wyoming State Parks settled with the former owner of the Hot Springs State Park facility, inspectors discovered leaks, sagging beams and “significant problems with the pools,” a state parks representative says. He raised the prospect of replacing, rather than fixing, the popular visitor spot.

After settling with former owner of the Hot Springs State Park pools, Wyoming officials debate how to proceed with historic Thermopolis property.

Glenrock, Green River and other communities question use of AI-aided license plate readers over lack of transparency, co...
09/09/2026

Glenrock, Green River and other communities question use of AI-aided license plate readers over lack of transparency, cost to taxpayers and risk of unreasonable search and seizure. But police in some Equality State cities say the technology is valuable for fighting crime.



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Glenrock, Green River and other communities question use of license plate readers over lack of transparency, cost to taxpayers and risk of unreasonable search and seizure.

The Shoshone National Forest may still authorize a helicopter to extricate a section of the tree, but other options — li...
09/08/2026

The Shoshone National Forest may still authorize a helicopter to extricate a section of the tree, but other options — like a 3D replica — are being considered after advocates objected to altering designated wilderness.

The Shoshone National Forest may still authorize a helicopter to extricate a section of the tree, but other options — like a 3D replica — are being considered after advocates objected to altering designated wilderness.

OPINION: Leaning more heavily on sales tax could shift control from local governments to Cheyenne. Marta Mossburg offers...
09/08/2026

OPINION: Leaning more heavily on sales tax could shift control from local governments to Cheyenne. Marta Mossburg offers other paths to promote fairness, stability, transparency and fiscal restraint.

Leaning more heavily on sales tax could shift control from local governments to Cheyenne. Marta Mossburg offers other paths to promote fairness, stability, transparency and fiscal restraint.

President Donald Trump’s recent statements on data center opposition and beef imports have put him at odds with many of ...
09/08/2026

President Donald Trump’s recent statements on data center opposition and beef imports have put him at odds with many of his local supporters, potentially risking his favorability in the Equality State. Still, his numbers here remain stronger than anywhere else.

Wyoming is one of a handful of states where the president’s approval rating is above 50%, though his numbers have slid considerably since 2025.

Wyoming's legacy coal-powered stations are waning while wind and solar developers ask for construction delays. AI comput...
09/08/2026

Wyoming's legacy coal-powered stations are waning while wind and solar developers ask for construction delays. AI computing and data centers are driving the demand for natural gas-based electrons, and new plans would boost the state's electron output by 74%.

Firm and conceptual plans would boost the state's electron output by 74% while coal-fueled power slips and plans for wind and solar are delayed.

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