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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.

Interest in data centers in Wyoming drives turnout and concerns at public meetings in Evanston and Laramie. Gillette tea...
06/05/2026

Interest in data centers in Wyoming drives turnout and concerns at public meetings in Evanston and Laramie. Gillette teachers, parents and students object to a proposed full cellphone ban in Campbell County schools. https://wyofile.com/local-lookout-data-centers-debated-public-pushback-on-school-cellphone-ban/

Interest in data centers in Wyoming drives turnout and concerns at public meetings in Evanston and Laramie. Gillette teachers, parents and students object to a proposal for a full cellphone ban in Campbell County schools.

Wyoming's coal industry will benefit from keeping coal plants open and the construction of a California port to access o...
06/05/2026

Wyoming's coal industry will benefit from keeping coal plants open and the construction of a California port to access overseas markets, Gordon said. Others wonder if any investment can revive the thermal coal industry, which passed on two massive coal lease sales in Wyoming and Montana last fall.

Gordon says Wyoming's coal industry will benefit from keeping coal plants open and construction of a California port to access overseas markets.

The Wyoming Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a state law that proh...
06/04/2026

The Wyoming Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a state law that prohibits political parties from financially backing one of their candidates over another until primary voters decide on a nominee.

State law prohibits political parties from financially backing one of their candidates over another before the primary election. The GOP says that’s unconstitutional.

Columnist David Romtvedt recounts a surprising letter and a path to a long, distant friendship.
06/04/2026

Columnist David Romtvedt recounts a surprising letter and a path to a long, distant friendship.

Columnist David Romtvedt recounts a surprising letter and a path to a long, distant friendship.

06/04/2026

Biologists are optimistic they can knock down overpopulated lake trout in Wyoming’s largest reservoir, and they’re incentivizing catch-and-kill practices with derbies and competitions that offer anglers cash rewards.

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Linda Barton, 76, died May 24, leaving a mark on everything from free educational programs to voting-rights campaigns. F...
06/04/2026

Linda Barton, 76, died May 24, leaving a mark on everything from free educational programs to voting-rights campaigns. Friends and colleagues are celebrating her warmth, elan and decades of dogged commitment to strong communities.

Lander resident, 76, died May 24, remembered for her warmth, elan and decades of community work in the state.

For all its charm as a beloved recreation spot and its utility as a local economic driver, Flaming Gorge Reservoir owes ...
06/04/2026

For all its charm as a beloved recreation spot and its utility as a local economic driver, Flaming Gorge Reservoir owes its existence to a legal compact that essentially regards it as an insurance policy in times of drought. Now, an emergency drought-induced draw is wreaking havoc on the lucrative lake on the Wyoming-Utah border.

Emergency drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell wreaks havoc on Wyoming-Utah's lucrative Flaming Gorge.

Republican candidates flood local races in Park County. Teton County’s hospital seeks a local tax increase to offset sta...
06/03/2026

Republican candidates flood local races in Park County. Teton County’s hospital seeks a local tax increase to offset state property tax cuts and other financial challenges. Casper gets money to help replace an aging chairlift at Hogadon.

An indication of high interest this campaign season, Republican candidates flood local races in Park County. Teton County’s hospital seeks a local tax increase to offset state property tax cuts and other financial challenges. Casper gets money to help replace an aging chairlift at Hogadon.

The injunction stops the transfer of a supercomputing center to the University of Wyoming.
06/03/2026

The injunction stops the transfer of a supercomputing center to the University of Wyoming.

Injunction stops transfer of key weather and atmosphere supercomputing center to the University of Wyoming

The order comes amid high anxieties over a wave of digital development that could triple the state's electrical consumpt...
06/03/2026

The order comes amid high anxieties over a wave of digital development that could triple the state's electrical consumption. Though Gordon says he supports the digital buildout, he acknowledged concerns over water and high electric bills.

The order comes amid high anxieties over a wave of digital development that could triple the state's electrical consumption.

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