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10/05/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our workshop on op-ed and commentary writing with Deputy Managing Editor Tennessee Watson at the Teton County Public Library.

Couldn't make it? Don't worry, WyoFile will continue to do events like this across the state.

Whether it's a pint night at a local brewery or a workshop at a local library, WyoFile values opportunities to connect with readers face-to-face. We want to learn more about you and what you care about.

And we want to answer your questions about who we are and why we do what we do. Providing opportunities for these conversations is part of our commitment to transparency.

Readers have the support of WyoFile's engagement editor Anna Rader, who coordinates our public events. Have an idea for a workshop or event? Please email Anna at [email protected].

Thanks for your engagement!

📷 Photo credit: Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile

10/04/2025

A small herd of pronghorn that lives in the 'Golden Triangle' — migrants that winter near Interstate 80 — pause for a moment in the morning light.

A small herd of pronghorn that live in the ‘Golden Triangle’ pause for a moment in the morning light.

10/04/2025

Advocates are working to change high rates of violence on reservations and unsolved cases affecting Indigenous peoples. Albany County educators, librarians, lawmakers and community members object to draft library bill. Nuclear industry promises jobs in Gillette.

10/03/2025

With parks ordered open, the federal government shutdown is hard to perceive for the thousands of visitors flowing through the gates of Yellowstone and Grand Teton.

It's the people who run the place who are feeling the pain.

With parks ordered open, the federal government shutdown is hard to perceive for the thousands of visitors flowing through the gates of Yellowstone and Grand Teton. It’s the people who run the place who are feeling the pain.

10/03/2025

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to confer Oct. 17 on whether to take up Wyoming's corner-crossing case, a dispute over public access to public lands. Meanwhile, Yellowstone and Grand Teton will remain partly open after the government shutdown.

🔗 Link to both stories in bio.

10/03/2025

OPINION: Public lands' cumulative value far exceeds any price that others might try to place on them, write three Lander business owners.

Public lands' cumulative value far exceeds any price that others might try to place on them, write three Lander business owners.

10/03/2025

People who maintained the nation's land-based nuclear missile arsenal are coming down with similar cancers. The Air Force is wrapping up a large study of the health risks they may have faced on bases across the U.S., including F.E. Warren in Wyoming.

Reporting by KFF Health News

The Air Force is wrapping up a large study of the cancer risks people who maintained the nation’s land-based nuclear missile arsenal across the Northern Rockies may have faced.

10/03/2025

All told, more men over the age of 70 in both Wyoming and nationally die from gun su***des than they do from car crashes.

Within Wyoming, Carbon, Park, Fremont and Sweetwater counties carried the highest rates of su***de among elderly people.

This story discusses su***de. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you can call or text the Su***de and Crisis Lifeline at 988. This

10/02/2025

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office taps its deputies and jail to assist ICE. Johnson County commissioners weigh in on the roadless rule, which could affect more than half the Bighorn National Forest. It didn't take long for Grand Teton National Park tourists to notice the federal shutdown.

The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office taps its deputies and jail to assist ICE. Johnson County commissioners weigh in on the roadless rule, which could affect more than half the Bighorn National Forest. It didn’t take long for Grand Teton National Park tourists to notice the federal shutdown.

10/02/2025

OPINION: Wyoming is down to one marketplace individual health insurance provider. With less competition and limited government intervention, health care costs will continue to climb, writes Alexander Muromcew.

Wyoming is down to one marketplace individual health insurance provider. With less competition and limited government intervention, health care costs will continue to climb, writes Alexander Muromcew.

10/02/2025

A miscount in Weston County's 2024 general election and the continuing fallout have refueled calls for banning electronic election equipment in Wyoming in favor of a hand-count system.

The state currently relies on electronic election equipment to tabulate votes. Some lawmakers want to outlaw that.

10/02/2025

The Bureau of Land Management will "review and revise" the Rock Springs management plan to implement Trump energy directives, the agency said. The 2024 plan, under Biden, represented a widely supported conservation and development compromise, advocacy groups say.

The BLM's Rock Springs plan, under Biden, represented a widely supported conservation and development compromise, advocacy groups say.