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Wilderness advocates delay removal of tree ‘Yellowstone Forest Reserve’ surveyors inscribed in 1893
16+ hour, 6+ min ago (696+ words) Public opposition will slow plans to remove and display a section of a dead Shoshone National Forest tree that surveyors mapping Yellowstone Forest Reserve boundaries inscribed 133 years ago. The dead Engelmann spruce still stands about 28 miles from the nearest trailhead…...
Feed your soul: Central Wyoming Fairgrounds hosts Casper Fall Holistic Expo this weekend
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (324+ words) CASPER, Wyo. — On Saturday, the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds played host to the annual Casper Holistic Expo, and people from all walks of life came to the site to “nourish their body, and mind, and spirit at Casper’s longest running Holistic…...
Wyoming becomes 50th state to join maternal care alliance
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (745+ words) LARAMIE—When Wyoming recently joined the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health — a nationwide initiative to support best practices that make births safer and improve maternal health outcomes — it was the 50th state to do so. However late to the party…...
Wyoming Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Prism's gravel mining leases near Casper Mountain
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (480+ words) in January, Natrona County Judge Josh Eames also sided with Prism in it’s case against the Natrona County Commission, which amended county zoning regulations to prevent mining in the “mountain residential” zoning classification affecting the 3,000 acres of leased state land…...
Natural gas leads race to fuel Wyoming’s spiking data-center driven electrical demand
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (421+ words) For 60 years, the Dave Johnston electrical power plant has stood over serpentine bends of the North Platte River in Converse County, its two towering smokestacks dominating the skyline as a symbol of Wyoming’s coal-fueled power might. But the commanding presence…...
Bison become cinematographers in new documentary
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (651+ words) A bison’s shaggy beard hangs in the top of the frame as a calf sleeps in the sun. The camera lilts slightly from one side to another as the scraggly fur moves up and down, up and down, attached to…...
(LETTER) In America's 250th year, Wyoming can choose respect over division
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (328+ words) Oil City News publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Oil City News or its employees. Letters to the editor can be submitted by following the link at our…...
Nonprofit to use cutting edge construction tech for affordable housing development in Casper
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (380+ words) CASPER, Wyo. –– They won’t look like average houses, and that’s very much by design. “The post talked about a group building housing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,” she said, which is located in South Dakota and shares many of…...
Natrona County gas prices drop over holiday weekend as diesel hits national record
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (495+ words) CASPER, Wyo. — Natrona County gas prices fell about 6 cents over the holiday weekend to an average of $4.21 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA data. Wyoming’s statewide average sits higher at roughly $4.36 per gallon, up 2 cents, while the AAA national average…...
80 trail miles, 700 downed trees: Wyoming Forest Corps brings muscle to maintenance backlog
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (384+ words) When trails snaking through Wyoming’s 9 million acres of national forests go unmaintained or unused, nature can begin to reclaim them with remarkable speed. Look no further than sections of the Wyoming National Recreation Trail in the Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Big…...