2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (655+ words) A controversial gravel mining operation proposed on state land at the base of Casper Mountain remains in legal limbo after Wyoming’s top court heard oral arguments Wednesday regarding one of two cases before it. Under public pressure, the state board…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (550+ words) The American Civil Liberties Union will appeal its immigration case against Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak to the Wyoming Supreme Court after a judge dismissed the matter last month. The timing of the appeal is still up in the air,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1272+ words) It was a week after Wyoming’s Aug. 18 primary election before voters — who were already betrayed last year when Secretary of State Chuck Gray handed over sensitive state voter data to President Donald Trump’s administration — learned of another outrageous injustice. Two…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1003+ words) With much fanfare and at the risk of violating state law, the Wyoming Republican Party broke with decades of tradition and endorsed candidates in last week’s primary election instead of remaining neutral. It picked the losing candidates in all four…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1095+ words) Former Wyoming GOP chairman Drake Hill, who is representing a Colorado law firm in a records lawsuit against Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak, donated $1,000 to the sheriff’s opponent in the Republican primary, newly released campaign finance records show. Hill made…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (914+ words) On Tuesday, primary day, I’ll wake up at 4:30 a.m. I’ll be dressed and out the door by 5:30 a.m. I’ll swing through the drive-thru, order coffee: black, straight up, three shots of espresso. I’m gonna need it. I am an…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (599+ words) Wyoming remains one of a handful of states without a law to prevent lawsuits intended to silence free speech. After a measure failed last session, lawmakers are taking another swing at passing a bill to block such “strategic lawsuits against…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (474+ words) Weston County Clerk Michael Tooman resigned Tuesday, three weeks before the primary election and less than two months after a district court judge appointed him to the position. “I was becoming a focal point for questioning the validity of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (891+ words) Midwest Republican Rep. Bill Allemand on July 15 pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol following his arrest in Buffalo in December. A review of court documents shows the lawmaker also faced two separate sets of criminal charges for…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (268+ words) This is part 1 of a two-part series on Wyoming’s suffrage history. Part 2 will explore Wyoming’s role in the 19th Amendment and beyond. In 1862, Amalia Nichols’s husband abandoned her for the second time. A woman abandoned by her husband in the 1860s had…...