The Latest Breaking News from Wyoming

Wyoming Highway 22 Landslide Disrupts Commuter Routes

Landslide near Teton Pass closes Highway 22, impacting Jackson-Idaho commuters. Efforts underway to address closures and enhance transportation resilience.

Top News · Jun 11, 2024

Wyoming pass landslide brings mountain-sized headache to commuting tourist town workers

A landslide has wiped out a vital two-lane road in western Wyoming

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024

In Wyoming, Bill Gates moves ahead with nuclear project aimed at revolutionizing power generation

Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024

Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region

Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.

WEKU · May 16, 2024

US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest coal region

The Biden administration has proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region of the U.S. The move announced Thursday would limit future climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

‘There’s no forgiveness in us’: 25 years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, his parents want the world to remember

In 1999 Dennis Shepard gave a devastating speech to his son’s killers in a Wyoming court. Decades on, across the globe in Australia, he’s set to deliver it again

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2024

Minority Rule review: rich history of America’s undemocratic democracy

From an absurd Senate where California and Wyoming are equal, to Republican voter suppression, Ari Berman covers it all

The Guardian - US · May 5, 2024

Wyoming OT Frank Crum "Excited As Heck" To Be A Denver Bronco

Crum signed as an undrafted free agent with the Broncos earlier this week

Sports Illustrated · May 1, 2024

No, You Shouldn't Be Able to Run Down a Wolf With a Snowmobile

After a wolf was run down by a snowmobiler, who then paraded the wounded animal through a local bar, then shot it, groups are calling for law changes. Good.

RideApart · Apr 26, 2024

$18k in stolen antlers: poaching on the rise in Wyoming as collectors ‘cheat the system’

Gathering antlers has been a favorite pastime in the state, but the high dollars they fetch is now putting animals’ lives at risk

The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2024