Cheyenne’s Water Testing Reveals Lead Levels In Some Homes

The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities says water testing in Cheyenne has revealed elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes in the city. That's according to a BOPU news release. According to the release, the BOPU collected 30 water...

Wyoming leading charge to delist Greater Yellowstone grizzlies

Click play to listen to this article. Wyoming’s Representative Harriet Hageman, R-WY, has introduced the House version of the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025, which would remove Endangered Species Act protections. But Bradley Williams,...

How the Lower Sioux Is Harnessing Hemp to Build Sustainable Homes on Its Own Terms

In the Cansayapi community in southwest Minnesota, where Danny Desjarlais grew up amid the bluffs and banks of the Minnesota River valley, housing remains a persistent weight on the tribe. The federally funded housing stock that the 40-year-old...

Governor Gordon Joins Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to Launch Policies Bolstering Wyoming Coal Production

Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY), along with miners from the Powder River Basin and Wyoming Senate President Bo Biteman, joined Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Under Secretary...

BLM seeks Input for March 2026 Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming

The Bureau of Land Management opened a 30-day public comment period Monday to receive public input on plans to include 68 oil and gas leases, totaling 94,465 acres in Wyoming in a March 2026 sale. The comment period endsOctober 30, 2025. The BLM...

Whitebark pine could lose 80% of its western habitat to climate change, study finds

High in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, the wind-swept whitebark pine has stood for centuries in Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and California. But now, rising temperatures and drought imperil the tree’s future, even though it's federally...

13.6% of Young Adults in Wyoming Have Delinquent Credit Card Debt

Image Credit: Pormezz / Shutterstock Credit cards used to be a convenience. Now they’re a necessity for millions of Americans relying on taking on debt for groceries, gas, and other daily essentials — all while facing the highest interest rates in...

Average Gas In Wyoming Now Just Over Three Dollars

Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 6.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.02/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 3.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand...

Gov. Gordon to host free Wildlife Recovery Webinar Oct. 8

If you were impacted by wildfires this season, there's an upcoming resource you may want to know about: Gov. Mark Gordon announced a free Wildfire Recovery Webinar is set for Oct. 8 at 10 am. It will offer homeowners, landowners and businesses...

Wyoming officials talk climate control and Trump at the U.N.

Wyoming officials talk climate change- part 1 Cheyenne, Wyo- In a state where climate change is a sore subject. Its impacts can be seen in agriculture, energy production and the state economies. This week, we spoke with some state officials about...

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Natrona County Road & Weather Report: Sunshine Holding Strong (9/29/25)

Here is your daily travel and weather report for Casper and the surrounding areas. The US National Weather Service Riverton Wyoming is reporting: Showers and thunderstorms remain possible today, but more isolated than on Sunday and confined mainly...

New Report Ranks States on Climate-Related Health Risks

This story by Nada Hassanein appeared on September 26 on Stateline, part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Vermont, New York, Washington, New Jersey and Maine...

Feds set auction date for first major Wyoming coal lease in a decade

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a “record of decision” Thursday, greenlighting the sale of 441 million tons of coal in the Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming — the first major federal coal lease offering in the region in a decade....

Wyoming Valley Levee overseer retiring

After a dozen years overseeing the vital Wyoming Valley Levee System along the Susquehanna River, Christopher Belleman will be retiring. Belleman, executive director of Luzerne County’s Flood Protection Authority, recently submitted his...

Inside the mystery of missing Wyoming WWII airman's B-17 bomber after it's found in the jungle after 82 YEARS

Hidden in a remote, moss-covered mountain forest lay the remains of a World War II hero for 82 years, until loggers discovered his B-17 bomber by chance. Sgt. Thomas L. Cotner, from Casper, Wyoming, was a Silver Star recipient during World War II....

Fall’s Biggest Wildlife Events Happening In The U.S. Right Now

A bull moose in the autumn colors around Jackson, Wyoming during the moose rut. getty Pelicans flock by the thousands in Oklahoma, raptors soar across mountain ridges in Montana, whales make their final splash off Massachusetts and the forests...

Hebrew U-led research team calls for global wildlife tracking to help curb pandemics

A research team led by Jerusalem’s Hebrew University has called on global health and conservation organizations to incorporate proactive wildlife tracking and behavior decoding into efforts to curb the spread of pandemics spread by animals to...

Lower electricity bills? Or more pollution? A new California law is sparking big debate

California has an environmental problem. Companies have built so many solar farms across the state that on many days — particularly in the spring months when sunshine is abundant but demand for air conditioning isn’t very high — they are producing...