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The wolf-killing case that could change Wyoming

By Wendy Keefover

The Wyoming man who deliberately ran down a wolf with his snowmobile in 2024 didn’t face any consequences, unless you…

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Beer and clothing in second-place Aspen

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.

In December, Teton County, Wyoming, residents learned they were the wealthiest people in the country, making an average of $471,751…

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Coal gets a boost as renewables are gutted

By Jonathan Thompson

A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in…

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What westerners cared about in 2024

By Betsy Marston

Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns…

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Coal continues its precipitous decline

By Peter Gartrell

The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new…

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One person who cares can change a student’s life

By Katie Klingsporn

By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was…

Katie Law hands out a diploma, Katie Klingsporn image

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Road failure in Wyoming reveals a housing crisis

By Molly Absolon

I live in Victor, Idaho—one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass…

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In Wyoming, tormenting a wolf is not a big deal

By Wendy Keefover

It’s legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes and run over them with snowmobiles, but recently, a man used his snowmobile…

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Where have all the doctors gone?

By Katie Klingsporn

There’s never been enough doctors in rural Wyoming, where I live, but a shortage of obstetricians is now increasing the…

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Outrage in Wyoming erupts over public land auction

By Savannah Rose

There’s a 640-acre parcel of magnificent, state-owned public land in Wyoming that’s set for auction unless the state changes its…

Pronghorn migrate through the Kelly Parcel, Wyoming, Courtesy Savannah Rose

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Chronicle of an abandoned oil and gas well — one of millions

By Jonathan Thompson
Abandoned well, Jonathan Thompson image

Even from a distance it’s clear that an oil and gas well called “State Senate #2” in New Mexico has…

Abandoned well, Jonathan Thompson image

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Wildlife watching has been getting a free ride

By Kelsey Wellington

There’s a new initiative in Wyoming that’s changing the face of wildlife conservation funding, and it’s already seen huge success…

Elk in pine forests on South Rim of Grand Canyon/courtesy NPS

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