2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (947+ words) For much of the week, the southeast corner of Wyoming had a series of tornado watches and warnings. While tornadoes grab the headlines, residents know the real menace is monster hail. "We're where the storms like to start," said meteorologist…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1133+ words) A state investigation found widespread failures with Sweetwater County School District 1’s special ed program and gave it a year to correct them. "This wasn't a failure by just one person. This is a systemic failure," said a former school…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (699+ words) A wildfire scorched nearly 3,900 acres of ranchland in northeast Wyoming over the weekend. "We need to pray for the rain,” said a rancher, while the fire warden says conditions are already at “late-summer” levels. A second wildfire in less than…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (670+ words) Cheyenne police have arrested a suspect in the fire that ripped through the 134-year-old Historic Pumphouse on Saturday. The suspect has been arrested, and was allegedly captured on video breaking into and leaving the pumphouse at the time of the…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1347+ words) The Wyoming AG's Office filed a brief Monday defending the What is a Woman Act in the case of a transgender woman seeking a birth certificate change from "male" to "female.” A judge last year ruled that birth certificates should…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1285+ words) With more than 750,000 acres of ag land destroyed by wildfire, Nebraska ranchers face tough decisions about where to graze their cattle. Jim Magagna, of the Wyoming Stockgrowers, says Wyoming's drought will make it difficult to offer much relief. An estimated…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (873+ words) Dozens of Wyoming-based firefighters, engines and other support personnel are in Nebraska, where wildfires have ripped through more than 750,000 acres. One Wyoming fire chief called the dry, windy conditions a “recipe for disaster.” It’s happening on a massive scale now,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1633+ words) With out-of-control wildfires having burned more than 750,000 acres across his state, Nebraska’s governor has declared a state of emergency. Wyoming agencies are sending help, even as conditions at home are just as dry and windy. Four wildfires have scorched more…...

6+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (487+ words) A Powell McDonald’s worker is facing a felony charge of making terroristic threats after allegedly telling coworkers he would return to the restaurant with his Glock handgun and “air this place out.” He made his initial court appearance Friday. Blaine…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (848+ words) A bill to ban the delivery of kratom to people younger than 21 is another step closer to becoming Wyoming law. Even so, some express concern over the unregulated substance and a coroner said it’s “highly addictive and at high doses,…...