Wyoming

News from the state of Wyoming

Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several...

Liz Cheney spent $58K on security after impeachment vote

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CASPER, Wyo. — The Federal Elections Commission has released financial filings that show Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney spent $58,500 on security from January...

States tap federal aid to shore up empty unemployment funds

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Businesses could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years — potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest...

GOP donor, investor, philanthropist Foster Friess dies at 81

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Republican political donor, investor and philanthropist Foster Friess died Thursday. He was 81. ...

New wolf killing laws prompt push to revive protections

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican...

Wyoming candidate undeterred after teen pregnancy disclosure

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GILLETTE, Wyo. — A U.S. House candidate in Wyoming who disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 scoffed at the...

Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020

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As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape. ...

Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says

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WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...

Wyoming senator discloses impregnating 14-year-old at 18

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, disclosed that he impregnated a...

Hoping for unity, GOP set to put Stefanik in top House post

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WASHINGTON — Republicans are ready to vault Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership, with the party hoping to turn the page...