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Opinion | The tragic arc of Dick Cheney The former vice president advocated for a powerful executive branch, then watched as a president he abhorred used it to his advantage, writes former WyoFile board member Geoff O’Gara.

The tragic arc of Dick Cheney - by Geoffrey O'Gara @wyofile.com wyofile.com/the-tragic-a...

'It sucks so bad': Social workers scramble to meet surging needs in wake of shutdown - WyoFile Nonprofit social-service organizations struggle to meet spiking demand amidst federal cuts, the government shutdown and shrinking resources.

Nonprofits in Wyoming are struggling to meet spiking demand amidst federal cuts, the government shutdown and shrinking resources. People are struggling to heat their homes or put food on the table. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/it-sucks-so-...

ICE is lawlessly detaining Coloradans. The judicial branch is our only hope (Editorial) “Trump’s immigration enforcement squad cannot just smash and grab Coloradans because they suspect someone might be here illegally.”

Trump wants to deport 13 million people living in the US w/o legal immigration status. "But he has gone farther than that, and his agents are now detaining people who do have legal status," the Editorial Board writes. "The intent is clear — push out immigrants even who are doing everything right."

Two antisemitic incidents at University of Wyoming prompt investigations - WyoFile One incident involved pumpkins carved with Nazi swastika and SS bolts.

Reprehensible hate at the University of Wyoming. WTF wyofile.com/two-antisemi...

Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts

Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Colorado made plans to close coal plants. Trump agenda could force a reversal. | Colorado Newsline In December the federal government could order utilities in Colorado to continue operating two coal power plants that were slated to close.

Colorado made plans to close coal plants. Trump agenda could force a reversal. - story by Allen Best coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/05/c...

The Wyoming Low Income Energy Assistance Program can't act on 3,529 applications received since the program ran out of money in mid-October. Officials estimate that more people are struggling to heat their homes than have applied.

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Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry - Inside Climate News After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...

Low-income Wyoming homes still without heating assistance as temperatures dive and federal shutdown drags on - WyoFile An estimated 3,529 households that have applied for assistance still await help with heating costs, though officials estimate the need is much higher.

Published a story about the suspended LIEAP program this morning and a reader asked 'How can I help?' If you'd like to help those in need in Wyoming, call the Wyoming 211 program (dial 2-1-1) and they can direct you to organizations in your community. wyofile.com/low-income-w...

Low-income Wyoming homes still without heating assistance as temperatures dive and federal shutdown drags on - WyoFile An estimated 3,529 households that have applied for assistance still await help with heating costs, though officials estimate the need is much higher.

The Wyoming Low Income Energy Assistance Program can’t act on 3,529 applications received since the program ran out of money in mid-October due to the government shutdown, though officials estimate the need is much higher. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/low-income-w...

Dick Cheney, Wyoming oilman and former vice president, dies at 84 - WyoFile The divisive and powerful 9/11-era vice president was also a devoted husband, avid outdoorsman and close advisor to his daughter, Liz Cheney.

Dick Cheney, Wyoming oilman and former vice president, dies at 84 - story by @katie-klingsporn.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/dick-cheney-...

Politicized nuclear energy debate leaves residents conflicted, starving for credible answers - WyoFile The prospect of getting stuck with radioactive waste tops concerns, while elected officials spar over who is to blame for lack of unified support.

Many Wyoming residents worry about getting stuck with radioactive nuclear waste, while elected officials spar over who is to blame for lack of unified support behind nuclear energy proposals.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/politicized-...

Casper program to cut unsafe trees felled by DOGE’s ax - WyoFile Loss of federal grant pauses Wyoming city’s plans to rehab struggling, storm-battered tree canopy.

Casper program to cut unsafe trees felled by DOGE’s ax - by @wyodan.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/casper-progr...

Corner crossing remains legal across much of the West after Supreme Court rejects appeal - WyoFile Four Missouri hunters win a landmark case ensuring public access to millions of acres of public land in the checkerboard landscape of Wyoming and five other states.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Carbon County ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that he can’t block the public from corner crossing to reach public land. The decision affects 2.44 million acres of public land in Wyoming and more beyond. wyofile.com/corner-cross...

Wyoming lawmakers scrutinize Health Department ahead of budget session - WyoFile The department accounts for a larger piece of the pie than any other state agency. But it’s unclear where budgeters may want to cut.

Wyoming lawmakers scrutinize Health Department ahead of budget session - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-lawm...

Furloughed federal workers struggle, hang on, help one another - WyoFile An estimated 6,000 federal employees in Wyoming are not working or receiving paychecks after 17 days of the government shutdown. Some are angry.

Furloughed federal workers struggle, hang on, help one another - by @anguswyo.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/furloughed-f...

Radiant scraps Wyoming nuclear microreactor manufacturing facility - WyoFile California-based Radiant Industries cited the state's ban on spent nuclear fuel waste and said it will build a manufacturing plant in Tennessee.

BREAKING: California-based Radiant Industries cited Wyoming's ban on spent nuclear fuel waste storage for withdrawing its plans to build near Bar Nunn in Natrona County and said it will build a manufacturing plant in Tennessee. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/radiant-scra...

Wyoming considers $100M bet on nuclear fuel manufacturing - WyoFile The grant would support BWXT's proposed TRISO plant, while another $10 million would support carbon capture and a potential new coal-fueled power unit, all in Campbell County.

Wyoming considers $100M taxpayer investment in nuclear fuel manufacturing, and another $10 million to advance carbon capture research and a potential new coal-fueled power unit. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-cons...

Wyoming congressional delegation wants to override BLM coal lease ban - WyoFile Unusual use of the Congressional Review Act, also being deployed in some other states, disregards years of public input, critics say.

Gov. Mark Gordon cheered the congressional move to override the BLM public process, while conservation groups say it could "upend" the future of public land planning — a threat to industry, agriculture and recreation. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-cong...

Trump's major coal sales flop in Wyoming and Montana - WyoFile Feds postpone Wyoming coal sale despite promise to "revitalize" the industry. Critics say even the coal industry isn't betting big on its future.

BREAKING: Feds postpone Wyoming coal sale despite Trump's promises to "revitalize" the industry. Critics say even the coal industry isn't betting big on its future.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/trumps-major...

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

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AP: Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

County zoning sways state board to deny lease extension for controversial Casper Mountain gravel pit - WyoFile Opponents cheered the move, while lawsuits are still pending over whether county regulations can trump state-sanctioned activities on state-managed lands.

A blue-collar Wyoming community with mining in its DNA has won — for now — a battle against a proposed gravel pit at the base of its beloved Casper Mountain, where neighboring homeowners say their water was under threat. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/county-zonin...

Feds to redo management plan for 3.6M acres in southwest Wyoming - WyoFile The BLM's Rock Springs plan, under Biden, represented a widely supported conservation and development compromise, advocacy groups say.

The @BLMWyoming will "review and revise" a management plan for 3.6 million acres in southwest Wyoming to implement Trump energy directives. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-to-re-d...

Opinion | Outside money inside The Big Empty Wyoming has never been free from outside money, but that amounting to political influence is not a foregone conclusion, writes columnist Rod Miller.

Outside money inside The Big Empty - by Rod Miller @WyoFile wyofile.com/outside-mone...

Gordon cheers Trump's coal revival plan while environmentalists warn of disaster - WyoFile A $625 million coal spending package, along with more deregulation, will cost ratepayers and result in more deadly emissions, critics say.

Wyoming and its coal communities are among the primary benefactors of President Donald Trump's $625 million coal spending and deregulation plans, Gov. Gordon said. Critics say it will cost ratepayers and result in more deadly emissions. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/gordon-cheer...

Wyoming, Utah and Idaho push for nuclear energy renaissance - WyoFile Industry leaders see a fertile political environment in the region, but say challenges lie ahead.

State and industry officials recently met in Idaho to tout a tristate effort to build a nuclear energy supply chain. But there remains a dearth of skilled workers and the industry's legacy image as an exponential risk. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-utah...

A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say. It would compound an already climate-stressed Red Desert, according to conservationists.

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Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...

Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids. While once largely on the fringes, fluoridation skeptics now hold sway in government, and their arguments have seeped into the mainstream. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Conservationists worry a Trump re-do will imperil Wyoming's climate-stressed Red Desert - WyoFile A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say.

A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say. It would compound an already climate-stressed Red Desert, according to conservationists.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/conservation...

Opinion | Finding common ground over division Amid anger and division, it’s important to remember that Wyomingites have more in common than we might realize, Rep. Mike Yin writes.

OPINION: Finding common ground over division - @WyoFile wyofile.com/finding-comm...