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Gov. Mark Gordon is hosting the first-ever Wyoming Sportsperson Conservation Forum on May 22 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois. Wyoming Game & Fish, wildlife experts and sportspeople from around the state will get a chance to put their heads together about some of the biggest conservation issues facing the state.
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The Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center near Old Faithful is a space where the 27 tribes with connections to Yellowstone share their culture with visitors through demonstrations and talks.
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A three-judge panel for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals will wade through conflicting legal precedent dating back to 1885 to make their ruling. That ruling is expected soon, though judges did not indicate when.
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The parent company Rocky Mountain Power is asking the U.S. District Court to overturn the Wyoming Public Service Commissioners’ decision in January to only approve a part of the company’s proposed electricity rate increases. The commission rejected part of the increase that would have helped pay for things like higher fuel costs to the company and rising insurance costs partly due to wildfires linked to their infrastructure.
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The “Alert America” campaign, launched by the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1952, was designed to shock everyday Americans into action against the threat of a Soviet attack.
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Visitors are advised to be aware of their surroundings, as cow elk can be more aggressive during this time of year, and may charge.
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Current U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is coming to the Tetons to give a free talk on May 21. Limón is the first Latina to hold the prestigious title and is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur “genius grant.” She’s published six books of poetry, including “The Carrying,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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The demand for affordable housing in Wyoming is ballooning. That’s true of communities across the state, including in Cheyenne. In light of that fact, state agencies, nonprofits and an interim legislative committee are scrambling to find innovative ways of increasing Wyoming’s housing supply.
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Wyoming author C.J. Box has penned more than 30 novels, many focusing on a popular, fictional game warden. In order to write the books, he’s extensively researched Wyoming’s wildlife culture and management, and he has some thoughts on the Sublette County wolf incident. Namely, he said it doesn’t represent Wyomingites.
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Outrage and fallout continues after a man brought a muzzled and leashed wolf into a bar in Sublette County. Hatred from both those protecting him and those condemning him has fallen on the backs of those who had nothing to do with it.
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The rush, chaos and competition still defined the annual shed hunt, but vehicle registrations in Jackson were down by roughly half due to a new state law, prohibiting out-of-state residents for the opener.
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More than 30 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show posters produced over 100 years ago are part of a new exhibition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Wyoming Public Radio’s Olivia Weitz spoke with Assistant Curator Sam Hanna about the new exhibit and the careful steps taken to display the posters for the show.
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Israel recalls ambassadors, as Spain, Ireland and Norway announce they will formally recognize the Palestinian state this month.
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State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.
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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday in a historic move that drew immediate condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians.
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Jenny Erpenbeck's novel, translated by Michael Hofmann, follows a couple in 1980s East Berlin and their tumultuous relationship, while Germany undergoes its own political transformation.
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Riley Keough, Elvis' granddaughter and sole heir, says in a lawsuit that the company advertising a foreclosure sale of his Graceland property is using fraudulent documents — and may not exist at all.
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The video adds to a long line of connections between the former president and antisemitism. The Trump campaign has not yet responded to NPR's request for comment.
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We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between.