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A new $100 surcharge on foreign visitors at select national parks raises questions about how much revenue it will generate, an economic consultant in Jackson Hole said. A think tank estimated the move could generate $55 million a year for Yellowstone. wyofile.com/new-100-fee-...
New $100 fee on Yellowstone, Grand Teton’s foreign visitors brings uncertain impacts - WyoFile
The percentage of international tourists to the world’s first national park has dropped by half over six years, raising questions about the new surcharge revenue.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A new $100 surcharge on foreign visitors at select national parks raises questions about how much revenue it will generate, an economic consultant in Jackson Hole said. A think tank estimated the move could generate $55 million a year for Yellowstone. wyofile.com/new-100-fee-...
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All three Teton County ski resorts have delayed their season-opening dates due to a lack of snow and warm temperatures that have limited snowmaking. The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort announced Tuesday that it would not open as scheduled on Friday. wyofile.com/jackson-hole...
Jackson Hole latest Wyoming ski area to delay opening for lack of snow - WyoFile
All three Teton County resorts have postponed their planned openings because of little snow and warm temperatures that have frustrated snowmaking.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
All three Teton County ski resorts have delayed their season-opening dates due to a lack of snow and warm temperatures that have limited snowmaking. The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort announced Tuesday that it would not open as scheduled on Friday. wyofile.com/jackson-hole...
Wyoming lawmakers are advancing a plan to eliminate residential property taxes, which Teton County officials estimate could mean a $181 million hit to revenue that pays for public services. Park County clarifies students’ rights to exercise religion. wyofile.com/local-lookou...
Local Lookout: Pricey property tax reform | Students’ religious freedoms | Wyoming’s teacher of the year - WyoFile
Wyoming lawmakers are advancing a plan to eliminate residential property taxes, which Teton County officials estimate could mean a $181 million hit to revenue that pays for public services. Park Count...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wyoming lawmakers are advancing a plan to eliminate residential property taxes, which Teton County officials estimate could mean a $181 million hit to revenue that pays for public services. Park County clarifies students’ rights to exercise religion. wyofile.com/local-lookou...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Health insurance for a 60-year-old Wyomingite earning roughly $63,000 a year will cost, on average, an additional $1,871 each month. That's an extra $22,452 per year and a 421% spike.
Experts offer tips for alternative plans and guidance for dealing with the sticker shock.
Experts offer tips for alternative plans and guidance for dealing with the sticker shock.
‘It’s terrifying.’ Wyoming leads country with highest jump in Obamacare costs - WyoFile
For a 60-year-old Wyoming resident earning $63K a year, the average monthly ACA premium costs are increasing by 421%.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Health insurance for a 60-year-old Wyomingite earning roughly $63,000 a year will cost, on average, an additional $1,871 each month. That's an extra $22,452 per year and a 421% spike.
Experts offer tips for alternative plans and guidance for dealing with the sticker shock.
Experts offer tips for alternative plans and guidance for dealing with the sticker shock.
Josh Allen received an ecstatic welcome when he returned to the University of Wyoming. Fremont County officials are mulling a sales tax to support public ambulance services. The Gillette City Council is working to repeal its hate crime ordinance. wyofile.com/local-lookou...
Local Lookout: Josh Allen returns to UW | Ambulance services and taxes | Hate crime repeal advances - WyoFile
Buffalo Bill's quarterback, Josh Allen, received an ecstatic welcome Saturday when he returned to the University of Wyoming. Fremont County officials are mulling a sales tax to support public ambulanc...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Josh Allen received an ecstatic welcome when he returned to the University of Wyoming. Fremont County officials are mulling a sales tax to support public ambulance services. The Gillette City Council is working to repeal its hate crime ordinance. wyofile.com/local-lookou...
In August, WyoFile profiled a Cuban man being held in the Casper jail during a grueling imprisonment by ICE. A reporter recently caught up with the man, who's now in Mexico. wyofile.com/from-a-caspe...
From a Casper jail to an unknown land, a Cuban man's deportation saga continues - WyoFile
In August, WyoFile profiled a Cuban man being held in the Natrona County jail during a grueling imprisonment by ICE. A reporter recently caught up with the man, who is now in Mexico.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In August, WyoFile profiled a Cuban man being held in the Casper jail during a grueling imprisonment by ICE. A reporter recently caught up with the man, who's now in Mexico. wyofile.com/from-a-caspe...
More than 90% of eligible patrol members signed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board and support a vote to decide whether to be recognized under law as a union.
In the meantime, ski patrollers are focused on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Nov. 28 opening.
In the meantime, ski patrollers are focused on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Nov. 28 opening.
Jackson Hole Ski Patrol takes steps to unionize - WyoFile
Amid unionizing effort, patrol says opening Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on Nov. 28 remains top priority.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
More than 90% of eligible patrol members signed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board and support a vote to decide whether to be recognized under law as a union.
In the meantime, ski patrollers are focused on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Nov. 28 opening.
In the meantime, ski patrollers are focused on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Nov. 28 opening.
A state audit backs up Bar Nunn's claim the town and Natrona County properly dealt with money tied to a dissolved taxing district. Two Green River city councilors are objecting to rising costs for a $51-million wastewater treatment plant replacement. CWD is showing up in areas near national parks.
Local Lookout: Audit absolves Bar Nunn | Supply chain woes drive up wastewater plant costs | CWD shows up near parks - WyoFile
A state audit backs up Bar Nunn’s claim the town and Natrona County properly dealt with money tied to a dissolved taxing district. Two Green River city councilors are objecting to rising costs for a $...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A state audit backs up Bar Nunn's claim the town and Natrona County properly dealt with money tied to a dissolved taxing district. Two Green River city councilors are objecting to rising costs for a $51-million wastewater treatment plant replacement. CWD is showing up in areas near national parks.
The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to sponsor a pair of bills to eliminate residential property taxes and to raise sales taxes to replace the resulting revenue loss.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to sponsor a pair of bills to eliminate residential property taxes and to raise sales taxes to replace the resulting revenue loss.
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On the heels of a major federal coal lease flop, Wyoming's congressional delegation helped advance a rarely used congressional tool to open the Powder River Basin to more coal leasing. Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
On the heels of a major federal coal lease flop, Wyoming's congressional delegation helped advance a rarely used congressional tool to open the Powder River Basin to more coal leasing. Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal.
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At the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, staffers say Hardeman, an 11-year-old red-tailed hawk, has an all-too-familiar story.
A car struck the male raptor in 2017 and blinded his right eye. So he became a center ambassador, where he loves flight training and shredding newspapers.
A car struck the male raptor in 2017 and blinded his right eye. So he became a center ambassador, where he loves flight training and shredding newspapers.
Jackson Hole's avian ambassadors - WyoFile
A red-tailed hawk at the Teton Raptor Center takes his name from the family that once ranched the land.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
At the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, staffers say Hardeman, an 11-year-old red-tailed hawk, has an all-too-familiar story.
A car struck the male raptor in 2017 and blinded his right eye. So he became a center ambassador, where he loves flight training and shredding newspapers.
A car struck the male raptor in 2017 and blinded his right eye. So he became a center ambassador, where he loves flight training and shredding newspapers.
OPINION: Wyoming needs to live up to the Cowboy Code by taking care of our own and doing what has to be done to ensure our neighbors have stable housing, writes guest columnist Kirsten Prosenick.
Opinion | Homelessness isn't just an urban problem
Wyoming needs to live up to the Cowboy Code by taking care of our own and doing what has to be done to ensure our neighbors have stable housing, writes guest columnist Kirsten Prosenick.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
OPINION: Wyoming needs to live up to the Cowboy Code by taking care of our own and doing what has to be done to ensure our neighbors have stable housing, writes guest columnist Kirsten Prosenick.
On the heels of a major federal coal lease flop, Wyoming's congressional delegation helped advance a rarely used congressional tool to open the Powder River Basin to more coal leasing.
Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal, and the maneuver may have unintended consequences.
Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal, and the maneuver may have unintended consequences.
Congress advances effort to overturn Biden-era coal leasing ban in Wyoming - WyoFile
Critics warn the congressional action may have unintended consequences.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On the heels of a major federal coal lease flop, Wyoming's congressional delegation helped advance a rarely used congressional tool to open the Powder River Basin to more coal leasing.
Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal, and the maneuver may have unintended consequences.
Critics contend the industry doesn't want the coal, and the maneuver may have unintended consequences.
The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to sponsor a pair of bills to eliminate residential property taxes and to raise sales taxes to replace the resulting revenue loss.
Lawmakers advance plan to revamp Wyoming's tax structure - WyoFile
The Joint Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to sponsor a bill to eliminate residential property taxes, another to raise sales taxes to replace the resulting revenue loss.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee voted Wednesday to sponsor a pair of bills to eliminate residential property taxes and to raise sales taxes to replace the resulting revenue loss.
Authorities are seeking information on several vandalism incidents at Heart Mountain’s historic hospital. A school district doesn’t want to pay Cheyenne's new stormwater fee. Douglas city officials are reversing course on a plan to issue more liquor licenses.
Local Lookout: Heart Mountain vandalism | Cheyenne schools v. Cheyenne | Douglas ditches liquor license plan - WyoFile
Authorities are seeking information on several vandalism incidents at Heart Mountain’s historic hospital. A school district doesn’t want to pay Cheyenne’s new stormwater fee. Douglas city officials ar...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Authorities are seeking information on several vandalism incidents at Heart Mountain’s historic hospital. A school district doesn’t want to pay Cheyenne's new stormwater fee. Douglas city officials are reversing course on a plan to issue more liquor licenses.
Friends and family recalled a plainspoken and cool-headed man with great devotion to his family, country and home state of Wyoming.
"He was a giant to the end," Liz Cheney told a crowd that included Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, but not Donald Trump.
"He was a giant to the end," Liz Cheney told a crowd that included Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, but not Donald Trump.
Wyoming son Dick Cheney remembered for integrity, loyalty, intellect during D.C. funeral - WyoFile
“He was a giant to the end,” Liz Cheney recalls to a crowd that included Biden, Pence and Pelosi, but not Trump.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Friends and family recalled a plainspoken and cool-headed man with great devotion to his family, country and home state of Wyoming.
"He was a giant to the end," Liz Cheney told a crowd that included Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, but not Donald Trump.
"He was a giant to the end," Liz Cheney told a crowd that included Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, but not Donald Trump.
In the 8 years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming. Wyomingites have likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In the 8 years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming. Wyomingites have likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.
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OPINION: There are parallels between the anti-evolution trial of 1925 and our current politics in Wyoming, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
Opinion | Things evolve, but stay the same
There are parallels between the anti-evolution trial of 1925 and our current politics in Wyoming, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
OPINION: There are parallels between the anti-evolution trial of 1925 and our current politics in Wyoming, writes columnist David Romtvedt.
ANALYSIS: Roberts — the former president of Wyoming Catholic College, now president of the Heritage Foundation — apologized for using an antisemitic trope, writes guest columnist Rone Tempest.
Analysis | Antisemitism accusations plagued Kevin Roberts' political heroes too
Roberts — the former president of Wyoming Catholic College, now president of the Heritage Foundation — apologized for using an antisemitic trope.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ANALYSIS: Roberts — the former president of Wyoming Catholic College, now president of the Heritage Foundation — apologized for using an antisemitic trope, writes guest columnist Rone Tempest.
Wyoming lawmakers reversed course on Tuesday, opting not to cut ties with the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State Governments West.
The two non-partisan, non-profit groups have long provided research and training to members and staff of the Wyoming Legislature.
The two non-partisan, non-profit groups have long provided research and training to members and staff of the Wyoming Legislature.
Wyoming Legislature reverses course on axing memberships with national associations perceived as too costly, liberal - WyoFile
The National Conference of State Legislatures and Council of State Governments West have long provided research and training to members and staff of the Wyoming Legislature, but annual dues raised eye...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wyoming lawmakers reversed course on Tuesday, opting not to cut ties with the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State Governments West.
The two non-partisan, non-profit groups have long provided research and training to members and staff of the Wyoming Legislature.
The two non-partisan, non-profit groups have long provided research and training to members and staff of the Wyoming Legislature.
County officials in Wyoming coal country passed a resolution against storing spent nuclear fuel waste and want the issue put to a statewide vote.
BWXT says that won't dissuade its plans to build a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant there because it won't involve waste storage.
BWXT says that won't dissuade its plans to build a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant there because it won't involve waste storage.
Energy-rich Campbell County wants nuclear, but not its radioactive waste - WyoFile
County commissioners passed a resolution to oppose nuclear waste storage, and in support of putting the issue to a statewide vote.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
County officials in Wyoming coal country passed a resolution against storing spent nuclear fuel waste and want the issue put to a statewide vote.
BWXT says that won't dissuade its plans to build a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant there because it won't involve waste storage.
BWXT says that won't dissuade its plans to build a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant there because it won't involve waste storage.
Skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers looked for ways to boost a backcountry safety mindset during the 11th annual Wyoming Snow and Avalanche Safety Workshop in Jackson. The goal is to reduce fatalities in the backcountry.
What is ski cutting and why is it controversial? - WyoFile
Skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers encourage a backcountry safety mindset — to reduce fatalities — at the annual Wyoming Snow and Avalanche Safety Workshop in Jackson.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers looked for ways to boost a backcountry safety mindset during the 11th annual Wyoming Snow and Avalanche Safety Workshop in Jackson. The goal is to reduce fatalities in the backcountry.
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In the 8 years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming.
Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses' names or not, they've likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.
Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses' names or not, they've likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.
Politics, press and philanthropy: How a Jackson Hole billionaire couple is shaping Wyoming - WyoFile
In the eight years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming. Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses’ names or not, they've likely ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In the 8 years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming.
Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses' names or not, they've likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.
Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses' names or not, they've likely been impacted by the couple's philanthropy, political donations or ownership of the Cowboy State Daily.