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A federal agency wants to give up management of just under 60,000 acres of land on the Wind River Reservation.
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It’s about 5:45 a.m. on May 1 at a closed gate leading to an elk feedground in Sublette County. There's 15 minutes until the shed antler hunting season officially opens, as it’s illegal to pick up antlers in much of southern and western Wyoming for the first four months of the year.
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Last week, U.S. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) traveled around the state and held town halls with local communities in Carbon, Fremont, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties. On April 25, she held a forum at the Wind River Hotel and Casino outside of Riverton in collaboration with the Northern Arapaho Tribe.
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Yellowstone National Park is adding more measures to try and prevent aquatic invasive species from entering the park’s waters.
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Bailar Schulyer, a former Harvard swimmer and the first NCAA transgender athlete, gave a speech in Laramie to local residents and students.
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On April 21, a man got too close to a bison in Yellowstone National Park and sustained minor injuries.
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The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) says that tick season is here. That means it’s time to re-educate ourselves on tick-borne illnesses.
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Louis de Rochemont and Time magazine produced the groundbreaking news documentary series The March of Time in the 1930s and 40s. The films were distributed through movie theatres in the U.S. and abroad.
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Open Spaces show rundown for April 26, 2024
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A federal agency wants to revoke management of lands on the Wind River Reservation. A portion of Muddy Ridge could go to the Bureau of Land Management, or to local entities like Wyoming’s two federally recognized tribes.
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Chief Justice Kate Fox worries about the rise of threats against judges, court employees and their families. A new bill making its way through Congress may help. But Fox said that when the stakes are this high, waiting isn't an option.
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The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill this year funding a five-year forensic genetic genealogy pilot program. The technology is essentially a reverse 23andMe and could help bring closure to unsolved cases throughout the state.
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Snow may be melting now, but in this part of KHOL’s Workers series, Alex Roberts takes us on a ride clearing roads during one of the biggest storms of the year.
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations have been documenting the demonstrations around the country this week.
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Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.
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Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Neb.
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More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
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Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.
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An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."
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There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.