Latest Wyoming Headlines
All the headlines from our Wyoming Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers
Apr 6 2020 // Attorneys representing Wyoming coal miners reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit against a bankrupt coal operator. The settlement with Blackjewel LLC of West Virginia requires final approval by a federal judge,...
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers
Mar 26 2020 // Attorneys representing Wyoming coal miners reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit against a bankrupt coal operator. The settlement with Blackjewel LLC of West Virginia requires final approval by a federal judge,...
Wyoming School Board Approves $230K Asbestos Settlement
Mar 2 2020 // A pending lawsuit was settled with a Wyoming school board after they agreed to pay $230,000 over asbestos exposure at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper. The Natrona County school board approved the payment Monday, and said...
$90K Settlement in Wyoming Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Jan 23 2020 // A town in Wyoming has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former town employee who accused his supervisor of allegedly calling him racial slurs before firing him. The town of Evansville will pay $90,000 to former...
Wyoming Firm Settles Religious Discrimination Suit
Jan 23 2020 // A Wyoming company has settled a federal lawsuit by a former employee who claimed she was pressured to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed the lawsuit in 2018 against Teton...
Wyoming Workplace Deaths Last Year Were Below Long-Term Trend
Dec 27 2019 // Thirty-one people died on the job in Wyoming in 2018, a rate slightly below average. Wyoming has averaged 33 workplace fatalities each year in data going back to 1992, according to the Wyoming Department of Workforce...
Wyoming Hospital Boosts Security, Issues Notifications After Breach
Dec 16 2019 // Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Wyoming has added security measures and is informing people whose personal information was exposed due to a data breach earlier this year, hospital officials said. The breach was...
Wyoming’s Governor is Seeking Disaster Help for Beet Farmers
Dec 12 2019 // Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is asking for a federal disaster declaration to help farmers affected by cold weather in October. Two cold spells with warm weather in between harmed sugar beet crops in northern and southeastern...
Settlement Reached over Fatal Trench Collapse at Wyoming Resort
Nov 19 2019 // A Wyoming developer and representatives of two men who died on his property have reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported that the terms of the settlement involving...
USDA: Crop Insurance Covers Loss from Irrigation Tunnel Collapse
Aug 26 2019 // Farmers in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming left without a way to water crops following the collapse of a massive irrigation tunnel in July will be covered by federal crop insurance. That word came Friday from the U.S....
Wyoming Refinery Sued over Environmental Violations
Jul 18 2019 // The Wyoming attorney general’s office has sued an oil refinery, claiming it exceeded emission limits for a number of air pollutants. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the state filed the lawsuit last week...
Suit Filed Against Wyoming Developer in Deadly Trench Collapse
Jul 1 2019 // A wrongful death lawsuit claims dangerous work conditions and a Wyoming developer’s negligence caused the deaths of two men when a trench collapsed last year. The lawsuit was filed in mid-June on behalf of...
Suit Filed Against Wyoming Developer in Deadly Trench Collapse
Jun 14 2019 // A wrongful death lawsuit claims dangerous work conditions and a Wyoming developer’s negligence caused the deaths of two men when a trench collapsed last year. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the lawsuit was...
Wyoming Expecting Average Wildfire Conditions
Jun 13 2019 // Average conditions are predicted for the Wyoming wildfire season this year, but officials say they expect the season to be less severe than last year. Wyoming Public Radio reports State Forester Bill Crapser says fire...
Moose Vs. Auto Incidents on Rise in Western Wyoming
Jun 11 2019 // Cars and trucks are killing a lot of moose near an intersection in western Wyoming. Recently vehicles killed two moose in a week near the intersection of Wyoming highways 22 and 390 a few miles (5 kilometers) west of...
Nearly $1M Settlement in Wyoming Shooting of Man
May 17 2019 // A city in Wyoming has settled a lawsuit over a fatal shooting by two police officers. Attorneys for the estate of John Randall Veach said Tuesday they settled the lawsuit for $925,000 in damages. Rawlins Police Sgt. Jared...
Court Rules Wyoming Killer Was Not a ‘Resident’ Under Mother’s Homeowners Policy
Apr 24 2019 // A U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th District this week ruled that a Wyoming man convicted of a 2014 murder was not an insured “resident” under his mother’s homeowners insurance policy, and it turns out...
Digital or Plastic? Or Both? States Experiment with Driver’s Licenses
Apr 17 2019 // Millions of people may be able to show their smartphones rather than a plastic card to prove they’re legit to drive, vote or buy a beer in coming years. Louisiana in July became the first state to make digital...
Wyoming’s Opioid-Related Deaths Low, But Still A Concern
Apr 9 2019 // Opioid abuse and related deaths in Wyoming have not reached the crisis levels of some other states, but remain a serious concern. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported a 2018 lawsuit filed by Wyoming against Purdue Pharma,...
Connecticut’s Great Depression May Soon Be Over: Fox
Mar 5 2019 // Big news! Going by third-quarter state gross domestic product data that were just released, Connecticut’s economy is on track to grow more than 2 percent in 2018! That’s … not much. But it’s better...
