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Wyoming Part Of Aggressive Effort To Get Cutting-Edge Nuclear Plants Online
The federal government’s Idaho National Laboratory is building close ties with Wyoming and other states on aggressive research and deployment of advanced nuclear plants.
Pat MaioMarch 13, 2024
Gillette-Based Atlas Carbon Makes $440K Payment On Defaulted $15 Million State Loan
Atlas Carbon, a Gillette-based producer of activated carbon for filters, has paid nearly $440,000 to resolve a default ruling on a $15 million loan from the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board. "We consider them in good standing," a spokesman for the board said.
Pat MaioMarch 13, 2024
Wyoming Plant Fined $400,000 For Mishandling Explosive Chemicals
Dyno Nobel of Cheyenne has been fined nearly $400,000 by the EPA for mishandling explosive chemicals. But the fine isn’t related to the 30 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer the company shipped that was lost last year.
Pat MaioMarch 12, 2024
Wyoming’s Trona Boom Continues With Proposed $6 Billion Mine Near Green River
The backers of the latest trona mining project in southwest Wyoming near Green River have proposed a $5 billion to $6 billion investment, more than double a rival operator’s $2.6 billion project unveiled just a few weeks ago.
Pat MaioMarch 11, 2024
Shhhhhh! There's A Pot Of Gold In The Dusty Landscape Of Wamsutter, Wyoming
The wheels are turning on a $300 million distribution hub in Wamsutter, Wyoming, to move huge volumes of natural gas across the U.S. West, but nobody will talk about it.
Pat MaioMarch 10, 2024
State of Wyoming Has 2 EVs In Its Fleet of 1,100 Vehicles And Not Likely To Get Any More
The state of Wyoming has nearly 1,100 vehicles in its fleet, including two electric vehicles. State officials say the two EVs in Cheyenne work fine but the state is too spacious for any more.
Pat MaioMarch 09, 2024
Wyoming Power Plants Can Charge Customers For Carbon Capture Retrofits
A bill allowing Wyoming utilities to recoup the cost of carbon-capture retrofits for coal-fired power plants passed Friday, despite resistance from the Freedom Caucus who are opposed to the concept of carbon capture.
Pat MaioMarch 09, 2024
Critics Say BLM ‘Doing Bare Minimum’ For Wyoming Oil And Gas Lease Auctions
Critics of oil and gas lease auctions held by BLM want more federal land offered for sale, with one Wyoming industry representative saying the agency is just “doing the bare minimum” required to favor green polices.
Pat MaioMarch 07, 2024
Race Is On To Produce Wyoming Rare Earths As Wheatland Project Advances
American Rare Earths Inc. said Wednesday that it has raised nearly $9 million to advance its mining project near Wheatland. It's significant because several rare earth minerals companies in Wyoming are rushing to get their shovels in the ground first and move to commercial-scale production.
Pat MaioMarch 06, 2024
Wyoming Rare Earths Project Near Upton Could Be Richer Than Estimated
Rare Element Resources, scheduled to complete a rare earth minerals demonstration plant in Upton in northeast Wyoming this summer, could have richer deposits of minerals than estimated, but could need more money to finish.
Pat MaioMarch 05, 2024
Wyoming House OKs Bill Allowing Power Companies To Charge For Carbon Capture
The Wyoming House on Monday passed a bill that would push back carbon-capture retrofits for power plants by three years, and for utilities to recoup the cost of it from customers.
Pat MaioMarch 05, 2024
Wyoming Holding Smallest Oil & Gas Lease Auction In Years; Dismal Prospects Continue
Wyoming is holding its smallest oil and gas lease auction in years this week and that's par for the course lately. During the Trump years, the state of Wyoming collected $95 million in bonus and rental fees, compared with a little over $19 million during the Biden years.
Pat MaioMarch 04, 2024
Sheridan’s Fallen Hero A Bigger Deal Than Prince Or Queen Elizabeth II
Locals say Friday’s turnout for Sgt. Nevada Krinkee, a Sheridan police officer killed in the line of duty in February, was bigger than when musician Prince came to town, or even a visit from Queen Elizabeth II.
Pat MaioMarch 02, 2024
Police From Across The West Show Out For Fallen Sheridan Officer
Police officers traveled from northern California to Nebraska — and probably every jurisdiction in Wyoming — to attend Friday’s memorial for Sheridan police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee.
Pat MaioMarch 02, 2024
‘We Have The Watch From Here’: Sgt. Nevada Krinkee Remembered As Protector, Father And Hero
Nearly 2,000 people packed into the Sheridan College arena Friday to honor the life of police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee, who was killed in the line of duty Feb. 13 and remembered as a protector, father and hero.
Clair McFarland & Pat MaioMarch 01, 2024
Sgt. Nevada Krinkee: Sheridan Memorializes Fallen Hero
As day breaks Friday, the city of Sheridan is up early to show its support to the Sgt. Nevada Krinkee family as this small Wyoming community prepares to memorialize a fallen hero killed in the line of duty.
Pat MaioMarch 01, 2024
Cheyenne Deputy To Play Taps In Solemn Last Call For Sheridan Sgt. Nevada Krinkee
Peter Hurdle, a Laramie County Sheriff’s Office Deputy who plays trumpet in the Wyoming Army National Guard band, said it will be “a huge honor” to play taps graveside Friday for fallen Sheridan Police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee.
Pat MaioMarch 01, 2024
More Than $11 Million Earmarked For Wyoming Oil, Mineral Projects
An influential panel of Wyoming's Energy Matching Funds program wants to spend more than $11 million to evaluate two projects that could help energize electric vehicles and squeeze more oil out of the ground.
Pat MaioFebruary 29, 2024
1,000 Officers Expected At Funeral For Slain Sheridan Police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee
The town of Sheridan is expected to briefly shutdown Friday as 1,000 law enforcement officers from across the United States are expected to pay their respects to fallen police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee who was killed in the line of duty earlier this month.
Pat MaioFebruary 28, 2024
Wyoming Senate Passes Raft Of Reforms For Energy Rates, Policies
The Wyoming Senate on Tuesday passed a number of bills that aim to reform the state’s electricity rate and other energy policies.
Pat MaioFebruary 28, 2024
Project West Puts $2.6 Billion Cost On Massive Wyoming Trona Plant
Investors behind a major trona mining project have placed a price tag of $2.6 billion on building a sprawling mining and processing operation in Sweetwater County that could help give Wyoming and America a competitive edge against Chinese rivals.
Pat MaioFebruary 27, 2024