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Send tips to [email protected] WyoFile began in early 2008 as the brainchild of founder Christopher Findlater, who got together with a small group of veteran Wyoming journalists to plan how to give Wyoming better in-depth news coverage through an on-line platform. Findlater was Wyofil

e’s primary financial backer for its first two years. Rone Tempest was WyoFile’s first long-time editor. He had retired to Wyoming, where he had spent part of his childhood, after serving as the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in New Delhi, Beijing, and Paris. In 2011, WyoFile was able to hire Dustin Bleizeffer, long-time energy reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune, as editor-in-chief. Rone Tempest has continued as a free-lancer for WyoFile. WyoFile’s financial base has expanded over the years to include support in grants and donations from the John S. and James Knight Foundation, The George B. Storer Foundation, and Christopher Findlater, among others. WyoFile has partnered with the Wyoming Community Foundation in conjunction with a 2012 Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge grant. WyoFile also received grants from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation yearly since 2011. These recent partnerships resulted in a project to expand WyoFile’s reporting capabilities, for increased coverage of government & policy, and of the Wind River Indian Reservation and Native American issues. For the Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge grant awarded in 2010, WyoFile was sponsored by the Lander Community Foundation. WyoFile is also a member of the Investigative News Network, an associate member of the Wyoming Press Association, and works in collaboration with Wyoming’s legacy media, and other news organizations. WyoFile is also supported by reader donations, and we need more of your help. If you support our in-depth reporting on Wyoming’s people, places and policy, please donate what you can. If you can’t make a financial donation, please campaign to get your friends and co-workers to sign up for WyoFile’s free email subscription. The larger our subscription list, the easier it is for us to raise money.

The Uinta County Commission has approved the conditional use permit for Prometheus Hyperscale’s long-proposed data cente...
06/18/2026

The Uinta County Commission has approved the conditional use permit for Prometheus Hyperscale’s long-proposed data center east of Evanston. Prometheus Hyperscale must begin construction within five years.

EVANSTON—The Uinta County Commission has approved the conditional use permit for Prometheus Hyperscale’s long-proposed data center east of Evanston. The

Columnist David Romtvedt recalls the story of an Iranian musician turning to a source of comfort.
06/18/2026

Columnist David Romtvedt recalls the story of an Iranian musician turning to a source of comfort.

Columnist David Romtvedt recalls the story of an Iranian musician turning to a source of comfort.

Grand Teton and Yellowstone national park visitors left more than 500 comments in response to an Interior Department cal...
06/18/2026

Grand Teton and Yellowstone national park visitors left more than 500 comments in response to an Interior Department call for feedback on signs about American history. None expressed worry about history being represented in a biased or disparaging way.

Trump administration sought to restore "truth and sanity" in parks. Visitors thought it was already there.

The recent court ruling striking down anti-abortion laws in Wyoming has renewed criticism by Republican lawmakers who sa...
06/18/2026

The recent court ruling striking down anti-abortion laws in Wyoming has renewed criticism by Republican lawmakers who say the solution to the ongoing legal battle lies in making changes to the judiciary system.

“We're battling an activist court,” Speaker of the House Chip Neiman said.

06/17/2026

Broad misunderstanding of what health services are covered leaves many scrambling, experts say, and family members often step in when they don’t have the capacity or skills.

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A broad misunderstanding of long-term care coverage leaves many scrambling, experts say, and family members often step i...
06/17/2026

A broad misunderstanding of long-term care coverage leaves many scrambling, experts say, and family members often step in when they don’t have the time or skills. “Wyoming being just a rural state, there's very limited options for people to be able to stay at home and have quality care,” a caregiving service director said.

Broad misunderstanding of what health services are covered leaves many scrambling, experts say, and family members often step in when they don’t have the capacity or skills.

Without more stringent permitting and regulations from the U.S. Forest Service, the Winds’ backcountry experience will c...
06/17/2026

Without more stringent permitting and regulations from the U.S. Forest Service, the Winds’ backcountry experience will continue to degrade, writes guest columnist Travis Bridger Samulski.

Without more stringent permitting and regulations from the U.S. Forest Service, the Winds’ backcountry experience will continue to degrade, writes guest columnist Travis Samulski.

The Wyoming Legislature’s Tribal Relations committee discussed a lack of accountability for adults supplying children wi...
06/17/2026

The Wyoming Legislature’s Tribal Relations committee discussed a lack of accountability for adults supplying children with alcohol, a problem that extends far beyond the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Wyoming Legislature’s Tribal Relations committee discusses a lack of accountability for adults supplying children with alcohol, a problem that extends well beyond the Wind River Reservation.

Four Republicans and one Democrat are campaigning to be Wyoming’s next secretary of state. The state’s second-highest ex...
06/17/2026

Four Republicans and one Democrat are campaigning to be Wyoming’s next secretary of state. The state’s second-highest executive office has risen in prominence in recent years as worries about election integrity and shady corporations have intensified.

Four Republicans, one Democrat vie for state’s second-highest executive post

AG Keith Kautz asked the high court to stay out of a complaint over Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s decision to turn ove...
06/16/2026

AG Keith Kautz asked the high court to stay out of a complaint over Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s decision to turn over sensitive voter data to the federal government. He said two independent evaluations of the complaint didn’t yield criminal charges.

Responding to a complaint about Secretary of State Chuck Gray, Keith Kautz said he OK’d two independent evaluations.

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