Anna B. Rader
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Journalism junkie, music lover, Wyomingite, nerd. Engagement editor @wyofile.com. Opinions are my own. She/her
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Declining reimbursement rates and escalating costs contributed to the workforce reduction at the clinic, an important medical care provider in Gillette. The facility will remain open with a remaining staff of 250.
Gillette clinic eliminates around 40 positions - WyoFile
Hoskinson Health Wellness Clinic's owner, Charles Hoskinson, also laid off 136 workers from his Gillette-based construction and concrete businesses in December.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Declining reimbursement rates and escalating costs contributed to the workforce reduction at the clinic, an important medical care provider in Gillette. The facility will remain open with a remaining staff of 250.
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Language in the park's 75-year-old founding legislation means its staff will have to generate ideas for more hunting, though opportunities to do so may be limited.
Chronic wasting disease and declining Jackson Elk Herd numbers might stymie the Interior Department’s efforts.
Chronic wasting disease and declining Jackson Elk Herd numbers might stymie the Interior Department’s efforts.
Trump administration wants to boost hunting in Grand Teton National Park - WyoFile
Language in park’s 75-year-old founding legislation means its staff will have to make recommendations to provide more hunting, though opportunities may be limited.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Language in the park's 75-year-old founding legislation means its staff will have to generate ideas for more hunting, though opportunities to do so may be limited.
Chronic wasting disease and declining Jackson Elk Herd numbers might stymie the Interior Department’s efforts.
Chronic wasting disease and declining Jackson Elk Herd numbers might stymie the Interior Department’s efforts.
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Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, only four-year public university, and defunding Wyoming Public Radio, even though the state has a budget surplus.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, only four-year public university, and defunding Wyoming Public Radio, even though the state has a budget surplus.
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OPINION: Our state faces important challenges when it comes to keeping our young people, maintaining local services and supporting our health care system, writes columnist Khale Lenhart.
Opinion | Wyoming faces critical questions in 2026
Our state faces important challenges when it comes to keeping our young people, maintaining local services and supporting our health care system, writes columnist Khale Lenhart.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
OPINION: Our state faces important challenges when it comes to keeping our young people, maintaining local services and supporting our health care system, writes columnist Khale Lenhart.
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OPINION: People will continue to leave Wyoming unless our leaders drop tired tradition in favor of policies that nurture growth, writes columnist Jessica Brauer.
Opinion | Familiar soil isn’t guaranteed to be fertile
People will continue to leave Wyoming unless our leaders trade in tired tradition for policies that nurture growth, writes columnist Jessica Brauer.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
OPINION: People will continue to leave Wyoming unless our leaders drop tired tradition in favor of policies that nurture growth, writes columnist Jessica Brauer.
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Following its plan to defund the state's economic development agency, the Joint Appropriations Committee took up a bill detailing which programs to eliminate and which to transfer to other agencies.
"This is nuts," Gov. Gordon Policy Director Randall Luthi responded.
"This is nuts," Gov. Gordon Policy Director Randall Luthi responded.
Lawmakers advance bill to dismantle Wyoming Business Council despite governor’s office objections - WyoFile
The legislative panel proposing to defund the economic development shop wants to shuffle some programs to other state agencies.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Following its plan to defund the state's economic development agency, the Joint Appropriations Committee took up a bill detailing which programs to eliminate and which to transfer to other agencies.
"This is nuts," Gov. Gordon Policy Director Randall Luthi responded.
"This is nuts," Gov. Gordon Policy Director Randall Luthi responded.
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Wyoming environmental regulators who tested the waters of a crowded Wind River Range lake last summer didn't detect the same worrisome concentrations of fecal bacteria that federal regulators found three years before.
But visitors should still use caution, a Shoshone forest spokesman says.
But visitors should still use caution, a Shoshone forest spokesman says.
After EPA finds chart-topping fecal bacteria in Lonesome Lake, state doesn’t detect E. coli - WyoFile
More recent water quality results mean the crowded Wind River Range lake won’t face ‘impaired’ listing, but the improvement also does not clear it of all human health concerns.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Wyoming environmental regulators who tested the waters of a crowded Wind River Range lake last summer didn't detect the same worrisome concentrations of fecal bacteria that federal regulators found three years before.
But visitors should still use caution, a Shoshone forest spokesman says.
But visitors should still use caution, a Shoshone forest spokesman says.
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OPINION: The Wyoming Press Association honors the state's most transparent local governments so that communities may know what their governments are doing for, and to, them, writes the group's past president Bob Bonnar.
Opinion | Keeping the Republic: Franklin’s test for modern Wyoming
The Wyoming Press Association honors the state’s most transparent local governments so that communities may know what their governments are doing for, and to, them, writes the group’s past president B...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
OPINION: The Wyoming Press Association honors the state's most transparent local governments so that communities may know what their governments are doing for, and to, them, writes the group's past president Bob Bonnar.
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OPINION: Renee Nicole Good's killing in Minneapolis compelled columnist David Romtvedt to ask, what is the place of poetry in a troubled society?
Opinion | Poetry and the news
Renee Nicole Good's killing in Minneapolis compelled columnist David Romtvedt to ask, what is the place of poetry in a troubled society?
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January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
OPINION: Renee Nicole Good's killing in Minneapolis compelled columnist David Romtvedt to ask, what is the place of poetry in a troubled society?
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Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, and only four-year public university.
@wbur.org's Peter O'Dowd spoke with our reporter, Maggie Mullen, about why lawmakers are proposing these cuts and their impact.
@wbur.org's Peter O'Dowd spoke with our reporter, Maggie Mullen, about why lawmakers are proposing these cuts and their impact.
Wyoming lawmakers propose sweeping cuts despite a budget surplus
Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, and only four-year public university, even though the state has a budget surplus.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Wyoming lawmakers are proposing sweeping budget cuts to the state's health care system, economic development council, and only four-year public university.
@wbur.org's Peter O'Dowd spoke with our reporter, Maggie Mullen, about why lawmakers are proposing these cuts and their impact.
@wbur.org's Peter O'Dowd spoke with our reporter, Maggie Mullen, about why lawmakers are proposing these cuts and their impact.
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Dissatisfaction with the Wyoming Business Council has been brewing for years, according to some stakeholders. Though he concedes the need to reform the agency, Gov. Gordon said he'll fight to preserve the state's economic development shop in the upcoming budget session.
Stakeholders contemplate demise of Wyoming Business Council - WyoFile
Though dissatisfaction with the agency has been brewing for years, Gov. Gordon says he'll fight to preserve the state's primary economic development shop.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Dissatisfaction with the Wyoming Business Council has been brewing for years, according to some stakeholders. Though he concedes the need to reform the agency, Gov. Gordon said he'll fight to preserve the state's economic development shop in the upcoming budget session.
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Wyoming Freedom Caucus lawmakers want to stash millions in excess revenue in temporary savings so they could potentially spend it later.
Others support the governor's recommendation to put it in inaccessible permanent savings, where it would generate investment income forever.
Others support the governor's recommendation to put it in inaccessible permanent savings, where it would generate investment income forever.
Wyoming lawmakers clash over where to stash $250M in surplus revenue - WyoFile
Members of the Joint Appropriations Committee split Wednesday over whether to put the quarter of a billion dollars into temporary or permanent savings accounts.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Wyoming Freedom Caucus lawmakers want to stash millions in excess revenue in temporary savings so they could potentially spend it later.
Others support the governor's recommendation to put it in inaccessible permanent savings, where it would generate investment income forever.
Others support the governor's recommendation to put it in inaccessible permanent savings, where it would generate investment income forever.
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In a budget markup session Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee moved to strip tens of millions of dollars in requested fund increases from the Wyoming Department of Health budget.
Tens of millions denied for Wyoming health department budget - WyoFile
Lawmakers moved to strip tens of millions of dollars from a Wyoming Department of Health funding increase.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
In a budget markup session Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee moved to strip tens of millions of dollars in requested fund increases from the Wyoming Department of Health budget.
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The Jackson Hole Ski Patrol has withdrawn a petition to form a union, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Withdrawal allows the patrollers to resurrect the issue in six months if members are unsatisfied with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s response to their requests.
Withdrawal allows the patrollers to resurrect the issue in six months if members are unsatisfied with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s response to their requests.
Jackson Hole Ski Patrol withdraws union push - WyoFile
After a close vote and before contested ballots were adjudicated, members of the ski safety crew ended the initiative.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Jackson Hole Ski Patrol has withdrawn a petition to form a union, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Withdrawal allows the patrollers to resurrect the issue in six months if members are unsatisfied with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s response to their requests.
Withdrawal allows the patrollers to resurrect the issue in six months if members are unsatisfied with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s response to their requests.
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Three men face felony animal cruelty charges in Uinta County for allegedly roping and riding a moose in 2021. The case is resurfacing questions about wildlife abuse in Wyoming.
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Moose torture case puts Wyoming back in unsavory spotlight - WyoFile
Three men face felony animal cruelty charges in Uinta County for allegedly roping and riding a moose. The case is resurfacing questions about wildlife abuse in Wyoming.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Three men face felony animal cruelty charges in Uinta County for allegedly roping and riding a moose in 2021. The case is resurfacing questions about wildlife abuse in Wyoming.
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OPINION: Once we understand how bias distorts what we see, we can take steps to correct our own vision, writes columnist Rod Miller.
Opinion | 'Rashomon' and death in Minneapolis
Once we understand how bias distorts what we see, we can take steps to correct our own vision, writes columnist Rod Miller.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
OPINION: Once we understand how bias distorts what we see, we can take steps to correct our own vision, writes columnist Rod Miller.
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BLM law enforcement officer Richard "Deak" Dollard faces second-degree murder charges for the death of Lander resident Evan Denevan.
Lander police also arrested his brother, Justin Dollard, and nephew, Jesse Dollard, in connection with the fatal fight.
Lander police also arrested his brother, Justin Dollard, and nephew, Jesse Dollard, in connection with the fatal fight.
Law enforcement officer faces murder charge for Lander bar fight death - WyoFile
Lander police arrested Bureau of Land Management officer Richard “Deak” Dollard in connection with a fight at the Maverick Lounge that resulted in the death of Lander resident Evan Denevan.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
BLM law enforcement officer Richard "Deak" Dollard faces second-degree murder charges for the death of Lander resident Evan Denevan.
Lander police also arrested his brother, Justin Dollard, and nephew, Jesse Dollard, in connection with the fatal fight.
Lander police also arrested his brother, Justin Dollard, and nephew, Jesse Dollard, in connection with the fatal fight.
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BREAKING: Despite pleas from Gov. Gordon and others, the Joint Appropriations Committee decided that economic development is not the proper role of state government.
Members indicated that business thrives primarily on low taxes and minimal regulations.
Members indicated that business thrives primarily on low taxes and minimal regulations.
Lawmakers move to defund Wyoming Business Council ahead of budget session - WyoFile
Despite pleas from Gov. Gordon and others, Joint Appropriations Committee debated whether economic development is the proper role of state government.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:53 AM
BREAKING: Despite pleas from Gov. Gordon and others, the Joint Appropriations Committee decided that economic development is not the proper role of state government.
Members indicated that business thrives primarily on low taxes and minimal regulations.
Members indicated that business thrives primarily on low taxes and minimal regulations.
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BREAKING: Wyoming Freedom Caucus members on a key budget committee took aim Tuesday at the state's lone four-year public university.
They voted to cut the University of Wyoming's block grant by $40 million, while also defunding public radio and an athletics department request.
They voted to cut the University of Wyoming's block grant by $40 million, while also defunding public radio and an athletics department request.
Lawmakers vote to axe UW’s block grant, defund Wyoming Public Media - WyoFile
Wyoming Freedom Caucus members on a key budget committee take aim at the state’s lone four-year public university.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
BREAKING: Wyoming Freedom Caucus members on a key budget committee took aim Tuesday at the state's lone four-year public university.
They voted to cut the University of Wyoming's block grant by $40 million, while also defunding public radio and an athletics department request.
They voted to cut the University of Wyoming's block grant by $40 million, while also defunding public radio and an athletics department request.
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Protect Wyoming PAC's founders say a state Senate push to takeover federal land spurred an organic effort to organize a political action committee on behalf of hunters, anglers and other outdoor recreationists.
New Wyoming PAC forms to oust 'anti-public lands' lawmakers - WyoFile
Founders say federal land takeover legislation spurred formation of political action committee on behalf of hunters, anglers and other outdoor recreationists.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Protect Wyoming PAC's founders say a state Senate push to takeover federal land spurred an organic effort to organize a political action committee on behalf of hunters, anglers and other outdoor recreationists.
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Jillian Balow, former superintendent of public instruction, announced Tuesday she will run for U.S. House. Balow is the third Republican to announce a bid for Wyoming’s lone House seat.
Jillian Balow, former Wyoming education leader, will run for U.S. House - WyoFile
Balow is the third Republican to announce a bid for Wyoming’s lone House seat.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Jillian Balow, former superintendent of public instruction, announced Tuesday she will run for U.S. House. Balow is the third Republican to announce a bid for Wyoming’s lone House seat.
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Wyoming is failing to adequately manage a wave of wind and other energy projects impeding on private and public lands, dozens of concerned citizens told the State Board of Land Commissioners.
One person implored, "Please slow down, take a broader view."
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One person implored, "Please slow down, take a broader view."
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January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Wyoming is failing to adequately manage a wave of wind and other energy projects impeding on private and public lands, dozens of concerned citizens told the State Board of Land Commissioners.
One person implored, "Please slow down, take a broader view."
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One person implored, "Please slow down, take a broader view."
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OPINION: The Joint Appropriations Committee met behind closed doors to discuss shrinking the size of the state Supreme Court, writes columnist Kerry Drake.
Instead, they should be paying attention to what the public's been saying for decades: Wyoming doesn’t want an abortion ban.
Instead, they should be paying attention to what the public's been saying for decades: Wyoming doesn’t want an abortion ban.
Opinion | Freedom Caucus, Gordon need to accept abortion bans' overturn
Wyoming voters already amended the state constitution to guarantee residents' right to make their own health care decisions, columnist Kerry Drake writes.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
OPINION: The Joint Appropriations Committee met behind closed doors to discuss shrinking the size of the state Supreme Court, writes columnist Kerry Drake.
Instead, they should be paying attention to what the public's been saying for decades: Wyoming doesn’t want an abortion ban.
Instead, they should be paying attention to what the public's been saying for decades: Wyoming doesn’t want an abortion ban.
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A special general council meeting Saturday to address "nepotism," "conflict of interest" and "removal of 6 current business council members" resulted in the closure.
Offices will be shut until tribal court resolves "the Non-Sanctioned Eastern Shoshone Council actions."
Offices will be shut until tribal court resolves "the Non-Sanctioned Eastern Shoshone Council actions."
Eastern Shoshone Business Council upheaval closes tribal government office - WyoFile
Special general council meeting Saturday to address “nepotism," "conflict of interest" and "removal of 6 current business council members” resulted in standstill of all business.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A special general council meeting Saturday to address "nepotism," "conflict of interest" and "removal of 6 current business council members" resulted in the closure.
Offices will be shut until tribal court resolves "the Non-Sanctioned Eastern Shoshone Council actions."
Offices will be shut until tribal court resolves "the Non-Sanctioned Eastern Shoshone Council actions."
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Wyoming's top economic development shop has suggested bold moves and big investments to address a youth and workforce exodus, as well as opportunities to diversify a fossil fuel-dependent economy.
Some lawmakers, however, question whether economic development is the proper role of state government.
Some lawmakers, however, question whether economic development is the proper role of state government.
Gov. Gordon asks lawmakers not to defund Wyoming Business Council - WyoFile
Some legislators are questioning the role and necessity of the state's top economic development shop ahead of the budget session.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Wyoming's top economic development shop has suggested bold moves and big investments to address a youth and workforce exodus, as well as opportunities to diversify a fossil fuel-dependent economy.
Some lawmakers, however, question whether economic development is the proper role of state government.
Some lawmakers, however, question whether economic development is the proper role of state government.