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Wyoming wrestles with gas flares that might not help oil production

By WyoFile.com on Fri 06/14/2013 07:07am
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by Dustin Bleizeffer Originally published June 11, 2012 on WyoFile.com

Wyoming’s top oil and gas officials today declined a request by SM Energy Co. to continue flaring — or burning — natural gas from two horizontal oil wells in southeast Wyoming at a rate beyond Wyoming’s standard allowable 60 thousand cubic feet (mcf) per day.

Audit mistakes mar Wind River schools' success story

By WyoFile.com on Thu 06/13/2013 02:42pm
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By Ron Feemster
Originally published May 28, 2013 on WyoFile.com

The schools in Arapahoe, a small town near Riverton on the Wind River Indian Reservation, have attracted national attention twice in the past 18 months.

State's Education Committee discusses slew of important topics

By WyoFile.com on Fri 06/07/2013 11:28am
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By Gregory Nickerson
Originally published June 4, 2013 on WyoFile.com

The Joint Interim Education Committee held its first meeting this week.

Wyoming's energy-based budget still prone to busts

By WyoFile.com on Wed 06/05/2013 12:14pm
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By Gregory Nickerson WyoFile.com

Here’s what budget doomsday could look like for Wyoming:

Reservation-based pre-K bus takes school to students

By WyoFile.com on Wed 05/29/2013 09:04am
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By Ron Feemster for WyoFile.com
Originally published on May 28, 2013

It’s playtime for Cordelle, a two-and-a-half-year-old who lives with his mother, grandfather and aunt on a 10-acre parcel of land up a series of dirt roads 15 miles outside Pavillion, Wyo. And it’s fun for Carr. But the exercise is also serious diagnostic and educational work for the teacher. And an intense workout of Cordelle’s fine motor skills and vocabulary.

State is stuck with increasing number of 'orphaned' coal-bed methane wells

By WyoFile.com on Wed 05/22/2013 11:21am
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By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com

Love of powwow spurs huge turnout at CWC event

By WyoFile.com on Mon 05/13/2013 02:30pm
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by Ron Feemster

Originally published May 7, 2013 on WyoFile.com

Orphaned oil and gas wells on the rise in Wyoming

By WyoFile.com on Mon 05/13/2013 09:27am
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By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com

Oil and gas companies are walking away from non-productive or marginally-commercial wells at an increasing rate here in Wyoming.

Advocates say they want more 'stick' in workplace safety

By WyoFile.com on Tue 04/30/2013 11:18am
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By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com

Cheyenne-based Great Lakes Airlines tops others in federal funding

By WyoFile.com on Thu 04/25/2013 07:33am
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By Gregory Nickerson
Originally published on April 23, 2013 on WyoFile.com

As Obamacare deadline approaches, Wyoming lawmakers keep watch

By WyoFile.com on Wed 04/24/2013 04:25pm
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By Ron Feemster
Originally published April 23, 2013 on wyofile.com

U.S. Attorney fraud specialist reviews Two Elk stimulus project

By WyoFile.com on Tue 04/23/2013 07:09am
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By Rone Tempest, WyoFile.com contributor

— Originally published at WyoFile.com on April 16, 2013

Future of full-scale energy development in Wyoming may rely on ‘ecological currency’

By WyoFile.com on Wed 04/03/2013 04:27pm
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By Dustin Bleizeffer | WyoFile.com

The private Sweetwater River Conservancy northeast of Rawlins has been spending about $1 million annually for the past several years gathering an inventory of existing natural resources for what might one day become “ecological currency”

Locals say DKRW’s coal-to-gasoline plant needs more scrutiny

By WyoFile.com on Wed 04/03/2013 07:25am
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By Allen Best

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DKRW Advanced Fuels’ first proposed its Medicine Bow Fuel & Power coal-to-liquids complex in Carbon County about eight years ago. It’s supposed to be the first of its kind in the United States and, according to some, one of the cleanest energy plants in the world.

Two Elk coal-fired power plant granted another delay

By WyoFile.com on Tue 04/02/2013 02:47pm
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By Dustin Bleizeffer
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After 17 years of promises and delays, the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council on Monday granted Two Elk Power Co. another extension on its construction commencement date.

Environmental groups ask Wyoming to revoke Two Elk coal-fired power plant permit

By WyoFile.com on Thu 03/21/2013 04:30pm
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By Dustin Bleizeffer WyoFile.com

Juvenile justice without a juvenile jail

By WyoFile.com on Tue 03/19/2013 05:28pm
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By Ron Feemster
Originally published March 19, 2013 on WyoFile

Dreamers seek driver’s licenses in Wyoming

By WyoFile.com on Tue 03/19/2013 05:24pm
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By Gregory Nickerson
Originally published March 19, 2013 on WyoFile

Reservation schools’ federal aid slashed in sequestration

By WyoFile.com on Wed 03/13/2013 06:51pm
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By Ron Feemster
March 12, 2013

Three school districts on the Wind River Indian Reservation are scrambling to find ways to cut their budgets without harming student programs paid for with federal funding that sequestration cut sharply earlier this month.

Injection well case highlights energy vs. water challenge in Wyoming

By WyoFile.com on Wed 03/13/2013 06:22pm
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By Dustin Bleizeffer