2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (779+ words) With Pathfinder Reservoir less than 24% full, some farmers and ranchers in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska are being warned they could be out of irrigation water by the first week of August. Drought has left reservoirs drained and canals low....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1352+ words) Speculation is growing over whether a data center could be linked to a rare bacterium discovered in Cheyenne's reuse wastewater system earlier this year, as city officials continue to withhold the identity of the industrial user responsible for the discharge....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (587+ words) A magnitude 3.3 earthquake in Yellowstone on Thursday was felt by people as far away as 30 miles. It’s the largest earthquake of the year so far in the national park. “We typically get around five ‘felt’ earthquakes every year,” said a geologist....

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (967+ words) A Pinedale rancher told U.S. Senators on Wednesday that he and other Upper Basin farmers are tired of Wyoming giving up Colorado River water. Negotiations moved up a notch this week with Wyoming leaders meeting in Washington, D.C., with other states. In…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1092+ words) Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday that he'll intervene in the Colorado River crisis — if he has to. “We have one-fourth the water and four times the people,” he said during a visit to Cheyenne Frontier Days with many of…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (723+ words) The Powder River in Sheridan County has completely stopped flowing for nearly a month due to severe drought conditions and irrigation. During a typical year, the Powder at Arvada is flowing at 135 cubic feet per second, now it's at zero…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (689+ words) At a meeting in Denver on Tuesday, Wyoming's state engineer said 2026 is "one of the worst, if not the worst, hydrologic years on record" due to the dire water situation in the Colorado River's Upper Basin states. He said Green…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (835+ words) Flaming Gorge Reservoir is being drawn down up to 1 million acre-feet to supply water to thirsty downstream states. That has some worried that Wyoming’s Fontenelle Reservoir, upstream from Flaming Gorge, is next. As thirsty downstream states along the Colorado River…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (871+ words) Fishing on Wyoming’s prime rivers never really ended during an unusually warm winter, and spring fishing has begun a month early. The yearly “flush” of the North Platte River increases the river's flow from 500 cfs to 4,000 cfs to simulate spring…...

5+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (869+ words) A Teton County commissioner is concerned water from the Upper Hoback River Basin could be a potential target for diversion to make up for a severe Colorado River shortfall. The commission also approved a letter Monday asking the feds for…...