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‘Gaper-fools’ from business suits to birthday suits

The etymology and origins of the April 1 holiday depend on whom you ask.

Uncertainty in national Head Start, special education funds trickles down to Jackson education

So far, both early education programs have been spared. But the Children’s Learning Center is still holding its breath amid announcements of more federal cuts.

From ‘mashed potatoes’ to ‘white suede,’ this ski instructor speaks the language of snow

Russ Scholl has published a 133-square grid full of funky colloquialisms for different kinds of snow.

Denting an impossible housing market

How rigorous financial education, plus plenty of subsidy, is helping one family find stability after turmoil.

New Wyoming abortion law forces more patients to travel to neighboring states

Since a new law shuttered the state’s only procedural abortion clinic, its patients were referred to Colorado, Utah and Montana.

Property tax refund program for Wyoming homeowners is now open for applications

The program exists to help Wyomingites who are struggling to pay their property taxes.

Tribal affairs and election overhaul measures among proposed interim topics

One committee might hear updates on investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people. Another might consider subjects on voting machines and paper ballots.

The federal freeze hits Wyoming’s invasive weeds: funding future is a ‘hodgepodge’

Wyoming relies on millions of federal dollars to spray for invasive weeds, and federal cuts are putting some of those dollars into question for the upcoming season. That could mean more costs to private landowners or fewer new treatment projects.