Wyoming

The state’s top energy office has recommended two energy projects for a combined $19 million in support from a Wyoming taxpayer-funded program established to provide matching dollars for federal energy and carbon capture grants.

Some $9.1 million would go to the Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub in southwest Wyoming, and $10 million would support a “nuclear microreactor” effort to assess the manufacture and deployment of small-scale nuclear reactors in the state and beyond, according to the Wyoming Energy Authority, which manages the Energy Matching Funds program on behalf of the governor.

The awards, pending Gov. Mark Gordon’s final approval, would be the first appropriations from the state program. The Legislature created the fund last year with a $100 million allotment and added another $50 million to it earlier this year. The idea is to give Wyoming-based clean- and low-carbon energy projects a competitive edge by providing matching funds needed to land federal dollars available via the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act.

There’s a picture window in the main lodge at Lost Creek in northwest Wyoming that’s worth more than just 1,000 words.

That picture window frames an iconic view of the Tetons, one that once prompted Teddy Roosevelt to say, “These are the first mountains I’ve seen that look like mountains should.”

Officials have been warning visitors not to get close to the animals.

Family members have identified Amie Adamson, 47, of Derby, Kansas, as the victim of a fatal grizzly bear mauling Saturday.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suing the city of Cody Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board on a voting technicality and asked the Park County District Court to determine whether the board had already approved the site plan for the proposed Cody temple during its June 15 meeting.

About 36 hours after a large tornado ripped through part of the North Antelope Rochelle coal mine 60 miles south of Gillette, nobody remains hospitalized and operations at the mine are expected to resume by Tuesday, says mine owner Peabody Energy.

Jack Clawson of Sedalia, Missouri went missing in 1981 while traveling through Wyoming on his way home from a trip to Fremont, California. His family lost contact with him during the trip. They reported him missing when he failed to show up for a hunting trip with friends, a Wednesday release states.

Guy Fieri just can’t stay away from Wyoming. He was spotted most recently at the TA Ranch in Buffalo, Wyoming, with Nashville’s Wayland The Band, a crossover country-rock group.

A Federal Reserve database of master accounts reveals “stunning” information in Wyoming-based Custodia Bank’s precedent-setting lawsuit against the Fed for denying its master account.