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Jackson Hole financier, Nature Conservancy duke it out in court
Jackson Hole News&Guide
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals will weigh in on a civil dispute between a Teton County landowner and The Nature Conservancy over a conservation easement. The landowner, financier Gary Binning, is seeking $14 million in damages from the organization. Oral arguments are set to begin in January, the Jackson Hole News&Guide reports. Read the full story.
Energy developer seeks review of wind farm rejection
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
The company seeking to build a 170-turbine wind farm northwest of Cheyenne has asked a district court judge to review a September denial of its site plan. ConnectGen Laramie County, an affiliate of project developer Repsol Renewables North America, filed the petition asking a judge to review the Laramie County Commission’s 3-1 vote to reject the project, the Wyoming Tribune reports. Read the full story.
Wyoming’s last streetcar finds forever home
The Sheridan Press
Wyoming’s last remaining streetcar, Sheridan’s streetcar No. 115, was hoisted Thursday onto a flatbed trailer and hauled to Sheridan Community Land Trust property. The streetcar was part of a larger fleet operated by the Sheridan Railway Company, beginning in 1910, which provided Sheridanites at the time with robust public transit. Originally, the goal was to connect Sheridan with mining towns to the north, The Sheridan Press reports. Read the full story.
Northern Wyoming farmers report epic beet harvest
Powell Tribune
Sprawling sugar beet piles across Park and Big Horn counties tell the story of a record 2025 harvest coming to an end in November. Harvested numbers look certain to better the previous best tonnage year in the Western Sugar Cooperative’s Lovell factory district history. With less than 300 acres remaining to be harvested, the district’s average tonnage is sitting at 32.11 tons per acre, the Powell Tribune reports. Read the full story.
Buffalo police chief warns of evolving scams employing AI
Buffalo Bulletin
Scams are getting worse with the use of technology, including scammers using AI to impersonate people on the phone. Buffalo Police Chief Sean Bissett said in one local incident, a grandparent almost withdrew money from his bank account after a call that sounded like his grandson. Luckily, the grandson disrupted the scam, the Buffalo Bulletin reports. Read the full story.