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Johnson County sees uptick in uranium production
Buffalo Bulletin
Pledged government support, high prices holding steady and nuclear industry growth in Wyoming have contributed to a positive outlook for Uranium Energy Corp.’s Johnson County operations. The company now has 84 employees — primarily from Johnson, Campbell, Natrona and Converse counties — working in the Powder River Basin. The company’s operations are also expanding elsewhere in Wyoming, the Buffalo Bulletin reports. In November, the federal government designated uranium as a critical mineral, signaling support for its development. Read the full story.
Another Wyoming brewery announces it’s shutting down
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Cheyenne’s third-oldest brewery, Accomplice Beer Company, is permanently closing at the end of the month, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports. One of five local breweries, Accomplice moved into the Historic Cheyenne Depot restaurant space in June 2016. In the last year, many breweries in the nation have closed, including the Accomplice Mycro-Pub in Laramie and Frontier Brewing Company and Taproom in Casper. Read the full story.
Deputy plunges into icy New Fork to rescue mule deer
Pinedale Roundup
A Sublette County Sheriff’s deputy braved the icy waters of the New Fork River to save a doe mule deer and her fawn on the morning of Jan. 1 after the pair fell through the ice. Deputy Jason Overbaugh hesitated as he looked out over a river comprised largely of ice jams, decaying sheet ice and floating fragments of broken ice. But he saw the deer and her fawn entrapped in waist-deep water about 50 yards from shore and knew they wouldn’t make it much longer. “The ice didn’t look good, and I fell through pretty early on, and just thought, ‘Well, I’m in the water now,’” he told the Pinedale Roundup. Read the full story.
Natrona County debates selection of attorneys to serve in involuntary commitment cases
Oil City News
Natrona County commissioners approved a list of attorneys to recommend to the 7th District Court for defense work in involuntary commitment proceedings, despite some debate over the list because the attorneys reside outside of the county. The selection comes after the commission put out a request for contract attorneys in late 2025 following the departure of several attorneys in the county’s legal department. The attorneys will represent people in Title 25 cases, which pertain to the hospitalization of those with mental illnesses, Oil City News reports. Read the full story.