Wyoming

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted the permit to Bill Gates-backed TerraPower to build a sodium-cooled nuclear reactor in Kemmerer, about 130 miles northeast of Salt Lake City.

A triceratops skeleton that once greeted visitors at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center is heading to an online auction as dinosaur prices keep soaring. The preauction estimates on Trey stand at $4.5 to $5.5 million.

Porsche Lane, the pygmy goat, became the focus of a lawsuit over constitutional rights when her owner was told she couldn't keep the goat at home.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo released a joint statement Saturday calling on Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to offer more concessions.

Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility.

State negotiators entered the meeting at a years-long impasse over how water restrictions should be managed during dry years. They now have less than two weeks until a federal Feb. 14 deadline.

Rock Springs, Wyoming, está promoviendo negocios latinos, mientras el condado trabaja con ICE para tomar medidas contra la inmigración.

Water leaders in the U.S. West gathered this week in Las Vegas with a hefty task hanging over their heads — figuring out a long-term plan for sharing water from the Colorado River.

Rock Springs, Wyoming, is promoting Latino businesses, while the county works with ICE to crack down on immigration.

Utah and the 6 states that share the river missed a federal Nov. 11 deadline to make progress on a new water agreement. Gov. Katie Hobbs said she has a hard time believing the Upper Basin states can't reduce water use.

There's been an especially steep drop in fertility rates in Western states, including Wyoming, which has also seen a big jump in the cost of housing.

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.