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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, June 24th. I'm Mac Watson

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During a lengthy meeting that grew contentious, the Kemmerer City Council on Monday approved an ordinance establishing regulations for a possible man camp inside city limits. Cowboy State Daily's Kate Meadows reports that despite resident's objections, Mayor Robert Bowen says, "The groundwork's been laid.

"The Kemmerer City Council was adamant at the meeting on Monday that there is no man camp guaranteed. The ordinance just lays this groundwork. One place that has gotten interest from potential developers for a possible man camp is an area near this Antelope Ridge subdivision. Multiple people were at this meeting who live in that subdivision saying we don't want this in our backyard. the main concerns are safety, one woman brought up, you know, when you have people in groups, strange things happen."

Developers are proposing a temporary hub to house workers who will build the TerraPower nuclear power plant near Kemmerer.

Read the full story HERE.

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The Wyoming Supreme Court denied a Cheyenne-based attorney's request for an order appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Secretary of State Chuck Gray for handing sensitive voter data to the federal government on Tuesday. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the high court also denied the attorney, George Powers' second request.

"George Powers had asked the Wyoming Supreme Court to make the Attorney General's office recuse itself from Fowler's requested investigation of Chuck Gray, and for the High Court to appoint a special prosecutor for that investigation itself. And now, while the Attorney General fired back last week, like we already got special prosecutors to look into this. The high court officially ended the case on Tuesday, saying, 'George Powers, you didn't show that the Attorney General's office had shirked a clear duty here,' so we're not going to make the Attorney General do certain things."

The U.S. Department of Justice last year urged Gray to hand over unredacted voter rolls bearing driver's licenses or partial social security numbers. Gray did so, public records indicate. He's since said repeatedly that Kautz's office advised him in this, and approved the release.

Read the full story HERE.

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At a meeting in Denver on Tuesday, Wyoming's state engineer said 2026 is "one of the worst, if not the worst, hydrologic years on record." Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports the engineer added it's due to the dire water situation in the Colorado River's Upper Basin states.

"There's a representative from each of the four states, which are Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico. Our representative is our state engineer, Brendan Gebhart. Bottom line is looking really grim. I think Gebhart said, from a hydrological standpoint, it's one of the worst, if not the worst years we have on record for the Colorado River. The commissioner from Utah mentioned that there's already towns there that have run out of water and are having to truck it in little towns in Utah."

Members of the Upper Colorado River Commission expressed frustration during the meeting, saying water-management policy needs to shift away from legal wrangling and toward the realities of water availability.

Read the full story HERE.

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