When will SNAP benefits be paid in November 2025 if the government reopens in time?

The distribution of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for November 2025 is in critical condition due to the prolonged federal government shutdown. More than 42 million low-income Americans rely on these funds,...

Billings hospital program gives Halloween costumes to children with disabilities

BILLINGS— A program at Billings Clinic is giving adaptive Halloween costumes to children with disabilities for free for the third year in a row. The costumes in the Adaptive Halloween Costume Library include designs that accommodate wheelchairs,...

Cheyenne River Youth Project to Host 13th Annual Harvest Festival Dinner Friday, Celebrating 50 Years of Winyan Toka Win Garden

The Cheyenne River Youth Project will host its 13th annual Harvest Festival Dinner on Friday (Oct. 17, 2025) at its Eagle Butte campus. Presented in partnership with the Native Food Sovereignty Alliance, the free community event will take place...

Wyoming Senators Join Colleagues Urging FDA to Reevaluate Abortion Pill Approval

U.S. Wyoming senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso joined Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

A man, his horse...and a ride of a lifetime

Duo traveled 1,100 miles to Wyoming in ‘96 Teaching is in the blood of Bob Anderson and his family. Bob and his wife, Diane, of rural Kandiyohi, were longtime teachers in the Willmar school system. All three of their children also became teachers....

Bird Flu Confirmed in Chickens in Weston County

Weston County, WY (RELEASE) October 27th, 2025 — The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a Weston County backyard poultry...

Geisinger using AI to identify patients at high risk for breast cancer

PLAINS TWP. — Geisinger has begun an artificial intelligence pilot program to help identify patients at high risk for breast cancer, health system officials announced Monday. Ron Beer, chief administrative officer for the Geisinger Northeast...

Tracie Stratton To Leave Los Alamos Medical Center

Tracie Stratton/Courtesy photo BY MAIRE O’NEILL maire@losalamosreporter.com Lovelace Health System announced Wednesday that Tracie Stratton, RN, MSN, CPPS, join Lovelace as chief executive officer (CEO) of Lovelace Women’s Hospital and Lovelace...

Health savings rule account change fuels growth for direct care model

Starting next year, Michigan consumers can use health savings account funds to pay for direct primary care memberships, a change that local providers expect will accelerate growth in the subscription-based medical model. Under language included in...

50 years of the Wyoming Valley Striders: A deeper conversation with Marina Orrson Martino

From her family legacy to personal resilience, motherhood, and what fuels her motivation, Marina Orrson Martino’s reflections reveal a quiet strength that has carried her across finish lines for more than two decades. From her earliest days racing...

This is how much ACA health care costs would soar in Mid-Hudson if subsidies expire, according to a study

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Health care costs could soar for people enrolled in Obamacare plans in the 18th and 19th Districts if government subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of the year under a Republican plan, according to a report by an...

Cheyenne Animal Shelter cares for more than 100 rescued animals after large-scale neglect

More than 100 animals were rescued from a Cheyenne-area property after authorities discovered them living in horrific conditions on Oct. 10, according to the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Ohern was arrested that day and booked into the...

Dietrich Theater’s Spooky Fest Halloween celebration will offer 13 movies over 14 days

The Dietrich Theater in historical downtown Tunkhannock invites you to a 14-day movie festival showing 13 different Halloween movies ranging from frights to family fun. Spooky Fest starts on Friday, Oct. 17, and runs through Thursday, Oct. 30, and...

Cheyenne Shelter Takes in Over 75 Animals From Dire Situation

The Cheyenne Animal shelter is caring for more than 75 animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, small birds, and even a goat, who were found living in horrific conditions next to dead animals at a Cheyenne-area property Friday morning....

Free keiki golf clinic announces 28th Rainbow Wahine Invitational

NAWILIWILI — A free clinic, led by the University of Hawaii women’s golf team, will be held at the Ocean Course at Hokuala on Saturday for keiki ages 3 to 18 years old. NAWILIWILI — A free clinic, led by the University of Hawaii women’s golf team,...

As loss of SNAP benefits looms, Oklahoma tribes stepping up to fill food insecurity gaps

As food benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans could be canceled Saturday, tribal nations are pulling together resources for people if their benefits run dry. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits could be...

Healthcare: It’s worth fighting for

Bill Sims Contributing columnist Healthcare is the fulcrum issue of the government shutdown. Yet, ironically, healthcare doesn’t exhibit its essence in red or blue attire. Affordable and attainable healthcare is something we all want for ourselves...

Virtual meeting, survey seek citizen input on Wyoming rural health plan

Tagged: health care, Jackson, Jackson Hole, jackson hole wyoming, jackson wyoming, Teton County, wyoming Monica is a Staff Reporter who studied journalism at Syracuse University and has been in the valley since 2015. She loves writing about the...

Research finds wild horses in the West can adapt their diets

A sweeping University of Wyoming study of wild horses on federal lands across seven Western states has found that the animals have a high ability to gain nutrition from a variety of plants and, by so doing, maintain good body condition, even in...

University lobbyist: Cuts would deliver a ‘fatal blow’ to WWAMI program

Reducing state-subsidized medical school seats would be a “fatal blow” to the WWAMI program that has accepted Idaho students since 1972, a university lobbyist said at a hearing Monday. Luke Malek — a representative of the University of Washington,...