Matthew Copeland

Aug 22, 2024 | wyofile.com | Matthew Copeland

We appreciate you being a member of the WyoFile community. Our work is made possible by dedicated members like you who invest in our reporting - thank you! The Wyoming Department of Transportation closed U.S. Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass on Thursday afternoon in response to the heat- and wind-driven expansion of the Fish Creek Fire. Fire officials estimate the size of the blaze at more than 10,000 acres, more than triple the size it was on Wednesday morning.

Jul 24, 2024 | wyofile.com | Matthew Copeland

We appreciate you being a member of the WyoFile community. Our work is made possible by dedicated members like you who invest in our reporting - thank you! Few if any decisions that we make at WyoFile are as difficult, or as impactful, as choosing what we cover and what we don’t. As veteran journalist and former WyoFile Trustee Geoff O’Gara put it to me nearly a decade ago, “In New York or D.C. or L.A. there are 100 reporters on every story.

Feb 11, 2024 | wyofile.com | Matthew Copeland

We appreciate you being a member of the WyoFile community. Our work is made possible by dedicated members like you who invest in our reporting - thank you! Wyoming prides itself on having one of the last remaining citizen legislatures in the U.S. — an assembly of work-a-day citizens, instead of full-time politicians, convening in Cheyenne each winter to do the people’s business.