CASPER, WYO. (AP) — Construction plans for an immigration detention center in Uinta County have been canceled after several groups protested against the southwestern Wyoming facility. CoreCivic was planning to build the facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold about 1,000 people in civil detention while awaiting deportation proceedings in Salt […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor has approached Mexican government officials about the possibility of using their ports to export the state’s coal to overseas markets. Consul General Berenice Rendon-Talavera of the Mexico consulate’s Denver office and Gov. Mark Gordon’s spokesman, Michael Pearlman, say talks have been brief and preliminary. […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Justice report shows Wyoming’s prison population grew the third fastest in the country in 2017. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the government figures released last week show the population in state prisons increased by 4.2% by the end of 2017. Wyoming’s prison growth was outpaced […]
