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Grizzly 399 Emerges from Hibernation  

The ursine matriarch known as 399 has been spotted in Grand Teton National Park with a single cub, making her the oldest known wild grizzly mother in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. She was seen near Pilgrim Creek on Tuesday.

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Snake River Granted Last-Minute Reprieve from Flow Reduction

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Bureau of Reclamation have reached an agreement to maintain the flow of the upper Snake River at a minimum of 280 cubic feet per second (cfs) — the minimum amount to keep the fishery and aquatic ecosystem healthy.

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WOMEN YOU SHOULD KNOW IN WYOMING: Casper Probation Agent Honored for Helping At-Risk Teens

As soon as a missing teen alert pings Amanda Waldron’s phone, she’s out the door. It doesn’t matter if it’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday morning or 10 p.m. on a weeknight. Waldron hits the streets, sometimes prowling dark alleys and under bridges in Casper to find and bring the teen home. In the past, she’s rescued a teenage boy from a known drug house and once pulled a 36-hour, around-the-clock surveillance to rescue a teenage girl who she suspected was being sex trafficked in Casper.

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Hunter Faces Charges for Grizzly Bear’s Death

Patrick M. Gogerty will enter a plea during a preliminary hearing in Park County Circuit Court on May 19 on misdemeanor charges of taking a trophy animal without a license outside the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

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Spring in Yellowstone ‘Beyond Expectations’

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — As spring slowly takes hold in Yellowstone National Park, a familiar cast of critters are emerging to claim center stage on a landscape still shedding the snow and ice of a long, cold winter.

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Mother Knows Best: Prominent Wyomingites Share Pearls of Wisdom From their Mothers and Grandmothers

I’ve only had one influencer in my life: my mother. Technically, I haven’t heard her voice in six years—she passed away in 2017 at age 83—but her advice plays on in the soundtrack of my mind, guiding me in my daily habits at home and at work.

From all of us at the Wyoming Truth, here’s to a happy Mother’s Day!

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Wyoming Tourism Leaders Hoping for ‘Normal’ Summer

CODY, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly spent much of his time Monday during an annual tourism industry luncheon in Cody covering his agency’s response to last year’s historic floods that closed entrances from two gateway communities for most of the summer.

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WYOMING SCHOOLS AT A CROSSROADS: Lawmakers Open the Door to More Charter Schools, but Teachers Worry About the Impact (Part 1)

A trio of new charter schools are opening in Wyoming this fall – and more could follow in the coming years after the Wyoming Legislature passed Senate File 174 in March. Sponsored by Sen. Ogden Driskill (R-Devil's Tower), the bill aims to streamline the application process for charter schools by creating a new board to approve and oversee them.

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