youth

After Wyoming began cooperating with ICE, a woman who grew up in small town Wyoming chose to move to Mexico – a place she left when she was 7.

Some young people can picture a life here. Others say they may not be able to find a job and want to get out of the Wyoming ‘bubble.’

The suit challenges two 2025 laws which cut Election Day voter registration by eight hours and limited the use of student identification for voting. Wyoming lawmakers considered a similar proposal about student IDs but didn’t pass it this year.

The legislature’s interim Education Committee failed to pass a draft bill that would have created a statewide mental health policy for K-12 schools. But one lawmaker is already trying to figure out ways to continue the work.

A group of 16 young people from the Wind River Reservation spent a weekend in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks at the start of September. They were with Indigenous Youth Voices, a group focused on empowering young people through experimental education and building connections to ancestral and traditional culture.

The program builds on the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps and aims to place 20,000 young people in jobs to tackle climate change.

Ever wanted to try your hand at fishing but haven’t wanted to go through the process of getting a license? Look no further: June 1 is Free Fishing Day, meaning anyone can fish throughout the state for no cost.

A vigil to honor a young teen who was stabbed and killed at a mall in Casper is set for Thursday night.

Research has shown elections to be increasingly focused on the presidential race, leaving down-ballot candidates to adopt standard party policy. That leaves state lawmakers in a unique position to listen and respond directly to young voters.

Back in 2020, Rowan Shea was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer that forms in soft tissue. He was 11 years old. Make-A-Wish was not on the family's mind at all. But his mom Jodi said someone she knew reached out to her.