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[gentle music] With all of the information that we have out there today, with all of the voices, all of the ever-dividing channels and, and ways to acquire information or to use sort of the, the term-of-the-day content, there is actually a, a decreasing volume of valid factual information about what's happening at the local level, you know, the information people need to participate and to engage.

We need to find a better way forward, and that's, that's really an essential component of, of why WyoFile does what it does.

It, it, it's not just the providing this essential public service of, of informing the public, but doing it in a way, uh, that, that builds a movement, doing it in a way that demonstrates a new path forward so that we can know we will have sustainable, reliable, ready, universal access to the facts going forward.

[upbeat music] Okay.

[laughs] Well, I'd love to start to just learn a little bit about, um, and for our listeners and viewers to learn a little bit more about the work that you're doing around local journalism and kind of what drives that work and, and how you're seeing this problem and how you guys are working on it l- even just at the local level and the, the trends that you're seeing more nationally and internationally as well.

Yeah.

I mean, in terms of what drives the work, w- we, we are genuinely a mission-driven organization here at WyoFile.

In fact, that's a phrase that is bandied about all the time.

Tribal leaders say fewer permits and consultations could favor developers.

From a publication called WYO File, a western Wyoming judge sentenced three men for abusing an infirm moose, warning that wildlife cruelty warrants jail.

Rancher Justin Martin received 30 days behind bars despite a plea agreement recommending no incarceration.

His son, Range Martin, and Kylan Platt received three years of supervised probation.

For those listeners who don't know why, uh, the nickname Oral is applied by Rod Miller to Eathorne, um, [laughs] give us the PG, uh, background there, Rod.

Well, um, I, I, I put a link in, in the column to a, a WyoFile piece done, I don't know, four or five years ago-

Yeah

... maybe less, I forget.

Aman says that situation will only get worse under Prop 1.

The citizen-led ballot campaign collected more than 30,000 signatures according to a WyoFile report, marking the first time a grassroots effort made a statewide ballot in three decades.

I'm Eric Galatas.

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