In the wake of the Bureau of Land Management missing the deadline to issue a notice for competitive lease sales, various Wyoming leaders are criticizing the Biden Administration for its apparent refusal to hold lease auctions in Wyoming.
The Petroleum Association of Wyoming is alleging that the Bureau of Land Management has cost Wyoming millions of dollars in revenue due to their failure to issue a notice for competitive lease sale by a 45-day deadline.
Tracy Stone-Manning, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, announced that Andrew Archuleta has been chosen as the new State Director for BLM Wyoming.
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.