Wyoming has made progress but remains "very racist," said Stephen Latham, president of the state NAACP.

Sheriff Appelhans, a Black man, is now at the helm of one of the most historically white law enforcement institutions in Wyoming, one of the country’s whitest states. He is the first Black ...

Appelhans serves a very white county: He’s only one of about 670 Black people who live there. Wyoming is also one of most conservative states in the U.S. Despite progress made, Wyoming ...

For the first time in its 130-year history, Wyoming has a Black sheriff. Aaron Appelhans, 39, has taken charge of the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, which faces two pending lawsuits and calls ...

Now, those people and all people, including the ones sending well wishes to Appelhans, can meet a Black sheriff in Wyoming. He has gotten cards from Alabama to Milwaukee to Washington state.

In order to determine each state's level of equality, researchers subtracted the values attributed to white and Black people for a metric, using the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LARAMIE, Wyo. — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy ...

The University of Wyoming held a commemorative week in honor of the 14 players, dubbed the “Black 14,” this year, marking the 50th anniversary of the incident. The university’s athletic ...

The first Black sheriff in Wyoming's history fired a white deputy who was accused of racism and bullying. A new federal lawsuit that surfaced this week revealed that Albany County Patrol Sgt ...

In 1891, due to the inferior quality of its coal, the UPCC closed the mine, and many of Dana’s Black miners moved to nearby Wyoming coal towns. By the 1920s, places like Rock Springs and Hanna ...

In 1891, due to the inferior quality of its coal, the UPCC closed the mine, and many of Dana’s Black miners moved to nearby Wyoming coal towns. By the 1920s, places like Rock Springs and Hanna ...