The Wyoming State Senate has dropped a provision that would have restricted public access to information from state agencies and local governments.More >>
As authorities scrambled to mount a rescue for a downed Teton County Search and Rescue helicopter Feb. 15, one injured team member pulled his two companions free of the wreckage.More >>
Portions of I-80 are closed in Wyoming because of blowing snow as strong winds persist across much of the state. The interstate is closed westbound between Cheyenne and Laramie, in both directions from Laramie to Rawlins and...More >>
A state House committee has endorsed a bill giving the Wyoming Department of Transportation authority to designate an 80 mph speed limit on parts of the state's interstate highways.More >>
It appears more testing will be done in a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency theorizes a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution.More >>
A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit over a fatal bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park to move forward, rejecting the federal government's immunity claim under state law.More >>
The Wyoming State Senate is sticking with an amendment to the state's public records law that would restrict public access to information from state agencies and local governments.More >>
The lawyer credited with giving Albuquerque real estate executive and admitted Ponzi schemer Doug Vaughan the idea for raising cash through promissory notes has reached a settlement in the case.More >>
Small business owners in Wyoming will have the opportunity to sell their services to various branches of government at the 2012 GRO-Biz Conference and Idea Expo this week in Laramie.More >>
The Wyoming House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would allow drivers to exceed the posted speed limit by up to 10 miles per hour when passing another vehicle.More >>
A Senate committee has endorsed proposed legislation that would require coaches and trainers of organized non-school youth sports and activities to get training about concussions and how to handle youths who suffer...More >>
University of Wyoming Associate Professor of Anthropology Sarah Strauss has been appointed to the American Anthropological Association's new nine-member task force on global climate change.More >>
The Wyoming Legislature will come face to face with the reality of falling natural gas prices this week when it gets down to the business of considering the state's budget for the coming two years.More >>
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has given nearly $4 million to Wind River Reservation tribes to help improve housing conditions.More >>
Wildlife officials are asking drivers to be more attentive after a vehicle struck and killed a moose on state Highway 390 near Teton Village in northwestern Wyoming.More >>
A Fairview rancher has been convicted of animal cruelty after 98 horses were seized by Wyoming Livestock Board officials and law enforcement last May.More >>
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and The Conservation Fund say a land conservation agreement will secure key wildlife habitat of the Fish Creek Flying W Ranches near Big Piney in western Wyoming.More >>
Biologists say non-native mountain goats have gained a foothold in parts of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and could threaten native bighorn sheep.More >>
Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale gas drillers are recycling more and more of their briny, chemical-laden wastewater - in most cases complying with a state request to keep pollutants from being discharged into rivers that...More >>
Wyoming has spent nearly $1.7 million on education consultants over the past three years after the state Supreme Court tasked the Legislature with providing equitable and adequate funding for all schools.More >>
The Wyoming House of Representatives won't consider a bill to start the process of changing the state Constitution to allow the governor to appoint the state superintendent of public instruction.More >>
Investigators looking into the fatal crash of a search and rescue helicopter in Wyoming plan to remove the chopper from the backcountry on Friday.More >>
A man whose cousin was fatally shot while the two were re-enacting a gun scene from a movie faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter.More >>
Nevada football coach Chris Ault has agreed to a two-year extension that will bring his salary to $535,000 by 2015. That's about half the average salary in the Mountain West Conference where he'll begin his 28th...More >>
A proposal to impose a 1-cent state sales tax in Yellowstone National Park to raise money for park infrastructure projects has failed in the Wyoming Legislature.More >>
A monthly survey of bankers in 10 Midwest and Great Plains states shows the rural economy slowing down, but reflects strong gains in hiring and farmland prices.More >>
A federal appeals court has rejected Wyoming's request for it to reconsider a decision upholding a 2001 rule barring development on millions of acres roadless areas in national forests.More >>
A bill to change Wyoming's wolf management law to accommodate an agreement to end federal protection for the animals in the state has cleared its first committee hearing.More >>
Authorities in Wyoming say a failed rear rotor may have caused a search and rescue helicopter to crash, killing one of the crew members attempting to help an injured snowmobiler.More >>
A Wyoming Senate committee has voted to advance a bill that would give lawmakers until 2013 to decide whether the state should create its own health care exchange.More >>
Some Wyoming lawmakers are pushing a tongue-in-cheek bill calling on Congress to acquire New York City's Central Park to reintroduce wolves and other endangered species there.More >>
Wyoming's Joint Appropriations Committee has approved a budget that generally calls for holding the line on state spending over the next two years.More >>
A 59-year-old fugitive from Oregon is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the sheriff's department for roadside assistance.More >>
Wyoming lawmakers are set to consider changing the state's wolf management law to accommodate an agreement that Gov. Matt Mead and U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar reached last year on ending federal protections...More >>
Work has begun on a detour around the temporary bridge spanning a section of Wyoming 130 where four members of a family died when the bridge washed out last summer in Carbon County.More >>
Gov. Matt Mead is calling on Wyoming lawmakers to endorse a wolf management plan that would designate the animals as predators that could be shot on sight in most of the state.More >>
The Wind River Tribal Youth Program in Fort Washakie is the recipient of one of five national awards directed at agencies that help with substance abuse prevention.More >>
A recently signed deal and another in negotiation will allow some Powder River Basin coal to be shipped to overseas customers through the Gulf Coast and possibly East Coast ports.More >>
National Park Service officials say, if approved, a 1-cent concessionaires sales tax to raise money for infrastructure projects at Yellowstone would probably be the first of its kind.More >>
Wild horse protection advocates are accusing the federal Bureau of Land Management of stacking a public advisory board with friends of cattle ranchers at the expense mustangs. And they say they are worried the panel is...More >>
A man who was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Casper that killed one of his passengers has pleaded not guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.More >>
Yellowstone officials are reminding film and video crews, as well as news reporters, that they might need a permit before setting up their tripods in the national park.More >>
Sheridan Travel and Tourism says the northern Wyoming community has been named the number one Small Town for Cowboy Charm by Western Horseman magazine.More >>
A 47-year-old pilot and his passenger, both from Wyoming, have been identified as the victims killed when a small plane crashed in the Wasatch Mountains near the northeastern Utah town of Morgan.More >>
The head of a Texas company that plans to build a plant in Carbon County to turn coal into gasoline told state lawmakers that the project promises not only jobs and tax revenues but also would help the nation produce more...More >>
The U.S. Forest Service says it plans to replace its wildfire-fighting fleet of aging air tankers with newer, faster, more cost-effective large air tankers.More >>
The governors of Wyoming and Colorado are teaming up with the head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to chair a task force dedicated to protecting sage grouse.More >>
Records show that half the Natrona County School District employees who retired in 2010-11 rejoined the district payroll for the 2011-12 school year.More >>
Ozone-forming air pollution measured along the Colorado Front Range by scientists is up to twice the amount that government regulators have calculated to exist.More >>
Federal officials say Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement involving alleged oil and coal spills in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.More >>
One of the leaders of the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee says funding for community colleges could be a tough issue for lawmakers during the upcoming budget session.More >>
Research commissioned by the J.R. Simplot Co. shows a link between selenium emitted from its phosphate mining operations to significant deformities in trout, including cases of brown trout with two heads.More >>
The University of Wyoming is the latest member of a group of 69 universities and computing centers devoted to using computational research to accelerate scientific discoveries.More >>
Officials with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are asking people in the Jackson area to show patience with moose and other wildlife that can show up in residential areas during winter months.More >>