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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone’s superintendent says the national park won’t implement a timed-entry system at least in the next year but it’s possible eventually. Superintendent Cam Sholly says timed entry would most likely be limited to Yellowstone’s busy South Entrance north of Grand Teton National Park and West Entrance near West Yellowstone,

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Tens of thousands of wild horses roam the American West, their power and beauty a potent symbol of rugged freedom central to the mythology of the range. But the region is also in the clutches of a megadrought worsened by climate change, and

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling on federal land managers to conduct an investigation to determine how many of the wild horses captured on public lands in the West end up at slaughterhouses. The California Democrat is urging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reevaluate the

By WILL WEISSERT and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are lining up to blister President Joe Biden’s handling of Afghanistan as they try to turn violence and chaos there into political opportunity back home. That’s despite many agreeing that it was ultimately time for U.S. forces to leave that country. Biden’s predecessor,

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocked Biden’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and waters. A Louisiana-based federal judge issued the ruling in June, siding with Louisiana’s attorney general and officials in 12 other states. Those

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive has a number of Louisiana whistle-stops as part of a 10-state tour. Big Boy No. 4014 will be on display in New Orleans, where it will turn around to head back to Cheyenne, Wyoming. It will also stay overnight in Shreveport. The American Locomotive Co.

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Grand Teton National Park just had its busiest month on record. July is almost always the busiest month for tourism in the park in northwestern Wyoming. In July 2021, almost 830,000 people visited Grand Teton. Park officials said Monday that was up from 796,000 in July 2018, the second-busiest month in

By JAKE GOODRICK Gillette News Record GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A huge electric guitar is beginning to take shape in Gillette. The art project is the brainchild of Wilson Restrepo, who began working on it this summer along with his son, Pedro Piedrahita. The Gillette News Record reports the finished project will measure 22 feet

SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. The Senate voted this week in favor of the legislation that seeks to rebuild America’s roads

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming remained the least-populated state and grew more slowly than all but a couple others from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday. Only Michigan and Connecticut grew slower than Wyoming. Ohio grew at the same rate. Three states — Illinois, Mississippi and West Virginia — lost population,

By MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAME DEER, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through eastern Montana and elsewhere in the U.S. West are devouring vast areas of rangeland that ranchers depend upon. That’s setting the stage for a potential shortage of pastureland and forage for cattle as the hot, dry summer grinds on.

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — The Colorado River has been a go-to source of water for cities, tribes and farmers in the U.S. West for decades. But climate change, drought and increased demand are taking a toll. Next week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to declare the first-ever

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the state should be able to reopen a vital interstate highway corridor that was blocked by massive mud and debris slides in a wildfire burn scar area to limited traffic on Saturday. Polis made the announcement after touring repair work along Interstate 70 in the

EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) — A pickup truck struck and killed a 2-year-old boy in southwestern Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the boy had run into a street in downtown Evanston around 9 p.m. Tuesday when he was hit by the Chevrolet Silverado. The patrol identified him as Nico Ringer. KTWO Radio reports he was

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Communities in and around the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana have been ordered to evacuate ahead of a massive, wind-driven wildfire. The evacuation was expanded Tuesday night to include Lame Deer, a town of about 2,000 where people who fled the fire earlier in

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Some local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced that they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeach Donald Trump. Republicans in Park and Carbon counties recently voted unanimously in favor of the move, telling Cheney in letters “You’re Fired!” The Casper

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A grizzly bear that fatally mauled a Montana man near Yellowstone National Park this spring was likely defending a moose carcass. Investigators theorized the bear may have continued to aggressively guard the cache, including by charging at rescuers and investigators, because of a recent fight