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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit says a Black civilian grounds-keeping and kitchen worker at Wyoming’s F.E.…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit says a Black civilian grounds-keeping and kitchen worker at Wyoming’s F.E.…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say an autopsy has determined that a man whose body was found on the…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials in western Wyoming say news coverage of a woman found dead helped searchers find a man’s body in an unrelated…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of slain traveler Gabby Petito has implored the public and news media to put the…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Reserving doubts whenever others claim to know what’s best is part of life in Wyoming. Now…
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park biologists say three gray wolves from a large pack that’s popular among tourists have been…
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corporation and its affiliates have agreed to pay $6.15 million as part of a settlement with…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney tells CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that she was wrong to have…
Continue ReadingBy ARIJETA LAJKA Associated Press HOLBROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners are paying their respects to Gabby Petito, whose death on a cross-country trip has…
Continue ReadingEAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Titus Swen scored on a late two-yard run and Wyoming survived a drama-packed final 3:34 to eke out a 24-22 win over…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST, TERRY TANG and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The disappearance of Gabby Petito has drawn a…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials say the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, whose body was…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito…
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government has released projections that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President George W. Bush will headline a fundraiser for top Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Search teams were back out at a Florida nature park to look for the boyfriend of…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor has activated the Wyoming National Guard to provide temporary assistance to hospitals that are…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Rescue crews in Yellowstone National Park have recovered the body of a 67-year-old Washington state man and…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Six Native American tribes are suing Wisconsin to try to stop its planned wolf hunt in November. They assert that…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — A county coroner has confirmed that human remains found in remote northern Wyoming along…
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Two major California water agencies have settled a dispute that once threatened to derail a multi-state agreement…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — FBI agents and police swarmed the home of a young man wanted for questioning in the…
Continue ReadingMOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities find body in Wyoming believed to be Gabrielle Petito who went missing on a trip with her…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — A person has drowned in eastern Idaho after a drift boat carrying a group down the Henry’s Fork River hit a rock, ejecting…
Continue ReadingAURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man has received an 80-year prison sentence in the 2018 killing of two people and attempted murder of an Aurora…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito. An FBI…
Continue ReadingLARAMIE, Wy. (AP) — Sean Chambers threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, and Wyoming beat Ball State 45-12. Chambers completed 14 of 23…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back…
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A Colorado state panel has recommended that a peak west of Denver be renamed after a Cheyenne woman who facilitated relations between…
Continue ReadingWEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A 19-year-old Rhode Island woman suffered “significant thermal burns” in Yellowstone National Park. Park…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Investigators say human remains found in a reservoir on the Wyoming-Idaho state line have been identified as a kayaker who…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor says the state will ask the federal government to remove its…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police chief says they haven’t begun a physical search for Gabby…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who vanished while on a cross-country trip in a converted camper van…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor says the state is preparing to go to court and possibly hold a…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl. A Facebook post by…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CUSTER CITY, S.D. (AP) — Government scientists say the pace of logging in South Dakota’s Black Hills National…
Continue ReadingA Wyoming state legislator is no longer running against Liz Cheney in 2022. State…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming state legislator is no longer running against Liz Cheney in 2022. State Rep. Chuck Gray, of Casper, says in a…
Continue ReadingBy CARRIE HADERLIE The Sheridan Press SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Artifacts found this summer at Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site are slated for…
Continue ReadingDEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Sean Chambers ran nine yards for the winning touchdown with 1:35 remaining and Wyoming blunted a furious Northern Illinois…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wy. (AP) — A man accused of choking his girlfriend has pleaded guilty in Laramie County District Court. Joshua Gene Nunn pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE KOSHMRL Jackson Hole News&Guide JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials and volunteers are using trained dogs to sniff out noxious, invasive…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon says he’s asked the state’s attorney general to be prepared to challenge President Joe…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When a 20-year-old Wyoming soldier was among the last U.S. casualties in…
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities in southcentral Montana have recovered a man’s body from the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone County Sheriff…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump has endorsed a Wyoming attorney in his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal Republican…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed a Wyoming attorney in his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most…
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — To avoid Dust Bowl conditions, more farmers are restoring native grasslands in areas where…
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — To avoid Dust Bowl conditions, more farmers are restoring native grasslands in areas where…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump has chosen a favored candidate in his bid to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen a favored candidate in his bid to unseat…
Continue ReadingFor a second year in a row, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will not visit the University of Wyoming due to the…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — For a second year in a row, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will not visit the University of Wyoming due to the…
Continue ReadingWyoming Supreme Court Justice Michael Davis plans to…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Michael Davis plans to retire. Chief Justice Kate Fox says Davis plans to retire Jan. 16 after…
Continue ReadingMOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — The National Park Service has identified a climber who died in northwestern Wyoming as a Japanese national who worked in…
Continue ReadingWEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — The body of a Virginia hiker has been found in Montana’s Glacier National Park. Thirty-four-year-old Jennifer Lee…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The North Platte River in southern Wyoming is flowing low, slow and warm — not great…
Continue ReadingMOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — The body of a deceased climber has been recovered from the Teewinot Mountain area of Grand Teton National Park. Park officials…
Continue ReadingLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Sean Chambers connected with Treyton Welch up the middle for a go-ahead 21-yard touchdown with 47 seconds left and Wyoming…
Continue ReadingBy ANNA PAIGE The Billings Gazette BELFRY, Mont. (AP) — Bill and Ruth Craven’s longtime dream to build and live in a sustainable home known as an…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A game warden gave a warning to a man in Wyoming who took a bighorn sheep lamb home with him. Wyoming Game and Fish Department…
Continue ReadingWEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Search teams are looking for a missing 34-year-old Virginia woman whose vehicle was found parked atop a mountain pass at…
Continue ReadingWEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park wildlife workers have killed a black bear that officials say became a safety risk after lingering…
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of a…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan.…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan.…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE GOODRICK Gillette News Record GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming sheriff’s office has two new K-9s on the force with help from community…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Marine sergeant who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN GERST Casper Star-Tribune CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Jeffree Star is, inarguably, the biggest celebrity in Casper, Wyoming. The…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Health officials across five states have linked 178 virus cases to the Sturgis…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A judge in Wyoming is offering defendants a break in their court fines if they agree to get vaccinated against COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — More staff than inmates at Wyoming’s men’s prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past month. The…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to seven days in jail and is banned from…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups are asking the Biden administration to immediately reinstate a federal…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An electric utility has completed its plan to more than double the amount of potential wind power it can send to customers in…
Continue ReadingBy FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Two-thirds of University of Wyoming students and almost 90% of employees report being vaccinated against COVID-19. The…
Continue ReadingRED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — Hikers have found the body of a woman who had been missing in the Beartooth Mountains in southern Montana since July 2. Red…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN GALLARDO Gillette News Record GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge in Wyoming writes thriller novels when he’s not wearing a robe.…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE KOSHMRL Jackson Hole News&Guide JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Grand Teton National Park has its first female chief ranger. Erika Jostad has…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by former President…
Continue ReadingFARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — Biden sticks with Trump decision to lift US wolf protections, but officials have worries over states’ aggressive…
Continue ReadingGILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is set to gain an eighth community college district after Campbell County voters decided to spin off their own…
Continue ReadingPINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say an accidental fall is apparently what killed a climber found dead on Wyoming’s highest…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The outdoor gear and clothing company Patagonia has stopped providing its merchandise for…
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Marijuana advocates in Wyoming plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two…
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests continued economic growth in the region,…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials have launched a review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The northern Colorado city of Greeley is in one of the fastest-growing regions in the United…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone’s superintendent says the national park won’t implement a timed-entry system at…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Tens of thousands of wild horses roam the American West, their power…
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