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Red Desert drilling plans are headed for the courtroom. Several conservation groups have filed a federal lawsuit over the B-L-M’s recent Rawlins Resource Management Plan – which sets guidelines for how lands in the district will be used and maintained.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Fort Collins police arrested two Wyoming men accused of shooting at people at an apartment complex parking lot. Police say no one was injured when people in a car driving through the apartment complex fired several shots at about 1:40 a.m. Thursday.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A former Wyoming state trooper serving a 15-year prison sentence for kidnapping has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell steroids. Franklin Joseph Ryle's plea Friday in Natrona County District Court was part of a deal with prosecutors to drop another steroid possession charge.

Approximately five years ago the Wyoming Department of Transportation purchased land on the corner of 5th Street and East Ridge Road in Sheridan. WYDOT Public Involvement Specialist Ronda Holwell explains that excavation work has begun on the site for a possible move in the future.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - The market plunge on Wall Street turned out to be a financial boon for the University of Wyoming. UW just happened to be offering $44.3 million in revenue bonds Thursday to pay for two building projects on campus and to refinance a previous bond issue at a better interest rate.

Rosie Berger has officially announced that she is running for her fifth term as Representative for House District 51 in Big Horn. Berger says that the decision came after much prayer and thought, finally determining that there is more for her to do, especially where the state budget is concerned.

17-year-old John “JJ” Hatch was arraigned in 4th Judicial District Court Friday morning on two separate cases.