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Vandals Shot I-80 Electric Traffic Signs

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/10/2010 07:58am

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Department of Transportation

Rubber Bullets Deter Wolves Near Jackson

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/10/2010 07:47am

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Wolf managers with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service say they have issued non-lethal rubber bullets to a landowner northeast of Jackson where wolves have been chasing horses.

Wyo. Avalanche Victim Dies At Idaho Hospital

By Shane Bryant on Sun 01/10/2010 07:29am

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A Jackson Hole Mountain Resort ski
patroller caught in an avalanche earlier this week has died.

Proceeding Delayed For Two Younger Defendants In Ernst Murder Case

By Kurt Layher on Sat 01/09/2010 11:35am

Defense attorneys for 16-year-old Dharminder Vir Sen and 16-year-old Wyatt Bear Cloud both raised separate mental issues regarding their clients during motion hearing in 4th Judicial District Court on

Governor Freudenthal Is Critical Of Feds' Energy Leasing Plan

By Ron Richter on Sat 01/09/2010 07:23am

CHEYENNE, (AP) - Governor Dave Freudenthal is warning Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that his plan for increasing scrutiny of oil and gas leasing will burden industry while essentially giving environmentalists veto power over new development.

ACLU Supports Wyoming Inmate In Lawsuit Against Guard

By Ron Richter on Sat 01/09/2010 07:19am

CHEYENNE, (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is siding with a former Wyoming prison inmate who claims that a guard at the state prison in Rawlins had endangered his life by falsely telling othe

Health Officer Says It's Not Too Late for Flu Vaccines

By Ron Richter on Fri 01/08/2010 06:00pm

Wyoming's state health officer is advising Wyoming residents that it is not too late to get vaccinated for protection from swine flu with ample supplies of the vaccine available.

New Rules of the Road Unveiled for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leasing

By Ron Richter on Fri 01/08/2010 05:58pm

New rules of the road have been unveiled for oil and gas leasing on Bureau of Land Management lands – reforms promoted as a way to improve certainty for the industry, better protect the great outdoo

Conrad Assumes Chair of Workforce Development Council

By Ron Richter on Fri 01/08/2010 05:53pm

The Wyoming Workforce Development Council has a new chairman. Governor Dave Freudenthal has appointed Jon Conrad to lead the Council through August 15, 2011.

New EPA Standards Could Clear The Air In Sublette County

By Ron Richter on Fri 01/08/2010 05:49pm

Earlier this week we told you about the new rules and regulations on smog standards that were announced by the Environmental Protection Agency.