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Wyoming challenges Yellowstone snowmobile rules

CHEYENNE -- The state of Wyoming has filed a new federal lawsuit seeking to block the National Park Service from restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.

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Former trooper gets 15 years for kidnapping scheme

A judged sentenced a former Wyoming Hwy patrol trooper to 15 years in federal prison for kidnapping a truck driver while on duty in January.

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Northern Wyo. sugar beet growers still digging

POWELL -- Western Sugar Cooperative growers in northern Wyoming are digging more sugar beets under the quota system that has been in place since a hard freeze damaged the beets in early October.

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Wyo. sets limits on antler, horn gathering

Wyo. sets limits on antler, horn gathering

JACKSON -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has set an antler and horn gathering season for public land west of the Continental Divide in an effort to protect big game on winter range.

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Survey suggests improving but weak Plains economy

OMAHA, Neb. -- Business appears to be slowly improving in rural areas of 11 Midwest and Plains states, but the economy there remains weak, according to a new survey of bankers.

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Commissioners: No liquor license for Wyo. ski area

POWELL -- Park County Commissioners have turned down a request for a liquor license from Sleeping Giant Ski Area managers, saying they were concerned about drunken driving and selling alcohol in a family friendly environment.

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Brooks & Dunn in Cheyenne Frontier Days lineup

CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Frontier Days has announced all but two of its 2010 night show performers.

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Wyo. lawmakers back plan to make home sales public

CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Interim Revenue Committee has approved a bill that would make records of home sales open to the public.

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Brooks & Dunn in Cheyenne Frontier Days lineup

CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Frontier Days has announced all but two of its 2010 night show performers.

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Utility: Rate hike could shrink

Utility: Rate hike could shrink

More than a month after requesting a rate increase of 13.7 percent for 2010, Rocky Mountain Power officials say several factors are in play that could lessen the impact on Wyoming ratepayers.

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Don't blame wind, officials say

Power producers have installed more than 500 megawatts of wind energy generation in Wyoming in the past year. One driver behind the wind boom presumably is action by other states in the West to require that utilities use certain percentages of renewable energy in their power supplies -- c…

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Wyo. lawmakers back plan to make home sales public

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Interim Revenue Committee has approved a bill that would make records of home sales open to the public.

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Commissioners: No liquor license for Wyo. ski area

POWELL -- Park County Commissioners have turned down a request for a liquor license from Sleeping Giant Ski Area managers, saying they were concerned about drunken driving and selling alcohol in a family friendly environment.

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Bond issue needs time to build public support

The Natrona County School Board made the right decision to delay a proposed $35 million bond issue until 2011. The district has too much riding on several construction projects to take the plan to voters before it's ready.

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Utah builds I-80 fence to keep out wildlife

Utah builds I-80 fence to keep out wildlife

SALT LAKE CITY -- Every year dozens of cars zipping along the freeway through the alpine gateway of Parleys Canyon crash into deer, elk and moose, on rare occasions killing the people in the vehicle.

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Merging schools isn't the answer

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Reason to worry about 1-cent tax

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That's why it's called free speech

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Illegal plan just makes Turner richer

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Physicians host health care rally

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