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Weapons area warning sent
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CHEYENNE -- The rugged beauty of the rolling hills and wind-whipped plains west of Cheyenne betrays no hint of the invisible poison that ebbs and flows beneath the grassy surface.
LARAMIE -- Dee Spaulding's house will never blow away. It's too full of rocks.
Hoping to put Wyoming on the map
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Mandi Madrid's stage fright should no longer be a barrier to capturing her dreams.
A spill at Wyoming Refining Co.'s Newcastle refinery last week rained oil droplets over an area up to a quarter mile away, showering several homes and cars with the substance, according to officials.
GREEN RIVER - A decade ago, the Green River Chamber of Commerce Bike Trail Committee was established to explore ways to make this city a mountain biking hub for the Rocky Mountain region.
Horse found with brand cut out of hide in Nevada
RENO, Nev. -- A domestic horse found loose in Nevada with the brand cut out of its hide is drawing outrage from equine advocates concerned about the growing number of horses abandoned in the wild.
The Whole Town's Talking: Storms and celebrations
Amid the rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in air, storms again burst throughout Wyoming.
Wind energy industry sets sage grouse research plan
The state's recent decision not to allow wind development in critical sage grouse habitat essentially takes 75 percent of Wyoming's best wind resources off the table, according to one independent wind energy company.
State board OKs first film incentive applicants
CHEYENNE -- The state Tourism Board has given the green light to Wyoming's first film incentive applicants: three documentaries, a public television series and a movie.
Appeals court sides with feds over elk feedgrounds
CHEYENNE -- A federal appeals court has ruled against environmentalists who wanted two agencies to re-evaluate their long-standing approval of state elk feedgrounds on federal land in western Wyoming.
PacifiCorp settles in bird electrocutions
CHEYENNE -- A utility company on Friday agreed to a settlement of more than $10 million following the electrocution of dozens of eagles, hawks, owls and other birds in Wyoming.
Couple seeks to beautify Midwest
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MIDWEST -- Someone has stopped by, inquiring after the garage roof, which is now on the ground.
Leopard frog may warrant protections
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GREEN RIVER -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials concluded in a report issued this week that western populations of the northern leopard frog may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Report highlights Wyo's alcohol problem
A new report from the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police reveals that from 2006 to 2008, 69 percent of all arrests made in the Cowboy State were alcohol related.
Report: Too many unbuckled workers
Wyoming has the worst occupational fatality rate in the nation, and a big part of the problem could be that workers aren't buckling up when they hit the road.
Wyo rail study hangs on Colorado decisions
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming transportation officials are waiting for Colorado to determine what kind of trains it intends to run on its planned high-speed rail lines before Wyoming can finish a feasibility study about the prospect of extending the rail service north to Cheyenne.
G&F probes elk poaching
Feds firm on wind farm ban in Wyo. grouse areas
CHEYENNE -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it opposes construction of any wind farms in Wyoming's core sage grouse population areas, a position that wind developers say could have a chilling effect on their plans in the state.
