Field engineer Mike Sauers measures and marks the area for trucks to dump loads of gravel on the old Tipperary Road near Buffalo in Johnson County on Monday. Johnson County is using state grant money to reapply gravel designed to withstand the extra punishment caused by increased truck travel from the energy business. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune
A group of 30 Wyomingites visits lower downtown in Denver Sunday, including a cantina and jazz club in which author Jack Kerouac and friends might have visited in the late 1940s and 1950s. The trip was part of a Wyoming Humanities Council book discussion program. Photo by Phil White, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Catalina Zea, left, quizes Frances Garcia on the vocabulary words for parts of the body during their English as a Second Language class Monday afternoon at the Boys and Girls Club in Casper. Photo by Sarah Beth Barnett/Casper Star-Tribune.
Laborer Reyes Fores, left, and Superintendent Dave Fedirko of Colorado Contractors work Wednesday morning on the cap for an entrance to the tunnel that will allow pedestrian and bike traffic under Storey Boulevard when the 2.2-mile road extension across Cheyenne is completed this fall. Photo by Bill Luckett/Casper Star-Tribune.
A flagger directs oncoming traffic at the Hat Six Road overpass near Casper on Friday afternoon. Wyoming leads the country in putting federal stimulus money to work, much of which is being sent to road construction projects. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Wyoming's Randi Richardson looks to the basket during first half action against Saint Louis on Saturday in Laramie. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Wyoming guard Sean Ogirri (0) drives the lane against Boise State's Anthony Thomas (11) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, in Boise, Idaho. BSU went on to win 86-85. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)
Natrona County's Nick McNamee, left, and Chris Loe celebrate curing the final seconds of their Class 4A state semifinal victory over Cheyenne East on Friday. Photo by Sarah Beth Barnett/Casper Star-Tribune.
Cyclists take a breather during last year's Ride With The Winds Bike Tour. Rest stops give riders a chance to chat with other cyclists, rehydrate and reenergize with fruit, cookies and sandwiches. Riders can push as fast, or slow, as they wish and all levels are welcome. Contributed photo.
Wyoming Department of Transportation crews remove rows of snow near McKinley Street on Wednesday afternoon in Casper. The department has spent $800,000 on snow removal in the past 12 days. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
"On Slate Hill, Headed for Pathfinder Dam, May 8, 1909. The "Reo" Chauffeuer [sic - Chauffeur], A. J. Mokler, E.Richard Shipp." (Mokler Collection, Casper College Western History Center)
President Bush meets with the nation's governors during their annual winter meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2005. Education, Social Security, and Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor, have been the focus of the governors' concerns. A painting of Abraham Lincoln is seen in the background. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Urique Canyon fills with color as the sun rises, highlighting the hundreds of smaller canyons and caverns filtering in from the sides.
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