Colleen Datton, 65, reacts as the horses run during a visit to Wyoming Downs north of Evanston. Datton traveled from Salt Lake City, Utah with several friends in a community group to attend the races. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.
Under a new proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, shown here, would be removed from Endangered Species Act protection in Wyoming but not in Colorado. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
New leaves emerge on a young cottonwood tree along the banks of fast-flowing Lake Creek, a tributary of the Snake River, in Grand Teton National Park recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Anjie McConnell and her father, Gary Frank, move heifers Wednesday afternoon at their feedlot by the Little Popo Agie River near Lander. McConnell's family annually puts cattle onto summer range in the South Pass area, which should provide for good forage because the Wind River Mountains have gotten a good deal of moisture this year. Ranchers who summer their cattle in the range east of the continental divide, however, could still face drought conditions this year. Photo by CHRIS MERRILL, Star-Tribune.
Wyoming national delegate Joe Schloss, right, talks to Wyoming delegate Colin Simpson during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP.
A heavy spring snowstorm turned the University of Wyoming campus into a network of paths Friday. The National Weather Service is calling for spring-like weather next week, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s. (Ken Driese/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Brazilian Gilberto Cymbaum spoons sauce onto freshly flipped pizza dough as co-worker Julio Cesar Media Vaddivia, from Peru, scoops a handful of grated cheese on another pie. The two have three-month jobs at the Pizza Hut restaurant in Douglas as part of a foreign exchange program. Photo by Rena Delbridge, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Erin Rose, Curator of Education at Fort Caspar Museum, talks about a costume worn in the movie Starship Troopers, which is on display in the new "Hollywood in Wyoming" exhibit at the museum. Students in the museum studies course at Casper College curated the show, which will be open until November 2009. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.
Colorado State's Jason Smith, right, is pressured by Wyoming's Kevin Lewis, front, and Alex Dunn during the first half in Fort Collins, Colo. Saturday Feb. 26, 2005. (AP Photo, Fort Collins Coloradoan/Rich Abrahamson)
New leaves emerge on a young cottonwood tree along the banks of fast-flowing Lake Creek, a tributary of the Snake River, in Grand Teton National Park recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Douglas' Bridget Addleman laughs as her teammate Steph Bohlander playfully tries to give her a kiss after winning the state championship against Star Valley during the 4A/3A Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships Saturday March 12, 2005 in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune)
President-elect Barack Obama visits Calvin Coolidge High School where students, military families, and volunteer service groups are working on various projects supporting the troops in Washington, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson chats with Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Director John Corra during a tour of the Jonah natural gas field Thursday. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune)
New owners Cheryl and Vince Pierce stand in front of their newly purchased Moondance diner in New York City last week. The couple has bought the famous 80-year-old diner and plans to move it to LaBarge in southwest Wyoming next week. Courtesy, Cheryl Pierce.
Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune Johnathon Southworth, 17, snowboards down the hill at Washington Park in Casper on Friday afternoon. A winter storm improved winter recreation opportunities across Wyoming but created treacherous driving conditions.
Students, children and other sympathizers gather Mondayaround the flagpole in Prexy's Pasture at the University ofWyoming to rally support for immigrants. Photo by Joyce M. Nelson, Star-Tribune correspondent.
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