Dinosaur bones draw fossil hunter to eastern Wyo ranch
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NEWCASTLE -- For years this land sat unexplored, eroding at the change of seasons, in the Wyoming wind, under the hooves of cattle.
An unpleasant haircut: Shearing alpacas poses a challenge, owners say
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POWELL -- For Fandango the alpaca, a haircut is a pain in the neck.
Forest Service uses GPS to map beetles
JACKSON -- Foresters tracking whitebark pine trees killed by beetles will start using GPS to map the damage.
Sweetwater wind farm debate hinges on placement, visibility
ROCK SPRINGS -- Like the old real estate adage, wind power in Sweetwater County seems to be all about location, location, location.
Legislators fear UW voucher plan will set trend
CHEYENNE --A University of Wyoming plan to offer vouchers for health insurance coverage for domestic partners of university employees could start a trend in state government, some legislators caution.
Cody may ban feeding deer
Wyo effort could help fuel West
CHEYENNE -- A public-private effort to research cleaner ways of using Wyoming coal could be key in addressing the growing energy needs of the West, a coal gasification industry official said.
Crash puts brakes on adventure
A Michigan couple's dream of seeing their Model T car finish a coast-to-coast race came to a screeching halt in Wyoming this week.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Juanita Toledo knows what it's like to grow up in a household where alcohol was abused, but with the help of a national organization for American Indian youths she has chosen a different path for herself.
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming is working to prevent low-flying aviators from crashing into the hundreds of towers that wind-energy speculators have erected to measure development potential.
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Body could be former Wyo woman
Barrasso co-sponsors rural health bills
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CHEYENNE -- Sen. John Barrasso says he has ideas for lowering health care costs in rural areas and helping make sure rural clinics remain viable.
Companies charged in bird deaths
The federal government has charged PacifiCorp and Exxon Mobil Corp. in two unrelated cases with killing scores of migratory birds in Wyoming, according to court documents filed last week in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.
CODY - Under a draft plan released this week, motorized travel will still be allowed on existing roads along a protected section of the Clarks Fork River near Clark, but the U.S. Forest Service will crack down on off-road travel.
Three Colorado residents were killed and a fourth was injured in a head-on collision north of Lusk late Wednesday.
Wyoming Refining Co.'s Newcastle refinery apparently experienced a power failure on Wednesday night, resulting in one or more releases of droplets of heavy residual oil, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.
Suspected meth dealer faces federal charges
A Denver man suspected of supplying methamphetamine to Wyoming faces federal drug charges after state agents arrested him with the help of an informant.
