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My name is Michael E. Nelson, and I am a candidate for Mayor of Kemmerer. For those of you who do not know me I will attempt to change that through this letter.

A soldier from Fort Drum who died in Iraq this weekend was remembered by his mother as a dedicated serviceman who looked forward one day to retiring to the mountains in Wyoming.

The War in Iraq claims the life of a Wyoming soldier. Twenty-eight year old staff sergeant Tyler Pickett from Saratoga, WY was killed June 8th when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy with an improvised ...

As of Wednesday, at least 4,095 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

As of Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at least 4,095 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Steady rainfall and still-plentiful mountain snowpack combined Wednesday to push the Encampment and North Platte rivers out of their banks in southern Carbon County.

The snowy winter and rainy spring in Wyoming produced enough moisture to overcome drought conditions for now in some parts of the state that have been plagued by dry weather for nearly a decade, according to a ...

Megan House was a part of two gold medals and a silver at the Wyoming State Track and Field Championships in Casper to lead the Southeast Cyclone girls to a sixth place team finish with 48 points.

Rev. Robert Janvier Ware died April 3, 2008, in Cheyenne. Due to health concerns, there will be no service at this time. via The Torrington Telegram

“He said he'd love (to be involved)”

Two yellow Labrador retrievers left behind after the death of Civil Air Patrol member Patricia Larson have found new lives in sunny Southern California. via Casper Star Tribune

They're hopeful that the dead wood can at least be put to good use. Carbon County Commissioner Jerry Paxton says he hopes that beetle-killed trees can be used for lumber before they become too dried out, which ... via KMVT Twin Falls

“I think we chose Carbon County because they asked”

Carbon County has been chosen for a pilot program aimed at increasing health care services in rural areas of Wyoming. via Casper Star-Tribune

“There's no well-established link between beetle kill and wildfire”

The number of Medicine Bow National Forest lodgepole pines stricken by the mountain pine beetle probably doubled between 2006 and 2007, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said. via Casper Star Tribune

“If you could find them, the pieces were pretty easy to pick up”

Was it a whisper from the past that caught Bill Ward's ear all those years ago during a ranch auction at Laramie, Wyo.? He doesn't recall, but for some reason the young radiology student was drawn to a poster ... via Star-Herald

Representatives from Carbon and Albany counties have settled on how to distribute about $600,000 in impact assistance funding expected from a planned wind farm near Medicine Bow. via KIFI Idaho Falls

“There's the potential to be more (workers) than that”

Laramie City Attorney Peggy Trent appears before the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council during a meeting Thursday at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. via Laramie Daily Boomerang

“We have the air permits under consideration, we've got emissions (permits) and ... there's some things with the Bureau of Land Management”

The Industrial Siting Council granted an industrial siting permit to an international energy corporation that plans to construct a coal-to-liquid plant near Elk Mountain in Carbon County. via Laramie Daily Boomerang

“BLM is finally realizing they can't ignore local communities and local wildlife habitats that will be negatively impacted by oil and gas.”

The U.S. of Bureau of Land Management decision to remove 28,500 acres from the December oil and gas lease sale had Wyoming conservationists cheering Friday. via Deseret Morning News

“A lot of reasonable people are saying similar things”

The recent uproar over oil and gas leasing in the Upper North Platte Valley in south-central Wyoming is anything but a battle of bumper sticker-style demagoguery between unswerving industry and conservation ... via Casper Star-Tribune

“I doubt whether somebody is looking for oil and gas there.”

Responding to criticism, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday afternoon it had pulled 13 parcels from its Tuesday oil and gas lease sale. via Casper Star-Tribune