Albany County News

The Albany County Commission has approved a permit for a wind farm that will straddle the Albany County-Carbon County line.

A Laramie man has been convicted of 12 felony counts including kidnapping and raping his wife at gunpoint.

Editor's note: Quotes attributed to Laramie residents are taken from actors involved in the Tectonic Theater Project's "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later." Zackie Salmon told an interviewer with a theater company that, in the now 11 years since the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, not enough has changed in the area.

Laramie residents are hoping to use proceeds from a proposed county sales tax hike to set up a publicly-owned preserve that will boost recreation and help protect drinking water.

In this May 11, 1999 file photo, Aaron James McKinney is escorted to Albany County District court for a hearing in Laramie, Wyo.

Teton County in August had the second lowest unemployment rate in Wyoming, according to statistics the state released Wednesday.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal will interview three attorneys nominated to replace former Laramie County Circuit Judge Thomas Campbell, and officials say an appointment will likely be made by Sept.

Laramie a ' A seizure of just over four pounds of dried psilocybin mushrooms made on Tuesday represents the largest single seizure of psilocybin mushrooms made by the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

Rocky Mountain Power is beginning the installation of 19 wind turbines at a new wind farm in Albany County.

Wauneta native Jim DeHart, now of Albany County, Wyoming, recently received honors as Albany Countya s top ranch hand.

Some landowners in the northern Laramie Range in Converse and Albany counties are opposing two separate projects involving wind energy.

Laramie, Wyoming is a college town but since it only has a population of less than 30,000 people, there is only one major yoga studio in town.

About 30,000 Bresnan Communications cable subscribers in Cheyenne and Albany County have lost their local CBS affiliate, KGWN, because of a contract dispute between the station and Bresnan.