Wyoming News

A sinking storage tank roof at a Sinclair Oil refinery that caused Wyoming's biggest spill in decades earlier this year wasn't unprecedented: The same thing happened at a similar tank at the refinery in 2007.

The Northwest College Board of Trustees is advocating a statewide sales tax to fund Wyoming community colleges.

A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.

Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming.

Light snow is causing slippery travel conditions in southeast Wyoming, especially in the Laramie area.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 12:16 pm US/Mountain MATT JOYCE, Associated Press Writer CHEYENNE, Wyo.

With temperatures dipping and winter planning how to best sock the state, it's time for--planting? Energy companies wait until late October to plant seeds to help reclaim disturbed areas.

A group of Wyoming politicos and journalists is launching a nonprofit online news publication dedicated to covering state government.

Gov. Haley Barbour visited with Mississippi National Guard troops on the ground at forward operating bases in Afghanistan today after discussions on Thursday with the U.S. ambassador and military commanders in Kabul, the country's capital city.

Two Powder River Basin coal mines have been recognized by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining for their reclamation work.

Governor Dave Freudenthal visited Wyoming National Guard troops and other active duty U.S. personnel serving in Kuwait and Iraq while on a trip sponsored by the Secretary of Defense.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says chronic wasting disease has turned up in two northern Wyoming hunt areas for the first time.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is on a trip to the Middle East to visit Wyoming soldiers.

Officials with Aristotle International say Wyoming had 7,723 dead people registered to vote through October and another 45,547 who have moved from the district where they are registered to vote.

Some key Wyoming legislators say the Hathaway Scholarship Fund won't stretch as far as it does now if a tuition hike is approved for the University of Wyoming.

A top Wyoming official says various federal agencies gave the state conflicting instructions about how to calculate the number of jobs the federal economic stimulus program has created in the state.

DENVER a ' An early blast of winter that blanketed some Western states with heavy snow slowly worked its way out of Colorado and pushed into Nebraska Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.

The Wyoming National Guard is holding meetings in Cheyenne, Laramie and Torrington this week to update local residents on deployments and other operations.

Finding a place to live in Torrington could start to get a little tricky. City officials say they face a housing shortage as some 350 new prison employees head to the area over the next few months.

The Wyoming Humanities Council announces a gift of $10,000 from EnCana Oil & Gas Inc.