Wyoming News

A new law will make ignition interlock devices mandatory for many drivers convicted of drunken driving in Wyoming beginning July 1. Ignition interlocks prevent a vehicle from starting unless the driver first passes a breath test.

The state is working to prevent low-flying aviators from crashing into the hundreds of wind-measuring towers popping up across Wyoming.

Amid a slowdown in the energy industry, a Wyoming auction of oil field equipment has netted $8.2 million from 1,100 bidders.

Volunteers have formed a group to raise money to reopen the University of Wyoming's geological museum.

Former University of Wyoming president Don Veal has been inducted into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame.

A federal judge has denied a former Wyoming highway patrol trooper's request to dismiss federal charges against him.

Scientists who stalked tornadoes in the central U.S. this spring say they were treated to a textbook example when one touched down in Wyoming two weeks ago.

Wyoming recorded a seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 5% in May, its highest level since June 1999 and up from 4.5% in April.

The State of Wyoming released a document last Thursday that offers an overall look at the funding the state has received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and its implications.

Testing at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory has brought the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu virus in state residents to 63.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal and others gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday for an addition to the State Veterinary Laboratory where officials say researchers could one day develop an effective vaccine against brucellosis.

Construction of a $100 million research plant to refine and improve technology on turning coal into clean-burning natural gas will start next year with the goal of having the plant up and running by late 2012, officials said.

Wyoming and Idaho officials are asking the federal government to give their states control over future efforts to contain the animal disease brucellosis.

Leaders of Wyoming's Joint Interim Appropriations Committee say they share Gov. Dave Freudenthal's concern that the state isn't getting its fair share of federal economic stimulus money.

In one year, the amount of federal natural gas royalties collected under the controversial Royalty in Kind program jumped more than three fold, making it the largest single source of Wyoming's state income.

Lummis questions national forest management. U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis has expressed concerns with how national forests are managed in Wyoming.

New Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell says he will move quickly to ensure that his agency spends its $1.15 billion share of federal economic stimulus funding.

Wyoming environmental regulators are still reviewing an independent report that found flaws in how the state determines pollution limits in certain coal-bed methane discharge water.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - When Dr. Carol Fischer saw her first HIV-infected patient in 1989, she told him the stark truth: There was no treatment for the disease, and she was not an AIDS expert.

The Montana Legislature established a Ground Water Investigation Program this past session, and on July 1, scientists will begin studying seven targeted basins to compile information on aquifers.