Wyoming News

A The 61st Wyoming Legislature will convene in a Joint Session of the Wyoming Senate and House of Representatives this morning at 10 a.m., during the first day of legislative proceedings of the 2012 Budget Session.

The U.S. Forest Service and the Wyoming State Forestry Division say that the 2011 aerial survey of the state showed that an additional 167,000 acres of beetle-infested forest were found across the state.

Food producers are invited to participate in the 2012 Local Food Fair scheduled for Saturday, March 10 at Central Wyoming College.

A LARAMIE, Wyo. Two groups of University of Wyoming track and field student-athletes put their names in UW's record book Friday, competing in two states.

The University of Wyoming Athletics Department is sponsoring the Eighth Annual Walk for Women.

The governors of Wyoming and Colorado are teaming up with the head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to chair a task force dedicated to protecting sage grouse.

Jackson Hole , KJAX 93.3FM , KMTN 96.9FM , KSGT ESPN , KZJH 95.3FM , State of Wyoming , Sublette County , Teton County "Not Guilty."A That was the verdict today of a seven-man, six-woman jury after only five hours of deliberation.A With that, Troy Dean Willoughby - accused in the 1984 murder of Jackson Waitress Elizabeth Ehlers - is free.A District ... (more)

The Teton County School District #1 Board of Education this week adopted calendars for not one, but two coming years - both reflecting a traditional nine-month school year.A Superintendent Pam Shea says the final schedules were created with A input from both faculty and parents.A Shea says both school years ease in with three, then four and finally ... (more)

PAVILION, Wyo. - On the mountainous Wind River Indian Reservation in western Wyoming, cattle grazing in a valley share space with more than a hundred gas wells.

Ozone-forming air pollution measured along the Colorado Front Range by scientists is up to twice the amount that government regulators have calculated should exist, according to a new study.

A Central Wyoming College 2011 nursing graduates had the highest pass rates of all Wyoming nursing graduates taking the national licensing exam, NCLEX.

A federal oil and gas lease sale in Cheyenne brought in more than $22 million for the federal government and state of Wyoming.

Federal officials investigating a pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of oil into a Montana river said Wednesday that few companies take river erosion and other risks into account when evaluating pipeline safety.

A Rawlins man has admitted to dealing cocaine for 10 years in Carbon County. John Sanchez pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to deliver cocaine under a deal with prosecutors.

Marty English, who had been an assistant football coach at the University of Wyoming for the past nine seasons, accepted an assistant coaching position with the Colorado State University football program on Tuesday.

Five University of Wyoming wrestlers will take part in the last home dual of their careers Wednesday as the Cowboys host conference foe Northern Colorado.A Action begins at 7 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex versus the Bears.

Wyoming's governor, Matt Mead, made a suprise visit to the regular meeting of the Fremont County Republican Women on Monday.

Wyoming's legislators this year will be asked to consider a bill that would allow sales tax to be collected within Yellowstone National Park that would then be turned back to the park for improvements to the park's crumbling infrastructure.A The bill is drafted by Representative Keith Gingery and is cosponsored by Representative Samuel Krone of ... (more)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named several state legislators and state Republican officials to his leadership team for Wyoming.

Coal may be a dirty word in the U.S., but Asia's growing appetite for the fuel has triggered a boom in export-facility investments on American shores, just as domestic demand for coal is stagnating.