Wyoming News Archives

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A minor earthquake has rattled a remote section of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. via KSTP

Two-hundred years ago, a lone mountain man emerged from the wilderness of northwest Wyoming, having survived a perilous, exploratory trip through the wilds of the Big Horn Basin, the Wind River Basin, Jackson Hole and Yellowstone, bringing with him tales of amazing scenes including hot water and steam gushing from the earth.

The story of his amazing journey will be told at a special program next Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the National Park Service Cal S. Taggart Visitor Center at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area just east of Lovell. The program is sponsored by the Lovell Chronicle and features historian and Colter enthusiast Gene Bryan of Cody. Read more

The team will oversee management of wolves in Wyoming after a six month-transition from federal management of wolves in Wyoming. via KMVT Twin Falls

Two pipeline companies say they're pursuing a joint project to construct an 800-mile pipeline that would transport natural gas from Wyoming to Canada and U.S. markets in the Midwest and Northeast. via San Diego Union-Tribune

The Wyoming Department of Health is planning to hold the state's first Wyoming Chronic Disease Conference. via KIFI

Wyoming regulators gave final approval Thursday to Black Hills Corp. to construct a 100-megawatt power plant east of Gillette. via International Business Times

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will take over responsibility for cleaning up one source of Cheyenne's drinking water that has been reported to contain a chemical called TCE. via KIFI

Whether to declare the sage grouse an endangered species has pit environmentalists against ranchers in the northwestern United States. via RedOrbit

FleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced today that it has finalized the acquisition of certain assets of Truck & Industrial ... via Automotive

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal says the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal is a sad case that invokes a "sense of perplexed sorrow." Spitzer resigned in disgrace Wednesday over ... via KIFI Idaho Falls

Elevated levels of smog in the Upper Green River Basin recently has been blamed on oil and gas activity. via Montana's News Station

“They want to be doing work this summer”

Gov. Dave Freudenthal said construction could start as soon as this summer on a coal research plant the University of Wyoming is developing with General Electric Co. via Canadian Business Magazine

Coal-producing U.S. states are feeling suffocated by lagging technology that has not allowed coal to be burned more cleanly, a news report said. via The Post Chronicle

“When they're setting levels that low, the impacts to the industry could be substantial”

The federal government has approved strict new water quality standards sought by Montana over fears that natural gas drilling in neighboring Wyoming could pollute interstate rivers. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“In many states, the black vote has doubled”

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary rodham Clinton, D-Ill., speaks during a rally before the Wyoming caucus in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008. via Kansas.com

“But, you see, I am a fighter, and I believe it's worth fighting for your votes.”

A day before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were to compete for a small scattering of delegates in Wyoming, Clinton cast herself as the underdog and said the odds are not in her favor. via ABC News

“I think Obama has the best plan of them all. He also has all the experience he needs to be president, despite what Hillary's saying.”

Many of the people waiting in line to see Barack Obama at the Casper Recreation Center say they are still undecided in the presidential race, but they all agreed on one thing: it's great to see presidential ... via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

“We've all had our hearts broken”

The lunch table was full of people in the same boat: Single mothers who are trainees in the hydraulics and pipe-fitting trades, thrown together and traveling to a place none of them could quite imagine. via New York Times

A look at the upcoming contests in the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination: ___ WYOMING: Caucuses on March 8 with 12 delegates Wyoming Democrats are ... via Times-Picayune

Annual restrictions that ban most energy-related activities within two miles of active sage grouse breeding areas on federal land are now in effect in Wyoming. via Montana's News Station

“We hope to get the budget bill to the governor by Wednesday sometime”

Both houses of the Wyoming Legislature plowed through their respective general appropriations bills last week, finishing up final votes Friday afternoon after marathon sessions hashing out competing amendments. via Rapid City Journal

“There's a point at which enough is enough.”

A Bush administration official today expressed concerns with U.S. Senate legislation designed to protect a swath of mountainous land in Western Wyoming. via KIFI Idaho Falls