Pavillion News

Fremont County police say a student at the Wind River junior high school in Pavillion has been cited for stalking rather than assault as previously reported.

Fremont County police say a student at the Wind River junior high school in Pavillion has been cited for assault after twice threatening a classmate with a knife.

Americans living near drilling facilities have complained that their water has turned cloudy, foul-smelling, or even black as a result of a technique called fracking By Jon Hurdle REUTERS, PAVILLION, WYOMING Sunday, Oct 04, 2009, Page 13 Louis Meeks, a burly 59-year-old alfalfa farmer, fills a metal trough with water from his well and watches an ...

Oil firm plans to halt water delivery to Pavillion-area rancher A Pavillion-area resident says he's been put on notice by EnCana Oil & Gas USA that it will cease delivering drinking water to his home on Monday.

Western Colorado shares some community history with the Pavillion, Wyo., area where the EPA has recently announced that an investigation has produced strong evidence that natural gas drilling is responsible for contaminating drinking water wells with fluids used in the hydraulic fracturing process.

Area oil and gas industry critics are praising the Environmental Protection Agency for tests that discovered drinking water contaminants were possibly connected to drilling-related activities in Wyoming.

Government scientists believe they have found indications that natural-gas drilling activities may have polluted groundwater sources in Wyoming.

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing.

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing.

The Environmental Protection Agency has found toxins in some private water wells in Fremont County.

A coalition of conservation groups have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to overturn an air pollution permit issued by the state of Wyoming.