Wheatland News

Most of the Western Sugar Beet growers have their sugar beet crops in the ground, according to Jerry Darnell, Western Sugar Area Ag Manager.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: N.J. company buys Colorado-Wyoming power line project New Jersey-based LS Power bought the rights to the 180-mile transmission line that will carry wind-generated power from Wheatland, Wyo., to Brush, Colo., for an undisclosed price from AES Corp.

The plateau south of Wheatland, Wyo., where Gregor Goertz and his family raise beef and organic winter wheat, is blustery country.

Apr 8, 2009 6:18 pm US/Mountain Written by Kathy Walsh Reporting Kathy Walsh Chuck Forbes and his wife, Ruth, credit a Wyoming state trooper and a convoy of plows for helping save his life.

A Wyoming man got through this weekend's blizzard to keep his appointment for a liver transplant at a Colorado hospital -- thanks to a personal escort from some state of Wyoming snowplow drivers.

Nine new electronic message signs, seven new Web cameras and 29 additional road weather information systems will be installed along Wyominga s highways under two projects scheduled to be completed this fall to help keep WYDOT and motorists informed of road conditions.

Many of PG&E's 1,500 customers in Wheatland who lost power last week say electrical appliances and other equipment was damaged by a power surge when their service was restored.

Feb 5, 2009 5:16 pm US/Pacific Reporting Andrew Luria WHEATLAND A town was jolted by electricity.