Sweetwater County News

About 400 members of the Rainbow Family threw rocks and sticks at 10 federal officers as they tried to arrest a member of the group, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday.

The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office is urging people not to pick up hitchhikers as members of the Rainbow Family head through the county for this year's gathering in the Big Sandy area.

The estate of a 10-year-old girl who drowned during a school field trip at the Green River Recreation Center is suing the city, school district and several employees over the girl's death.

Don't think gas and oil exploration takes a toll on wildlife? Maybe you haven't considered this side of the story, from the Billings Gazette : A magistrate in Sweetwater County has sentenced a Tennessee man to ...

A magistrate in Sweetwater County has sentenced a Tennessee man to serve 100 days in jail and pay $6,000 in fines and restitution for shooting a doe antelope several times with a semiautomatic rifle.

A Lander man faces felony charges of larceny and wrongful taking of property in connection with what authorities say was the theft of 800 gallons diesel fuel from a storage tank east of Rock Springs this week.

" Two men remain in custody on $250,000.00 bond each and have been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after a Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9 alerted to the presence of drugs in their vehicle.

The Wyoming energy boom gave Richard Sherman a new job and a housing headache. With his move to southwest Wyoming to work in a coal mine, the 51-year-old began a lengthy hunt for affordable housing that ...

Ur-Energy Inc announced today drilling results for the month of May at its Lost Creek ISR Project located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA.

The Sweetwater County School District No. 1 board is discussing the possibility of bringing six-man football to Farson-Eden High School.

Sweetwater County is growing; nobody can deny that. It's apparent by the number of vehicles on the highways, the number of new houses and the constant cloud of dust from new construction.

The Sweetwater County Library Board selected its new director for the library system.

Discussions are underway to increase the size of a controversial wind farm project proposed near Pilot Butte, according to John Barton, a planner in the Sweetwater County Planning and Zoning department.

Wyoming's Industrial Siting Council is set to meet later this summer to consider the Williams Co.'s proposed $233 million project to expand its natural gas processing plant near Wamsutter.

Military veterans, artists and the general public are all invited to submit items for a new exhibit at White Mountain Library in celebration of Flag Day on June 14.

Unselfish commitment to community service brought accolades to three Green River residents recently.

The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office says two Minnesota men were arrested over the weekend when deputies found marijuana and $32,200 in cash in their car.

Three natural gas companies want the federal government to allow them to drill more gas wells in two Sweetwater County fields, including one located in the Red Desert.

To improve the quality of life in Wyoming and enhance prospects for sustainable and diversified economic development, it is critical for children to have equal access to high quality early care and education.