Sweetwater County News

Because I have a boat on Flaming Gorge Reservoir, it makes sense for me to oppose piping 250,000 acre-feet of water per year from Wyoming to the Front Range.

The first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as Swine Flu, has occurred in Star Valley.

The state mine inspector and the Wyoming Mining Association have recognized underground mines in Sweetwater and Weston counties for their safety records last year.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Department of Health has confirmed 72 swine flu cases in the state.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Wyoming has risen to 63.

A second public meeting in southwest Wyoming drew more comments against a proposal to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and pipe it to Colorado.

The Bureau of Land Management has received at least 22 protests of its next oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming.

Sweetwater County Commissioners will be reviewing a recommendation to give some areas of scenic Adobe Town in southwest Wyoming special protections from oil and gas development.

Officials in Sweetwater County are organizing to fight two proposed projects that would divert water from the Green River Basin to the Colorado Front Range.

Wyoming county hosts forum on wind power Sweetwater County officials hosted a forum on wind energy Wednesday night in Rock Springs, where speakers urged residents of the Wyoming county to get involved early and stay involved in the process of siting wind farms to protect the county's quality of life and economy.

A man was found dead in a truck about seven miles south of Wamsutter. An autopsy was planned Tuesday on 40-year-old Don Miles, of Rock Springs, who was found dead Sunday in the cab of his company truck on Barrel Springs Road.

A trapper south of Rock Springs found the body of a man missing since March 5. Sweetwater County Sheriff's officials say 72-year-old Larry Radosevich apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest.

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has a new chief executive officer. The hospital board of trustees has selected Bruce James as hospital CEO.

Fatalities #25 and 26 were reported by the Wyoming Highway Patrol on Thursday of last week.

The recent energy boom has enriched the state in many ways, yet Wyoming has not fully capitalized on it, a new report concludes.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Wyoming ramps up power-line effort to carry wind-generated power Wind farms in Wyoming will generate thousands of new megawatts of power over the next decade, and there are plans afoot to build a 776-mile-long, high-voltage transmission line to carry that power from the Cowboy State, originating ...

Future state highway -- Bemas Construction Inc., contractor for the reconstruction of the Middle Baxter Road, closed the road early Monday morning to begin dirt work and remove signs and delineator posts from ...

A consulting company is having success using science-based soil reclamation practices on land disturbed by pipeline corridors and well sites in southern Wyoming.

Legislators from Sweetwater County are seeking nearly $3 million in state money to help homeowners affected by a mine subsidence project in Rock Springs.

The construction began last summer, stirring up dust that wafted down this desert valley and into a small community of off-the-grid homes.

As many as 20 heavy trucks a day hauling construction materials and equipment rumbled down the valley's main gravel road, passing into a gate marked with a 'No Trespassing' sign. Helicopters flew in sling loads of cargo. Powerful work lights lit up the valley at night.

Public planners in southwest Wyoming's Sweetwater County _ a sagebrush expanse roughly the size of Massachusetts _ say the contractor hired for the project has told them it intends to build a 22,000-square-foot underground storage vault to store documents.