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Wyo. lawmakers say scholarships won't keep pace
Some key Wyoming legislators say the Hathaway Scholarship Fund won't stretch as far as it does now if a tuition hike is approved for the University of Wyoming.
Wyo. official: Federal stimulus records a 'mess'
A top Wyoming official says various federal agencies gave the state conflicting instructions about how to calculate the number of jobs the federal economic stimulus program has created in the state.
Big snowstorm marches into Nebraska after pounding Utah, Wyoming, Colorado
DENVER a ' An early blast of winter that blanketed some Western states with heavy snow slowly worked its way out of Colorado and pushed into Nebraska Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.
Wyoming Guard holding meetings to update residents
The Wyoming National Guard is holding meetings in Cheyenne, Laramie and Torrington this week to update local residents on deployments and other operations.
Housing shortage in Torrington
Finding a place to live in Torrington could start to get a little tricky. City officials say they face a housing shortage as some 350 new prison employees head to the area over the next few months.
Wyoming Humanities Council receives gift from EnCana
The Wyoming Humanities Council announces a gift of $10,000 from EnCana Oil & Gas Inc.
Wyoming Governor says no to green mandates
In an interview on Monday after he spoke at the Western States Energy and Environment Symposium , Freudenthal ruled out mandates for stricter building efficiency codes or energy standards for appliances, the story stated.
Wyoming producers are champs at hay Superbowl
For the fifth year in a row, Wyoming producers have won or placed extremely high in the World's Forage Analysis Superbowl at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.
I-70 closed from the Kansas border to Denver
The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 70 from Denver to the Kansas border because of blowing snow.The highway was shut down Thursday afternoon as a powerful wintry storm continued moving east.
Snowstorm closes Wyoming interstates, schools
Wyoming Department of Transportation public affairs officer Doug McGee says it's unlikely that Interstate 80 across southeastern Wyoming will be reopened on Thursday.
Park Co. asks Wyo. gov. for disaster declaration
The Park County Commission has asked Gov. Dave Freudenthal to request an agricultural disaster declaration because of crops losses from an early freeze.
Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains
A storm that brought the first heavy snow of autumn to a large portion of the Rockies and western plains prompted officials to close schools in Wyoming today and was blamed for dozens of accidents in the state and in neighboring Colorado.
Early season storm sweeps dust, snow across West
A major early season cold front brought gusting winds and cool temperatures to the Southwest and prompted warnings of heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions in parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
Western states stress cooperation at energy forum
State lawmakers from around the West are gathering in the northern Wyoming resort town of Jackson over the next few days to figure out how to get better coordinated on energy issues.
106 Arrested for Sex Crimes in Colo., Wyo.
Authorities in Colorado and Wyoming have arrested more than 100 people in a sex offender sweep this month.
Wyoming experts cut revenue forecast by $382M
A panel of state financial experts again has trimmed its estimate of revenues the state of Wyoming will receive in the two-year budget cycle that starts next July - this time by more than $380 million.
Wyoming town's cell-phone ban hits a nerve
Cheyenne City Councilman Jim Brown, thinking it was time his city joined the movement to keep drivers from being distracted by their handheld cell phones, steered an ordinance banning the practice into law last month.
Plan for Wyoming toll booths on I-80 moves ahead
A plan to put toll booths on Interstate 80 in Wyoming to help pay for maintenance while also reducing congestion, hazards and traffic deaths is cruising forward.
Wyo. lawmakers invite neighbors for energy meeting
Lawmakers in the Cowboy State have invited their neighbors to parley on energy issues, and they're putting up more than $400,000 to pick up the tab.
Former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator Cliff Hansen dies
Wyoming's congressional delegation has offered the following comments. U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, John Barrasso and Representative Cynthia Lummis, all R-Wyo., mourned the passing of former Wyoming senator and governor Cliff Hansen.
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