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The 74th annual Wyoming Trucking Association Convention shifted into high gear Thursday.

A task force studying Wyoming school security is focusing on police officers in schools, security vulnerabilities and training for police and educators.

Gov. Matt Mead's proposal to require groundwater testing at oil and gas drilling sites is getting favorable reviews from environmental advocates, landowners and industry representatives.

Top news links, courtesy of Mountain West News. U.S. Interior Department releases new version of hydraulic-fracturing regs The new proposed federal regulations for hydraulic fracturing were released by the U.S. Interior Department on Thursday, and public comment will be taken for 30 days, but environmental groups already said the new rules, which ... (more)

Governor Matt Mead took time today to thank the outgoing Director of the Wyoming Department of Revenue, Ed Schmidt, who is retiring and announce that Dan Noble will be the new Director, subject to confirmation by the State Senate.

Wyoming public schools Cindy Hill says she cooperated with an inquiry into the operation of the state Education Department, which she administered until being stripped of the job earlier this year, but she is declining to discuss specifics until the inquiry is concluded.

Gov. Matt Mead on Monday unveiled a state energy policy two years in the making that calls for maintaining Wyoming's position as the top energy-exporting state while preserving its wild, scenic and pristine landscapes.

The weather couldn't have been much better today for Governor Mead to sign a proclamation declaring June as Great Outdoors month.

Earlier today Governor Mead revealed his energy strategy for Wyoming. The state leads the nation in energy exports but until now the it hasn't really had a comprehensive plan when it comes to addressing energy, the environment and the economy.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would start off with a slight edge over the GOP field if she decides to run for the Senate in Alaska, according to a new poll conducted for a group that's trying to draft her for the 2014 race.

Governor Matt Mead will release the Wyoming Energy Strategy on Monday. Developing the Energy Strategy is a high priority for Mead, according to a news release from his office.

A new Harper Polling poll shows a plurality of likely Alaskan Republican voters support their former Governor, Sarah Palin, as a U.S. Senate candidate in the 2014 GOP primary over Lt.

Gov. Matt Mead has appointed Circuit Court Judge Daniel Forgey of Sweetwater County to serve as district judge in Natrona County.

Snow removal could hardly be considered a glamorous government function, but it was cause for celebration on Friday in Yellowstone National Park as dozens of state, local and federal dignitaries gathered to mark the on-time seasonal opening of the park's roads.

The South Entrance to Yellowstone National Park opens for the season today as originally scheduled, thanks to funds to pay for the plowing being raised by Jackson area tourism interests.

If the University of Wyoming 's engineering school is to be ranked among the top 50 in the nation as state and legislative leaders envision, it will require investing an additional $14.7 million a year in the program, according to a UW report.

The Holocaust is one of those moments and while few survivors remain, one was at East High School Wednesday to give her first hand account.

Goodwill Industries of Wyoming has been in existence for the past forty-five years.

For evidence that a new kind of information economy has come to the West, look not to San Francisco or Seattle, but south-central Wyoming.

Wyoming's Sage Grouse Implementation Team will meet in Lander at the Pronghorn Motel's Monarch Hall, 150, East Main Street, May 15 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Agenda items are numerous.