Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:56 AM EST
Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming.
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Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:59 PM EST
A group of Wyoming politicos and journalists is launching a nonprofit online news publication dedicated to covering state government.
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Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:31 PM EST
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released recommendations for protecting wildlife during wind energy development, including restrictions in sage grouse habitat and in big game winter range and migration corridors.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:57 PM EDT
A Wyoming legislative task force has recommended tightening wind development standards at the county and state level to help establish a regulatory structure for companies pursuing wind farms here.
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:23 AM EDT
An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.
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Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:31 PM EDT
True freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels went 24-of-37 and threw three touchdown passes in his first career start as Wyoming beat UNLV 30-27 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.
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Wed Sep 2, 2009 4:16 PM EDT
Bud Grose seemed like the last person who should attract the attention of police when the 76-year-old retiree hopped on his antique tractor and rumbled through the annual parade in this small Wyoming town.
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Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:53 PM EDT
Richard Grant Jr.'s family has ranched Wyoming's rugged granite-and-grass hills for generations, their 123-year-old ranch dotted with reminders of their long history — an historic schoolhouse, an old red barn and the parcels of land sold away during hard times.
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Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:14 PM EDT
Prosecutors say they won't file any charges after police used a Taser to try to subdue a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor during a parade in Glenrock.
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Mon Aug 3, 2009 3:13 AM EDT
Wyoming's agriculture industry is looking at the oilseed crops camelina, canola and sunflowers as part of an effort to diversify farming and produce the seed stock for biofuel.
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Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:29 PM EDT
To hear Trevor Brazile tell it, the skinny cowboy blends in inconspicuously with the rest of the hard-traveling ropers and riders hustling from rodeo to rodeo at this time of year.
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:18 PM EDT
As they ride out the economic recession, some American rodeos are bucking the hard times while others are sitting on the fence.
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Thu Feb 5, 2009 12:40 PM EST
A bill under consideration in the Wyoming Legislature would establish a public finance Web site with a compilation of state financial data, such as revenues, expenditures and contracts.
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Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:11 PM EST
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has returned to the state that helped launch his political career more than 40 years ago.
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:22 AM EST
Richard Edwards hunched over a sewing machine and stitched a pocket onto a new shirt, one of many to pass through his hands on a recent workday.
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Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:23 AM EST
The days were long, the work repetitive and the conditions rough. But for prisoners, the opportunity to work in the Wyoming Territorial Prison's broom factory was probably better than passing time in a cell.
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Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:49 PM EST
Wyoming fired coach Joe Glenn on Sunday, a day after the Cowboys finished their fourth losing season in his six years at the school.
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Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:27 PM EST
Billy Farris threw three touchdown passes to Dion Morton as Colorado State came from behind to beat Wyoming 31-20 on Saturday and secure bowl eligibility.
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Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:02 PM EDT
As Albany County officials investigate the possibility that the Matthew Shepard autopsy report may be missing, the pathologist who conducted the 1998 autopsy says he still has a copy of the original record.
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Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:40 PM EDT
Matt Asiata ran for a touchdown and caught another, Utah's special teams scored two touchdowns and its defense stifled punchless Wyoming in a 40-7 victory Saturday.
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:36 PM EDT
A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays.
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Sun Oct 5, 2008 1:32 PM EDT
As a Johnny Cash tune played over the loudspeakers, horse trainer Gary Main Jr. coaxed Victory through a display of discipline and skill inside the Wyoming State Fair arena.
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Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:11 AM EDT
Yellowstone National Park officials, attempting to balance competing demands for cell phone service and preserving the park's tranquility, have released a draft plan to guide the development of wireless services within the park.
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Sat Sep 6, 2008 7:11 PM EDT
Kyle Halderman's 74-yard run set up quarterback Shea Smith's 1-yard touchdown run and Ryan Harrison kicked three field goals to lead Air Force over Wyoming 23-3 on Saturday.
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Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:54 PM EDT
A federal judge has overturned a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly a third of national forests, the latest turn in a long-running dispute over U.S. Forest Service rules for undeveloped land.
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