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Grasshoppers capable of stripping rangeland bare of grass are starting to hatch in parts of Wyoming, prompting the start of aerial pesticide spraying to mitigate an outbreak, pest control officials said Tuesday.
A mobile Iraqi war zone has taken shape on the rolling plains and ridges of eastern Wyoming, the latest incarnation of an Army National Guard training exercise meant to quickly shape citizen soldiers into battle-ready warriors.
If Wyoming experiences a grasshopper outbreak this summer, pest control officials will treat U.S. Bureau of Land Management property in the state by spraying swaths of land with insecticide.
Rocky Mountain Power's investment in projects including wind farms and transmission infrastructure justifies the company's proposed rate increase, company President Rich Walje told Wyoming regulators Monday.
The State Loan and Investment Board on Thursday approved applications for $10.5 million in state business development grants, including money that will enable Eleutian Technology to move from Ten Sleep to Cody.
Grasshopper infestations have taken on mythic tones here on the arid prairie of northeastern Wyoming — they blanket highways, eat T-shirts off clotheslines and devour nearly every scrap of vegetation on ranches and farms.
Some members of the Wyoming Legislature want to instill "cowboy ethics" in state law, lest lawmakers and citizens forget the state's western roots.
A proposal in Wyoming to impose the nation's first state excise tax on wind energy production is generating debate over how the state should handle the arrival of massive wind farms to its wind-swept plains and plateaus.
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he's working with lawmakers on a proposal for the upcoming Legislature to tax wind energy production.
Wyoming's souring economy and the enduring saga over gray wolves in the state were the top Wyoming news stories of 2009, according to an annual ranking by Wyoming Associated Press members.
The gym is adorned with championship banners, expectations are high, and the players gasp and burn their way through sprints during the first days of basketball practice at Wyoming Indian High School.
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.
A group of Wyoming politicos and journalists is launching a nonprofit online news publication dedicated to covering state government.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As they ride out the economic recession, some American rodeos are bucking the hard times while others are sitting on the fence.
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.
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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