PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — A Sublette County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the death of a Jackson woman whose body was found along a western Wyoming highway 25 years ago. The jury deliberated for a little more than two hours Friday before delivering a guilty verdict for 46-year-old Troy Dean Willoughby [...]

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       The former president of the Cheyenne Public Employees Association says the mayor’s office and the city council should conduct a proper study to determine if the city has proper staffing at all levels. Claus Johnson says voluntary retirement will only get the city so far in closing its budget shortfall gap, and before furloughing or [...]

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The State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) has approved over $14.5 million in Business Ready Community (BRC) grant applications, and over $5.6 million in Community Facilities (CFP) grant applications. The Wyoming Business Council administers both programs. WBC director Bob Jensen says both the Business Ready Community and the Community Facilities Grant programs are needed especially [...]

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Wyoming is gearing up for a good old western shootout.  This time with the federal government.  Two-term democrat governor Dave Freudenthal wants his state’s legislature to spearhead an effort to amend the U-S constitution and restore the Founding Fathers’ intended balance of power between the federal government and the states…(Click to hear comments from Gov. [...]

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Both the state and the defense rested in the Troy Dean Willoughby murder trial in Pinedale yesterday.  The prosecution rested after nearly two of building its case against Willoughby (pictured upper right) who is charged with killing then 25-year old Lisa Ehlers of Jackson (pictured lower right) back in 1984.  Then, the defense rested without calling one witness. [...]

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Anna Nelson, Miss Wyoming 2009 will be competing this Saturday in Las Vegas at the 2010 Miss America Pagent. Nelson (pictured lower right) is from Rock Springs.  Her platform is Preventing Teen Alcohol Abuse.  Her talent is a character dance done on point. Preliminary competition is taking place this week.  Kelly Miller-Smart with the Miss [...]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming gubernatorial candidate has cut ties with a volunteer who used a bit of online trickery to misdirect visitors trying to link to her opponent’s Web site. Republican candidate Rita Meyer (pictured on right) says volunteer Paul Montoya was no longer working for her campaign. Meyer says she had been unaware [...]

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Ron Micheli of Fort Bridger is the third Republican to announce his campaign for the GOP nomination for Wyoming governor.  In Casper yesterday, Micheli told supporters a change is needed in Cheyenne…(Click to hear from Ron Micheli) Micheli says he’s the right man for Wyoming especially his experience as a small businessman in the private [...]

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President Obama says it’s not about “punishing banks” — it’s about “protecting our economy.” In his State of the Union address last night, Obama delivered a call for Congress to finish work on financial industry reform. He said financial institutions can only create jobs and raise family incomes if there are safeguards against what he [...]

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