Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has proclaimed this week as Wyoming Travel and Tourism Week – coinciding with National Travel and Tourism Week. Here’s Tom Ninnemann with more. Also, this past weekend, passengers boarded city of Cheyenne’s tour trolley for the first time this year. The start of the trolley tours of course coincides with Wyoming [...]
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Wyoming Celebrates Travel & Tourism Week
By Mick Birge posted May 7, 2012 at 7:07AM
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Casper Woman Sentenced For Social Security Fraud
By Mick Birge posted May 7, 2012 at 7:03AM
A Casper woman accused of defrauding the Social Security Administration has been sentenced to five months in federal prison and must repay more than $17,000. U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced Shari Jackson late last month. She pleaded guilty in February to one charge of supplemental security income benefits fraud. Prosecutors say Jackson, in [...]
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May 4, 2012 — Warm Today, Cooler Weather Ahead
By DayWeather, Inc. posted May 4, 2012 at 9:30AM
Other than a few scattered showers and thunderstorms in the north, it will be mainly dry across the state today. Temperatures will warm into the 70s and lower 80s in many areas. In the northwest and in the higher elevations, highs will be in the 50s this afternoon. Cooler temperatures will spread throughout the rest [...]
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UW Board To Consider Cuts For FY ’13 Budget
By Mick Birge posted May 3, 2012 at 6:42AM
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is scheduled to hear a presentation on possible budget cuts for next year. Falling energy revenues prompted Governor Mead to order state agencies to prepare for 8-percent budget cuts in the fiscal year that starts July 2013. That cut is twice what the Wyoming Legislature had directed state agencies [...]
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Wyoming Snowpack Level Near Record Lows
By Mick Birge posted May 3, 2012 at 6:40AM
Wyoming’s snow-pack is now down to 45 percent of average, compared with 152 percent of average at this time last year. The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Casper says all of the state’s basins are below average this week. The snow in the Cheyenne basin has melted away completely. The Madison basin has highest snowpack [...]
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Country Party To Be Included On November Wyoming Ballot
By Mick Birge posted May 3, 2012 at 6:37AM
A record sixth political party will appear on the Wyoming general election ballot in November. Secretary of State Max Maxfield says the Country Party has reached the number of required signatures to get on the ballot. on Willis is the chairman of the Wyoming Country Party. He says his party will run a selective slate [...]
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May 3, 2012 — Warm Temperatures with a Few Thunderstorms and Showers
By DayWeather, Inc. posted May 3, 2012 at 6:26AM
The weather will be fairly quiet across Wyoming for the next couple of days. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies in central and eastern counties will allow temperatures to rise into the 70s and perhaps the lower 80s on Friday in some areas on Friday afternoon. It will be cooler in the northwest where daytime [...]
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A Wyoming Coal Mine Explosion Registers On Richter Scale
By Mick Birge posted May 2, 2012 at 6:28AM
An explosion at a coal mine northeast Wyoming was big enough to register on seismographs on the scale of a small earthquake. Some people in Gillette reported feeling the ground shake from 16 miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the blast at 11:11 a.m. Tuesday. The blast registered as large as a magnitude 4.5 [...]
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Buffalo City Councilman Addresses Public For First Time Since Arrest
By Mick Birge posted May 2, 2012 at 6:25AM
Buffalo resident Lew Pierson sat through the Buffalo City Council meeting last night waiting for the public comment period. He then took his opportunity to directly address councilman Justin Gerard (pictured) who was arrested recently on drug charges in Campbell County Pierson told Gerard he has no business being on the council. Gerard responded by [...]
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Fire Quickly Spreading Inside Bridger Teton National Forest
By Mick Birge posted May 1, 2012 at 11:44AM
An out of control campfire is being blamed for a fire currently burning on Sheep Mountain in the Bridger Teton National Forest near the Gros Ventre drainage. Units from Teton Inter-agency Fire and Jackson Hole Fire/EMS were the first to respond to the fire which was first reported at about 9:30 this morning. Forest Spokesperson [...]
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