Governor Dave Freudenthal (pictured top) is urging U. S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to delay action on oil and gas regulations under a proposed bill he says has been hastily drafted.

Frudenthal says the bill would affect onshore leasing and energy production in states like Wyoming and rob the state of its traditional role of overseeing energy production.

In the U. S. Senate, Wyoming senator John Barrasso (also pictured) says the pending legislation is nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…(Click to hear comment from Sen. Barrasso)

Freudenthal is calling the legislation mistaken overreaction to the gulf spill.

Some Senate Democrats say a lack of regulation and oversight during the Bush Administration may be at the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A 46-year-old Georgia man is presumed dead after he was swept away in the Snake River Canyon while trying to help his 10-year-old son.

Lincoln County rescue crews have been looking for Joel Fegarido, of Newnan, Ga., since Sunday but say that the search will be now be scaled back and volunteers will be focusing on recovering his body. Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson says Fegarido fell near rapids in the Snake River Canyon Saturday evening.

The family was in the area for a picnic. Witnesses say Fegarido was not wearing a life jacket and fell into the river while helping his son, who was struggling in the water.

Johnson says several people on boats followed Fegarido after he fell into the water and tried to catch up with him but were unsuccessful.

Photo: Snake River near Alpine, WY

Vice President Joe Biden says the hundreds of stimulus projects now under way in national parks across the U.S. are long overdue upgrades to what he calls the nation’s neglected national jewels…(Click to hear comment from Vice President Biden)

The vice president is on a two-day tour highlighting Recovery Act projects in Yellowstone and Grand Canyon national parks.

Biden spoke Monday to about 100 Yellowstone National Park employees (pictured) after surveying the progress of one of the projects, the $4.7 million replacement of the Madison Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Biden says some $750 million in stimulus money has gone to 800 national park projects.

Police in Sublette County are looking for the person or people responsible for an attack on a 20-year old Pinedale woman.

Police say the woman was found early Saturday morning by her roommate with what police say was a severe head injury.

The roommate told police she found the lights of the home on when she arrived and blood spattered as well.  The injured woman, whose name has not yet been released, was found lying in bed.  She was taken to Sublette County Medical Center in Pinedale.

Police say they have no suspects at this and investigators are trying to determine if two other similar incidents in the Pinedale area are connected.

In the meantime, the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with any information concerning this incident is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office immediately at 307-367-4378.

Sheriff Wayne Bardin (pictured) is also asking local residents use caution if you come upon a suspicious person or people and to secure your premises.