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Declining prices hit energy-producing states hard

THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rescuers issue stern warning to Colorado evacuees

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Spending cuts to hit Wyoming hard

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting federal mineral payments to 35 states by about $110 million this fiscal year as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Environmentalists blast wolf delisting

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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Keep it clean

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Grizzly bear kills hiker

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A grizzly bear killed a man who was hiking with his wife in Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after the couple apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs on Wednesday, park officials said.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

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Wyoming, feds continue wolf talks

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming may be making progress toward convincing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that wolves should be classified as unprotected predators in most of the state, Gov. Matt Mead said Tuesday.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'Road map' sought for wolves

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - After years of legal wrangling over wolf management, the Obama administration and three governors on Monday discussed crafting an end-game - including whether Congress should pull the plug on the debate by declaring the animals' numbers have fully recovered in the Northern Rockies.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO