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Ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Justices deny Wyoming, Montana coal suit against Washington

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Justices deny Wyoming, Montana coal suit against Washington

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Justices deny Wyoming, Montana coal suit against Washington

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Scrum of challengers awaits Cheney after House GOP ouster

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — For pro-Trump Republicans,

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Scrum of challengers awaits Cheney after House GOP ouster

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — For pro-Trump Republicans,

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Cheney could be 'toast' in fight with Trump over GOP future

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy wants his party to stand firmly with Donald Trump, despite his false claims about the election being stolen from him.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

No. 2 House Republican backs Cheney ouster over Trump barbs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 House Republican is publicly calling for the removal of Rep. Liz Cheney as the party's third-ranking leader in the chamber.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Governor: Wyoming will fight any Biden regulations on energy

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will push back against any federal regulations brought by the Biden administration that hinder development of fossil fuels and other resources, Gov. Mark Gordon told state lawmakers kicking off their annual session Tuesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP split over Trump, election runs across deep-red Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A deepening divide among Republicans over President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election runs prominently through Wyoming, the state that delivered Trump's widest prevailing margin by far.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

GOP split over Trump, election runs across deep-red Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A deepening divide among Republicans over President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election runs prominently through Wyoming, the state that delivered Trump's widest prevailing margin by far.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

ID of man who found Rocky Mountains treasure chest revealed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer stashed in the wilds of Wyoming over a decade ago.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In farewell, Wyoming senator urges colleagues to cooperate

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's low-key senior U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi said goodbye to colleagues Wednesday by urging them to focus more on where they agree and not so much on their differences.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

New migration maps serve as tools to help big game in West

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence — a discovery made by scientists using wildlife GPS tracking techniques to map animal migrations in the West in unprecedented …

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

New migration maps serve as tools to help big game in West

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence — a discovery made by scientists using wildlife GPS tracking techniques to map animal migrations in the West in unprecedented …

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

New migration maps serve as tools to help big game in West

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence — a discovery made by scientists using wildlife GPS tracking techniques to map animal migrations in the West in unprecedented …

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming governor seeks another $500M in cuts to state budget

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon will ask lawmakers to slash $500 million from the state budget in response to weak revenue from the coal, oil and natural gas industries.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Wyoming governor: 'Knuckleheads' behind COVID-19 resugence

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's first new public-health orders to limit spread of the coronavirus since last spring are coming soon, but what they will be remains to be seen, Gov. Mark Gordon said Friday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Wyoming to help petroleum industry with coronavirus funding

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will use federal coronavirus relief funding to help petroleum companies move ahead with oil and gas drilling projects interrupted by the pandemic and plug idle wells.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump, Lummis and Cheney win in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republican former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis was elected to an open U.S. Senate seat while Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney won a third term in Wyoming’s first election with women as the major party congressional candidates.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

A Wyoming first: 4 women compete for US House, Senate

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Voters for the first time will decide Tuesday between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming — two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and two lesser-known Democrats seeking to win by upset in the GOP-dominated state.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

A Wyoming first: 4 women compete for US House, Senate

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Voters for the first time will decide between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming: Two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and two lesser-known Democrats seeking to win by upset in this GOP-dominated state.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Wyoming revenue report less bleak but Gordon urges restraint

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor urged legislators Monday to work with him to lower state spending while a report predicted ongoing weak revenue from the oil, natural gas and coal industries.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Strong winds fan Colorado's largest recorded wildfire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Strong winds fan Colorado's largest recorded wildfire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Strong winds fan Colorado's largest recorded wildfire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Amid more strong wind, new burst for Colorado's biggest fire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — More strong wind Friday made the biggest wildfire in Colorado history even worse, keeping firefighting aircraft on the ground and forcing evacuations along a highway leading to Rocky Mountain National Park.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Amid more strong wind, new burst for Colorado's biggest fire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — More strong wind Friday made the biggest wildfire in Colorado history even worse, keeping firefighting aircraft on the ground and forcing evacuations along a highway leading to Rocky Mountain National Park.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Fierce winds fan Rockies wildfires, new evacuations ordered

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Strong winds fanned two Rocky Mountain wildfires Wednesday, prompting new evacuation orders as one spread toward communities outside Rocky Mountain National Park.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Yellowstone to half reopen amid self-quarantine differences

Access to the southern half of Yellowstone National Park will resume Monday by way of Wyoming

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Yellowstone one of 3 parks closing gates

Three of America's most well-known national parks _ Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Smoky Mountains _ closed their gates Tuesday as people shut in because of the coronavirus lost more options for recreation

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Yellowstone joins growing list of national park closures

CHEYENNE, Wyoming— Three of America’s most well-known national parks — Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Great Smoky Mountains — closed their gates Tuesday as people shut in because of the coronavirus lost more options for recreation. They join a growing list of National Parks sites from New York to California that …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming governor signs two-year state budget with 19 vetoes

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a two-year state budget Thursday while vetoing 19 sections that included across-the-board spending cuts to address falling revenue from the state's coal, oil and natural gas industries.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming woman with 'mild to moderate' COVID-19 improving

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman infected with Wyoming's first known case of the coronavirus has been improving while staying in voluntary isolation at home, health officials said Thursday.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Saudi ambassador to US shrugs off Biden, Sanders criticism

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. dismissed the top two Democratic presidential contenders' criticisms of her country, saying Thursday that candidates' opinions tend to change once they become president.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Fiance charged with missing woman's murder

DENVER (AP) — The fiance of a Colorado woman who has been missing since Thanksgiving Day was arrested Friday on allegations of killing the mother of his child, and police said she likely died at her house in a mountain town.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Aggressive griz attack kills hunter, puzzles officials

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Grizzly bears aren’t docile animals, but an especially aggressive attack that killed a hunting guide and injured his client is puzzling wildlife officials.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Aggressive griz attack kills hunter, puzzles officials

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Grizzly bears aren’t docile animals, but an especially aggressive attack that killed a hunting guide and injured his client is puzzling wildlife officials.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

US officials say they wrongly announced coal mine expansion

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday that they misspoke when they recently announced they had approved an expansion of a Montana coal mine that would keep it operating for another 19 years.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US officials say they wrongly announced coal mine expansion

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday that they misspoke when they recently announced they had approved an expansion of a Montana coal mine that would keep it operating for another 19 years.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

National parks to slash number of free days for visitors

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free, a move that was criticized by opponents of the parks’ plan to raise entrance costs at other times of the year.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

National parks to slash number of free days for visitors

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free, a move that was criticized by opponents of the parks’ plan to raise entrance costs at other times of the year.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Latest species to be tracked: People

Scientists are putting tracking devices on a new species — people — as they try to learn more about how their movements affect ecosystems in national parks.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Yellowstone urges tourist common sense around bison

A pamphlet drawing of a man being gored and flung into the air graphically warns tourists in Yellowstone National Park not to get too close to bison: They’re wild animals and can be very dangerous.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Yellowstone Dangerous Wildlife

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Grouse

In this Sept. 15, 2014 photo, ecologists Jon Kehmeier, left, and Nate Wojcik inspect a female sage grouse captured at night at the future site of the 1,000-turbine Chokecherry-Sierra Madre wind farm outside Saratoga in south-central Wyoming. Efforts to conserve a struggling species of grouse that ranges across the Western …

THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Less pain at the pump

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A boom in domestic oil drilling has helped lower U.S. gasoline prices, though the steepest drops have missed California commuters, Midwestern farmers and even New York commodities traders who know all about oil and gasoline pricing.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Early slides don't worry Wyoming skiers

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Big, new snow is already avalanching in the mountains around Jackson Hole, but that's not necessarily setting a dangerous pattern for snow slides in that area this winter.

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

Wildfires spark debate over use of fire retardant

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Manuscript may add to debate on Butch Cassidy

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state? And did he pen an autobiography detailing his exploits while cleverly casting the …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 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

Encana project could add 3,500 gas wells in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A proposed project would potentially double the number of gas wells that have been drilled to date in western Wyoming's biggest gas fields.

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

BLM taking proposals for wild horse sanctuaries

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking proposals for establishing "eco-sanctuaries" for wild horses amid controversy over its handling of these icons of the range.

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

Wyoming plagued by a big-cityproblem: smog

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a little bit like smoggy Los Angeles these days because of a boom in natural gas drilling.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chevron exiting coal mining

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Petroleum giant Chevron Corp. said Friday it plans to get out of the coal industry by the end of the year.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wyoming officials say yes to Teton land sale

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The state land board on Thursday approved selling 2 square miles of property within Grand Teton National Park to the federal government for $107 million in a deal that would be completed in four phases over three years.

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

Wyoming hunter kills grizzly that attacks him

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An elk hunter who shot and killed a grizzly bear after the animal bit his arm hiked three miles to a trailhead and drove himself to a hospital in Cody, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

The birds and the trees

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Concern about an endangered bird has caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a cease-fire in its biological war against saltcedar, an invasive tree that has taken over riparian areas across the West.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Yellowstone hopes to boost native fish

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Yellowstone National Park wants to bring in private contractors with large boats and more huge nets to get a handle on Yellowstone Lake's pernicious and nonnative lake trout once and for all.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died after he broke his neck in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it won't allow Wyoming and Montana to sue Washington state for denying a key permit to build a coal export dock that would have sent coal to Asia.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — For pro-Trump Republicans,

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — For pro-Trump Republicans,

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy wants his party to stand firmly with Donald Trump, despite his false claims about the election being stolen from him.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 House Republican is publicly calling for the removal of Rep. Liz Cheney as the party's third-ranking leader in the chamber.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall.

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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will push back against any federal regulations brought by the Biden administration that hinder development of fossil fuels and other resources, Gov. Mark Gordon told state lawmakers kicking off their annual session Tuesday.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A deepening divide among Republicans over President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election runs prominently through Wyoming, the state that delivered Trump's widest prevailing margin by far.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A deepening divide among Republicans over President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election runs prominently through Wyoming, the state that delivered Trump's widest prevailing margin by far.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer stashed in the wilds of Wyoming over a decade ago.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's low-key senior U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi said goodbye to colleagues Wednesday by urging them to focus more on where they agree and not so much on their differences.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon will ask lawmakers to slash $500 million from the state budget in response to weak revenue from the coal, oil and natural gas industries.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's first new public-health orders to limit spread of the coronavirus since last spring are coming soon, but what they will be remains to be seen, Gov. Mark Gordon said Friday.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will use federal coronavirus relief funding to help petroleum companies move ahead with oil and gas drilling projects interrupted by the pandemic and plug idle wells.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's new U.S. senator-elect, Cynthia Lummis, and top Wyoming elected officials refused to say Friday if they agreed with President Donald Trump's baseless claim that Democrats are trying to steal the presidential election.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republican former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis was elected to an open U.S. Senate seat while Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney won a third term in Wyoming’s first election with women as the major party congressional candidates.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Voters for the first time will decide Tuesday between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming — two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and two lesser-known Democrats seeking to win by upset in the GOP-dominated state.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Voters for the first time will decide between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming: Two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and two lesser-known Democrats seeking to win by upset in this GOP-dominated state.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor urged legislators Monday to work with him to lower state spending while a report predicted ongoing weak revenue from the oil, natural gas and coal industries.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday.