Associated Press
State Of Wyo. Wildfire Bill Already at $6m
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says that the state will do what’s necessary to cover its costs of fighting wildfires around Wyoming.
Mead said Friday the state entered this fire season with about $11 million on hand.
He says the state has already spent about $6 million
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Wyoming Senators Vow Health Care Repeal Effort
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barrasso say the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the health care law doesn’t change their stance that the law is bad policy that must be overturned.
Enzi and Barrasso both say they will work to repeal the law passed by a Democratic Congress in 2010...
Burn Ban on Game and Fish Lands
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is banning open fires on all lands it administers in the southeastern and central parts of the state.
Parts Of Guernsey State Park To Reopen Friday
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Part of Guernsey State Park will reopen in time for the weekend after a wildfire chased campers and visitors out last Saturday.
State Parks Division Administrator Domenic Bravo says crews were working Thursday to remove hazardous trees and clean up debris...
Residents of Wyoming Town Urged To Evacuate
UPDATE **** The town of Hartville and residents along Pleasant Valley Road have been urged to evacuate. The fire is estimated at 2500 acres and is 20% contained.
GUERNSEY, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities are telling people in a community in southeast Wyoming to be ready to evacuate in case a large wildfire spreads in their direction
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Storms Increase Insurance Cost In Cheyenne Area
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Severe weather including hailstorms is driving up the cost of homeowners insurance in the Cheyenne area.
James Mitchell with the Wyoming Insurance Department says many Wyoming property owners are set to see higher premiums if they haven’t already...
Fire Crews Busy Near Wheatland
WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Two wildfires near Wheatland are keeping firefighters busy.
One fire that blackened 6 square miles in Wyoming’s Guernsey State Park and forced the evacuation of hundreds of campers and visitors continued to burn on Monday...
Battle Over Bells of Balangiga
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Military veterans are speaking up on the possibility that the U.S. might repatriate three church bells seized as war booty from the Philippines more than a century ago.
Their opinion? Don’t even think about it...
More Firefighters Added To Wyoming Wildfire
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is putting more resources into fighting an estimated 3,500-acre wildfire burning in the Medicine Bow National Forest in southeast Wyoming.
The Forest Service is sending in more experienced fire managers and bringing in additional firefighting crews to help the 120 already on hand...
Candidate Out Of Primary Over Filing Error
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A filing error has disqualified a representative from Teton County from appearing on the ballot in the state primary election.
Democratic State Rep. Jim Roscoe, of Wilson, has been rafting in the Grand Canyon so Democratic Party leaders were unable to reach him last week to get him to fix an incorrect address on his application...