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SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service plans closures on the western side of the Sierra Madre mountain range to allow crews to remove hazardous dead trees.

Forest Road 801, commonly known as the Deep Creek/Rawlins Road, will be closed on weekdays between 7 a

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters hope to continue an air attack on a 1,500-acre wildfire burning in the Medicine Bow National Forest in southeast Wyoming if the weather allows.

Hot, windy conditions are expected Wednesday

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — There have been fewer and fewer human cases of West Nile virus in Wyoming over the last few years.

But the Wyoming Department of Health is reminding residents not to let their guard down

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming State Museum has created its own geocache.

A geocache is a hidden location pinpointed with Global Positioning System technology. The location’s existence and coordinates are shared online for members of the geocache community to try and find

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and other state officials are traveling to China this week for a conference on advanced coal technologies.

First Lady Carol Mead and the Mead’s two children are traveling with the governor at their own expense

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Saturday, June 2, is free fishing day in Wyoming for residents and nonresidents alike.

Free fishing day means anglers may fish without buying a state license. Licenses are still required to fish in Yellowstone National Park and on the Wind River Indian Reservation

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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Laramie resident Mark Jenkins has reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Jenkins reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain on Thursday. He called his wife by satellite phone from a lower camp a few hours later.

The Univ

(AP) — The University of Wyoming and Colorado State University presidents intend to meet soon to talk about plans to sell a jointly owned ranch in southeast Wyoming.

The Y Cross Ranch sprawls across almost 80 square miles of high country between Cheyenne and Laramie. The

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