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Work To Plug Oil Well Near Douglas Continues
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An oil well that’s leaking natural gas in east-central Wyoming could be plugged soon.
Chesapeake Energy says the work could begin as early as Thursday morning.
A blowout at the well on Tuesday prompted 50 residents outside of Douglas to evacuate their homes amid concern that the gas could explode...
Wyoming Sees Increase In School Meal Program
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals at Wyoming public schools increased this year even though the state’s economy has been steadily improving.
Statistics from the Wyoming Department of Education show that 37 percent of students in Wyoming receive breakfasts and lunches subsidized by the federal government...
UW To Offer MBA In Energy Management
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming is offering a new Masters of Business Administration program for students who want to work in the energy industry.
About eighty spots will be available in the first year of the MBA energy management program this fall...
Man Saves Toddler On I-80
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Cheyenne man is credited with helping save the life of a 2-year-old who ended up on Interstate 80 after being thrown from a wreck.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Travis Daniels and his father Ray Daniels were driving on I-80 near Pine Bluffs on Tuesday when they saw a car seat in the middle of the highway...
Wyoming Snowpack Declines To 59 Percent Of Average
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s snowpack continues to decline.
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service reports that snowpack is 59 percent of average this week. That’s down from 63 percent last week and 119 percent last year at this time...
Vietnam Man Visits Buford After Purchase
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese businessman Pham Dinh Nguyen flew to the U.S. for the first time, drove to a tiny, frigid trading outpost and bought his own piece of the American dream: Buford, Wyoming — population 1.
Nguyen’s name was not released last week when he won the auction for Buford — billed as the nation’s smallest town — but he has since drawn attention in Vietnamese media and on soci
Wyoming Inmate Accidentally Released Early
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming authorities are searching for an inmate who was released from prison early because of a paperwork mistake.
Arthur Penrod was supposed to serve back-to-back sentences for a burglary and aiding an assault. But authorities told the Associated Press that he was released Tuesday from the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins after completing the burglary sentence...
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Matt Mead To Give Award To Wounded Wyoming Park Ranger
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead will honor a park ranger with Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources who was wounded by a gunman last year at Glendo Reservoir.
The Associated Press says that Philip Martindale will receive the American Police Hall of Fame’s Law Enforcement Purple Heart on Thursday in the governor’s office...
Fire Danger High In Parts Of Mountain West
DENVER (AP) — Warm, windy weather is raising the fire danger in the Mountain West
Red flag warnings were in effect Thursday for much of western Colorado and the San Luis Valley as well as parts of Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico...
Results Show No Air Problems In Pavillion
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality says preliminary results from an air monitoring station in an area several miles east of Pavillion did not reveal pollution levels exceeding federal standards.
The state agency installed a mobile monitoring station that began collecting data Jan...