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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A unit of the Wyoming Air National Guard is being targeted in national defense budget cuts.

Wyoming Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner says the U.S. Air Force is proposing to cut the Guard’s 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron as part of an overall plan to cut 5,500 personnel nationwide

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A new joint venture funded by TIAA-CREF (T-I-A-A Kref) and an Alaskan company, Cook Inlet Region, Inc. is acquiring two wind farms in Wyoming.

The two companies have joined with Edison Mission Energy to form Capistrano Wind Partners LLC

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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Snowmobile season is winding down in Yellowstone National Park.

Commercial snowmobile and snow coach travel between Fishing Bridge and the park’s east entrance will end Thursday night

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A proposal to spend about $600 million on school construction and renovations over the next two years is on its way to Gov. Matt Mead.

The Wyoming House voted 51-8 to give final approval to Senate File 105 on Thursday.

Representatives

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Teton County officials say a snowmobiler is dead after getting caught in an avalanche near Togwotee Pass in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

The man was snowmobiling with a party of 10 when the avalanche overtook him Monday

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that continues education reform efforts in Wyoming’s public schools.

Senate File 57 was approved on a 26-4 vote Monday. It now heads to the state House for consideration.

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The number of wind turbines completed in Wyoming is lagging the number of permits issued by state regulators to build them.

Todd Parfitt of the state’s Industrial Siting Division says financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, and transmission constraints have slowed construction

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are considering requiring some welfare recipients to undergo drug tests.

The bill is set to get its first hearing in Cheyenne on Friday.

House Bill 82 would require people applying for certain welfare programs to pass a drug test

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The state Senate has killed a bill that would have raised the fines for parents of students who skip school.

Senate File 44 failed to win introduction in the state Senate on Tuesday when senators voted 20-14 against the bill

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is calling on Wyoming lawmakers to endorse a wolf management plan that would designate the animals as predators that could be shot on sight in most of the state

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