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Encana Oil and Gas has granted $23, 630 to the Wyoming Stock Growers Association to continue funding the realranchers.com initiative. Amy Richards reports. Conservation groups are welcoming a federal report how sage grouse should be managed in 11 western states to avoid new federal protections. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon provide special provisions connected to livestock haying and grazing and cover crops for next spring to help mitigate the impact of this year’s drought.  A large Jackson hotel has been sold to a Rhode Island company. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

The body of a young man found near Rock Springs on Sunday August 19 has been officially confirmed to be that of a missing Rock Springs youth.

A District Court judge has set a competency hearing for a Everett Conant III who is accused of killing his three sons and his brother in a shooting rampage in Wheatland last summer. Doug Randall reports. The federal government has opened a new office for the registration of sex offenders on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Work is underway on the new Menards store at Windmill and Dell Range in Cheyenne.

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is asking for $5.3 Million  in annual pay raises for faculty. Amy Richards has a report. A new study from Children's Mercy Hospitals and clinics finds that 83 percent of parents think social media makes a positive contribution to their children's development despite the risks. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

One of Grand Teton National Park's celebrity grizzlies wandered outside the park's southern boundary last week and had to be hazed back into the park. Doug Randall reports. The City of Rawlins was recognized as Wyoming’s first “aspiring tourism community”. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Laramie County Fire District #2 personnel began training on their recently acquired ladder truck. The 1993  KME Aerial Cat was given to District 2 by F.E. Warren Air Force base at  no cost through the federal excess personal property program. District 2 fire Chief Jason Coughey  says with new commercial and residential building construction in their district, the ladder truck is a welcome addition

Four people were hurt in a flash fire at a Conoco Phillips natural gas processing plant in Fremont county. Doug Randall reports. A Wyoming National Guard unit is preparing to deploy to Bahrain. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Wyoming Army National Guard Capt. Eric Will, of Torrington, Wyo., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 115th Fires Brigade, based in Cheyenne, was awarded the Seven Seals Award and the 20-Year Wyoming National Guard Service Device...