Wyoming News

Award-winning authors will present workshops in fiction, poetry, short stories, children’s fiction and nonfiction during the Wyoming Writers Inc. annual conference June 7-9 at the University of Wyoming Conference Center at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn.

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The Wyoming Transportation Commission  awarded contracts totaling $35.7 million for eight highway projects around the state Commission during its May meeting in Cheyenne.

Oftedal Construction of Casper submitted the low bid of $12

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Governor Matt Mead says the Governor's Council on Impaired Driving is launching a statewide campaign to reduce drunk driving related fatalities and injuries in wyoming.

The Governor says the new multimedia campaign is " hard hitting and specific to Wyoming

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Police are investigating a homicide that occurred late Sunday night in the city of Laramie.

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A spokesman for the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department  says a new telephone scam involving the bogus delivery of medical equipment has been widely reported.

Dick Blust says the scam begins with a recorded phone message telling the intended victim that their "medical adviser" has approved a "medical appliance" for the person which needs to be delivered

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SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding people who find young animals this spring to leave newborn wildlife alone even if they appear to be abandoned.

The agency says most animal mothers hide their young and return to them periodically to nurse

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — All watercraft entering Yellowstone National Park's lakes must first pass an inspection for invasive species.

National Park Service staff will also conduct daily inspections for all boats that launch from Bridge Bay, Grant Village and Lewis Lake boat ramps

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Gov. Matt Mead's office says the latest Wyoming revenue figures continue to support his position that the state probably won't have to cut agency budgets in the coming year.

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If you're hoping to buy a lottery ticket in the state of Wyoming, you've got to some time on your hands before you can.

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The Department of the Interior released its latest draft rules for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing on public lands Thursday.The new regulations at the federal level are added on top of, and may supersede existing state regulations

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