U.S. Drought Monitor

The drougnt in Wyoming is receding according to information from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's U.S. Drought Monitor service,

Ample precipitation has pulled most of Wyoming out of a drought. The Wyoming Supreme Court has rejected a petition from a Bar Nunn man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who had been targeted through a fraudulent internet advertisement...

Climatologists with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the U.S. Department of Agriculture say Wyoming is emerging from a persisting drought. About six percent of the state has emerged from drought entirely. Abnormally dry conditions are being seen in Wyoming’s northeastern, northwestern and southeastern corners...

The U.S. Drought Monitor says extreme drought conditions now cover much of southern and eastern Wyoming after a dry august. Doug Randall reports. The Sheridan VA Medical Center in partnership with other agencies will host a homeless veterans stand down in Casper Thursday. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.