Associated Press

(Image: Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media) Hit the slopes- and then hit a bong? Marijuana legalization votes this week in Colorado and Washington state don’t just set up an epic state-federal showdown on drug laws for residents...

Comparison, .50 caliber bullet and 5.56mm bullet (Photo: GlobalCop, flickr.com) After a .50-caliber bullet ended up going through the roof of a home nearly a mile away from a Natrona County shooting range, ammunition larger than .40-caliber has been banned at that range...

(File Photo: Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media) A lawsuit is postponing plans by both the University of Wyoming Foundation and the Colorado State University Foundation to sell a ranch they jointly own in southeast Wyoming. The foundations announced the postponement Friday, saying the lawsuit could affect the marketability of the Y Cross Ranch...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The ex-wife of the Montana man accused of kidnapping and assaulting an 11-year-old girl is asking a judge to grant her sole custody of their two young children. Maleesha Kovnesky filed the emergency motion in Gallatin County District Court Monday as Jesse Speer agreed to return to Cody, Wyo...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming authorities plan to release details Monday on the arrest of a man in connection with the kidnapping of a Cody girl. The FBI did not release the name of the suspect arrested in Belgrade, Mont. But jail records there indicate a man named Jesse Paul Speer was booked over the weekend on a hold for Wyoming, with bond set at $2 million ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park saw slightly fewer visitors in August compared to a year ago. The park recorded 780,286 recreational visitors in August, down 3.1 percent from August 2011. Despite the decline, it was still the third highest August visitation recorded at the park...

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials in New York City say at least four people have been shot outside the Empire State Building in violence that stemmed from a workplace dispute, and that the gunman has been killed by police. Police say as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many of them were hit by bullets...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Police say the gunman has died after a shooting that killed a law enforcement officer and another civilian near the Texas A&M University campus. Bryan Police Department spokesman Jon Agnew says two other law enforcement officers and another woman also were injured in the Monday shooting in College Station. Br...

DENVER (AP) – The film studio that released the Batman film playing during the Colorado theater shooting is among the donors that have given a total of nearly $2 million to a fund set up for victims. Warner Bros., which released “The Dark Knight Rises,” gave an undisclosed amount to the GivingFirst.org fund. The fun ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Fed by bone-dry timber and fanned by hot winds, the four major wildfires burning in Wyoming have swallowed up tens of thousands of acres and forced hundreds to flee while cutting a destructive path across the state...