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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. officials have approved a 5,000-well oil and gas project spread across a huge expanse of eastern Wyoming that would generate thousands of jobs but has raised concerns over potential harm to to birds of prey and other wildlife. Five major oil and gas companies proposed the development on more than…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency. The bill affirms 3% pay raises for U.S. troops and authorizes more than $740 billion…
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming could receive 7,000 fewer coronavirus vaccine doses this month than initially estimated due to a production discrepancy, state health officials said. A county-by-county distribution schedule published by the Wyoming Department of Health estimates the state will receive 20,325 vaccine doses by the end of December — a decline of 7,000…
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming has one of the worst rates of workplace-related deaths in the country, with three times more fatalities than the national average, a report said. The Wyoming Department of Workplace Solutions revealed in the report that 32 workers died while on the job in 2019, an increase of one death compared…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bankrupt coal operator’s request to liquidate its assets has been denied by a federal judge in West Virginia. Blackjewel filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in July 2019 and mostly halted operations. The company had sought to convert to Chapter 7, which would allow it to liquidate its assets. The…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two men are facing charges in connection with the death of an Omaha teen whose body was found in the back of a car abandoned in Wyoming last spring. The two men had been held in Wyoming since the body was discovered on May 11, and Omaha Police said they have…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming doctor was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to illegally prescribing prescription pain pills and other controlled substances to his patients, including minors. After being released from prison, David Cesko, 66, of Rawlins will also have to be under supervision for six years under the…
KEMMERER, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified a snowmobiler killed in a Wyoming avalanche as a 41-year-old Nevada man. Brandon Jones, of Elko, Nevada, was killed Friday after the avalanche overtook him as he was riding on a slope known as “Suicide Hill” in the Salt River Range southeast of Afton, Wyoming, the Lincoln…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican mega-donors Foster and Lynn Friess are giving $500,000 to South Dakota faith-based charities in honor of Gov. Kristi Noem’s family, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. Foster Friess, 79, is a wealthy investor and philanthropist from Jackson Hole, Wyoming who has donated millions to Republicans and conservative causes. He and…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife managers in Wyoming are offering an up to $2,000 reward for information about the illegal killing of a grizzly bear. The bear’s carcass was found Sept. 9 on the Wind River Reservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement on Wednesday. Grizzlies in the Yellowstone region are…