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Hot, dry, dangerous: Fire risk extreme, officials warnJun 26, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  Several agencies, including those in Fremont County, are on high alert due to extreme fire risk in nearly all of Wyoming. | Fires grow in Wyoming and neighboring statesJun 24, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Firefighters prepared for the worst this weekend as hot, dry and windy weather returned and revived a wildfire burning in the Medicine Bow National Forest in ... [more] | ||||
The way it was: Butter shipments
| Campfires raise concern in Shoshone forestJun 24, 2012 - From staff reports:  The Shoshone National Forest is reminding visitors to practice proper campfire safety after several fires have escaped fire rings. | ||||
Fort Washakie's library providing page-turnersJun 24, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  Staff members at the Fort Washakie School/Community Library want to encourage their patrons to make reading a regular activity this summer. | DigestJun 24, 2012 - Staff and wire reports:  Forums focus on primary candidates | ||||
Planning ongoing for new Dubois museumJun 24, 2012 - By Joshua Scheer, Staff Writer:  Lander architect Mike Quinn presented preliminary drawings of a new Dubois museum building on June 14 to the Fremont County Museums Board and Dubois ... [more] | Mead:State needs 'all of the above' angle on energyJun 24, 2012 - By Don Warfield, Staff Writer:  GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK -- Wyo-ming Gov. Matt Mead took a strong stance in support of his state's mining industry, particularly its coal sector, in a speech ... [more] | ||||
Crime reports on reservation rise in conjunction with more police on jobJun 24, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  There's been more crime reported over the past two years on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but the U.S. Attorney for Wyoming says that's a sign of ... [more] | Good fun, good friends good times
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Reluctant Riverton council OKs cash infusion for detox centerJun 24, 2012 - By Emily Etheredge, Staff Writer:  Riverton City Council members got into a heated debate Tuesday when discussing whether to give money to the Fremont County Alcohol Crisis Center so it can meet ... [more] | TodayJun 22, 2012 - Staff:  Correction | ||||
Monthly survey shows slower regional growthJun 22, 2012 - Staff:  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Economic growth has continued to slow in rural areas of Wyoming and nine other western and midwestern states because of the problems in ... [more] | DigestJun 22, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Teen presumed dead in capsize | ||||
Mead requests more time to review EPA frack rulesJun 22, 2012 - The Associated Press:  CHEYENNE -- Gov. Matt Mead is asking the U.S. Interior Department for more time to study proposed federal hydraulic fracturing rules. | Famed Wyoming locomotive on goodwill tour through Nebraska
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Firefighters dread return of drier, hotter weatherJun 22, 2012 - The Associated Press:  CHEYENNE -- The return of hot, dry and windy weather has firefighters preparing for the worst at a wildfire burning in the Medicine Bow National Forest in ... [more] | Minor fire dealt with quickly at KFC restaurantJun 22, 2012 - Staff:  The KFC restaurant in Riverton had to be evacuated Thursday afternoon after emergency personnel received a call of a fire at the business on North Federal ... [more] | ||||
Time for a 'wakeup call' for Wyoming coal, WMA speakers say
| WyDOT seeks county's help to finish 17 Mile RoadJun 22, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  The Wyoming Department of Transportation and others met with Fremont County Commissioners to discuss how to cover a $2.15 million shortfall on 17 Mile Road's ... [more] | ||||
Applicant field set for school board vacancy in RivertonJun 22, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler, Staff Writer:  Incumbent members of the Riverton school board will interview the five candidates and announce the appointment this month. | TodayJun 21, 2012 - Staff:  Deaths | ||||
DigestJun 21, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Senators voted to nix EPA rule | Groups file suit over proposed development of CBM projectJun 21, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Interior Department over a plan to open the Fortification Creek area in northeast Wyoming to coal-bed methane ... [more] | ||||
Firefighters looking to gain upper hand in western states
| Trial set for Cody homicide; death penalty will be soughtJun 21, 2012 - The Associated Press:  CODY -- A tentative trial date of March 15, 2013, has been set in the first-degree murder case of a Cody man accused of stabbing his wife to death with a ... [more] | ||||
MOU with landowners concludes long Bunker Road disagreementJun 21, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  The road will be public, with seasonal closures for half the year. | State must put lights at N. Federal intersections; rest optionalJun 21, 2012 - By Emily Etheredge, Staff Writer:  A citizen committee has had its first meeting to discuss the North Federal Boulevard rebuild project in Riverton. | ||||
South Dakota authorities confirm Lander boy's death in Friday automobile accidentJun 21, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  A Lander boy died and four others were seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash in South Dakota, according to South Dakota officials. | Woman might avoid jail term in plea agreement on death of her baby sonJun 21, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  The Pavillion woman charged in the November death of her infant son may escape jail time in exchange for probation if a judge accepts a plea agreement filed ... [more] | ||||
Two more applying for District 25 seatJun 21, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler, Staff Writer:  Ted Ray, Scott Morrow have filed | Four hospitalized after drinking from bottle they foundJun 20, 2012 - By Emily Etheredge, Staff Writer:  The Riverton Police Department is investigating a bottle of liquid found near City Park after four people were hospitalized after drinking from it. | ||||
TodayJun 20, 2012 - Staff:  Births | Jeffres joins school board vacancy fieldJun 20, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler, Staff Writer:  Lynette Jeffres is the latest to file for appointment to the Riverton school board. | ||||
DigestJun 20, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Progress seen on new fire | Coal likely to remain dominant for yearsJun 20, 2012 - By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers:  WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's proposal in April to put the first limits on greenhouse gases from new power plants could mean that no new coal-fired ... [more] | ||||
Bumbling feds blamed in slow energy permitting
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