Federal and local firefighters are battling a wildfire 45 miles south of Rock Springs. The Bureau of Land Management said the fire had grown to between 200 and 250 acres by Wednesday night. It expects to have it fully contained …
Smoke and ash coming from a wildfire burning in a wilderness area in northwest Wyoming could continue in the Big Horn Basin until snow begins falling again. Fire officials are mostly letting the fire in the Washakie Wilderness burn on …
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Wyoming because of spring and summer flooding, opening the way for the federal government to help the state pay for costs incurred from damaged roads, highways and other infrastructure. The counties …
Mother Nature wrecked havoc along the Front Range and southeastern Wyoming last week—again living up to the region’s weather reputation as “hail alley.” The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimates insured damage to cars and homes in Colorado from last …
A severe thunderstorm spawned funnel clouds and strafed southeast Wyoming with golfball-sized hail. In Cheyenne, the hail shredded trees, dented cars and damaged a handful of private planes at the airport. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports the hail also plugged …
Yellowstone National Park rangers and state and federal transportation officials will be conducting safety checks of commercial vehicles and operators traveling in the park throughout the summer. The inspections are designed to ensure the safe operation and mechanical soundness of …
Insurance fraud is the suspected motive in the case of a Cheyenne, Wyo., man accused of setting fire to his late mother’s trailer home. Thirty-five-year-old Nicholas M. Montee is charged with second-degree arson. Prosecutors say he set fire to his …
The Wyoming Supreme Court has issued a formal public censure of a Rock Springs attorney. The Wyoming State Bar says Clark D. Stith was censured over his representation of a company that had been sued for damages. It says Stith …
A Wyoming jury has ruled that a youth baseball league is not responsible for the death of a woman at a Casper ball field in 2008. The jury concluded Casper Youth Baseball did not behave negligently in connection with the …