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Mead first lady announce anti-DUI campaign
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and first lady Carol Mead say they hope a new, hard-hitting media campaign will reduce drunk-driving fatalities and injuries in the state.Wyoming saw 954 alcohol-related crashes in 2012. Gov. Mead says those crashes resulted in 391 injuries and 41 deaths.Because Wyoming has such a small population, Mead says it's more likely that citizens know ...
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Forest Service shows group how to protect historic buildings from wildfire
WEST FORK - On the outside of the old cookhouse at the West Fork Ranger Station, a group wearing hard hats is gathered around the southernmost window.Two from that group are carefully tacking what looks like a large piece of heavy tinfoil over the window's frame.Bitterroot National Forest historian Mary Williams is keeping them under her eagle eye."Make sure those tacks don't go ...
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Big Sky Honor Flight returns to warm welcome
The 84 veterans who took part in the fourth Big Sky Honor Flight came home Monday night to a hero's welcome.The baggage area of Billings Logan International Airport was packed with hundreds of people cheering and waving small American flags as each veteran descended the stairs or escalator. The veterans returned from a whirlwind 36-hour trip to Washington, D.C., that let them tour a number ...
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SD2 board welcomes new trustee certifies mill levy elections
The Billings School District 2 board welcomed new Trustee Kevin Toohill at Monday night's meeting, while bidding farewell to Trustee Connie ...
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MSU associate professor killed in landslide in Nepal
A Montana State University associate professor died Monday as a result of injuries suffered in a landslide while traveling in Nepal, ...
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Bond-rating agency praises Montana pension-fix bills
HELENA -- A leading credit rating agency has described the two pension overhaul bills signed into law by Gov. Steve Bullock as "credit ...
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Man gets prison time for Missoula convenience store bat attack
MISSOULA -- A young man beaten so severely with a baseball bat that he still walks with a cane pleaded Monday for mercy for Ture-Adon ...
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Police Laramie man stabbed neighbor to death
MISSOULA -- A young man beaten so severely with a baseball bat that he still walks with a cane pleaded Monday for mercy for Ture-Adon ...
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Green River library hosts Mad Hatters Ball for food bank
Talon Clark, from the band Days May Come, jumps into the crowd on Saturday at the Sweetwater County Library's Mad Hatter Steampunk Ball in Green ...
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City hosts kayak competition Friday
According to Katie Duncombe, recreation supervisor for the City of Green River, the third annual event will take place May 17 from 4 p.m. to 7 ...
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Chamber hosts annual cleanup day Saturday
The event begins at 8 a.m. with a breakfast at the Green River Visitor's Center. Green River Chamber director Rebecca Briesmaster said the reason for hosting a breakfast was due to people not attending lunches during pervious cleanup ...
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Lummis soda ash bill passes House committee
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee voted 28 - 13 in favor of H.R. 957, The American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act, legislation authored by U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) that restores the federal royalty to 2% for soda ash produced on federal ...
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Green River McDonalds undergoing renovations
MCDONALDS EMPLOYEE Amy Anderson hands a to-go order to Dan Walsh Tuesday afternoon. The restaurant is undergoing a renovation project and will be fully open in time for Flaming Gorge ...
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School board rejects concrete bids
District maintenance supervisor recommended to approve Gorge Rock Products of Rock Springs, but the motion was defeated. According to Steve Core, board chairman, the board would have to consult Renner Sport Surfaces, the main contractor on the track project, to see if giving Arrowhead Construction of Green River 16 days to test their concrete for alkalinity would delay their project. Alkalinity ...
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County assessor reminds vets of exemption
Sweetwater County Assessor, Pat Drinkle, would like to remind all Sweetwater County Veterans of Foreign Wars to take advantage of the Veteran's Exemption ...
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Bullock appoints Motl as political practices chief
HELENA -- Gov. Steve Bullock on Monday appointed Helena lawyer Jonathan Motl to be the state's next political practices commissioner.The commissioner is in charge of enforcing state laws dealing with campaign finances and practices, ethics and legislative lobbying."I think he'll do a great job," Bullock said. "I think the whole state will benefit from his experience and ...
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Hot Springs woman accused of kidnapping niece released
POLSON - A Hot Springs woman made her initial appearance on a felony kidnapping charge here Monday afternoon, and then was immediately ...
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$13.5 million project underway to expand renovate Billings Clinic surgical services
Up-and-coming alt-country singer Lydia Loveless and her band returned to Billings Saturday for a show at the Railyard Ale House. The singer ...
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Wyoming asks federal judge to continue wolf suit
HELENA -- A federal court judge in Helena handed down a life sentence to a Browning man Monday for violently raping a 51-year-old grandmother ...
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Laurel man charged with DUI No. 5
HELENA -- A federal court judge in Helena handed down a life sentence to a Browning man Monday for violently raping a 51-year-old grandmother ...
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Spring snow delays Bighorn highway road opening
SHERIDAN, Wyo. -- A spring snowstorm has delayed the seasonal opening of a highway over the Bighorn Mountains.The Wyoming Department of Transportation says U.S. Highway 14A was scheduled to open from Burgess Junction to Lovell on Monday. Snowy weather has pushed back the opening until noon Tuesday.WyDOT crews report blowing snow on the road and drifts more than 3 feet high.The 22-mile stretch of ...
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Browning man gets life for violently raping 51-year-old grandmother
HELENA -- A federal court judge in Helena handed down a life sentence to a Browning man Monday for violently raping a 51-year-old grandmother ...
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Man stabbed to death in Laramie
HELENA -- A federal court judge in Helena handed down a life sentence to a Browning man Monday for violently raping a 51-year-old grandmother ...
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Lawsuits over fatal Wyoming plane crash to mediation
LOS ANGELES -- University of Wyoming assistant wrestling coach Chris Pendleton won his match on Sunday at the "United 4 Wrestling" ...
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3 hurt in second fire in a week at Wheatland plant
The fire early Sunday happened at the coal unloading area at the Laramie River Station plant, Basin Electric Power Cooperative said in a release ...
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