WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative … more

WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. … more

Elias Whitcomb bought three ranches on the Belle Fourche River for his three daughters. One was the OR Ranch, now owned by the Jessens. The Bar FS Ranch is now owned by the Bishops (see story on … more

WASHINGTON — Bitter campaign foes just weeks ago, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met for lunch at the White House on Thursday, discussing America's leadership in the world and pledging to … more

CASPER, Wyo. — A student who witnessed last week's bow-and-arrow killing of a Wyoming community college instructor says she thought at first that the assailant brought the weapon into the classroom … more

RAWLINS— The Bureau of Land Management is taking public comment on a proposal to drill nearly 9,000 new natural gas wells in the Red Desert area of southwest Wyoming. The proposed Continental … more

BLUFF, Utah — Situated beneath towering twin sandstone pillars that are symbolic of the Hero Twins of the Navajo, the Twin Rocks Trading Post, where the specialty of the house is fine Navajo … more

REDLANDS, Calif. — After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married.The couple from Redlands, an inland California city halfway between Los … more