BISMARCK, N.D. — Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's … more

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition in his third week of hospitalization in Houston for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough. Methodist Hospital spokesman … more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Poinsettias are in bloom at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week, which is a bigger accomplishment than many might suspect. Growing the Mexican holiday flower in the … more

It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Our atmosphere, our politics, our economy — rarely in memory have they seemed in … more

CHEYENNE — Gov. Matt Mead and others plan to announce what’s being described as “significant corporate partnerships” to advance energy research and education at the University of … more

Joseph Hallock, Campbell County Memorial Hospital trustee, will serve on the Wyoming Miners Hospital Board. Campbell County Commissioners appointed him to the board last week. His term on the board will expire Dec. 31, 2014. more

PRETORIA, South Africa — Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new study documents a loss of 1.3 million acres of grassland over a five-year period in the Western Corn Belt — a rate not seen since the 1920s and 1930s. The research by … more