CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate has approved legislation removing the state superintendent of public instruction as administrative head of the state Department of Education in favor of a director … more

CHEYENNE — More than 160 Wyoming National Guard members are preparing for deployment to the country of Bahrain. The guard’s 133rd Engineer Company based in Laramie will spend nine months on … more

SCOTLAND — Elementary school students in the southeastern South Dakota town of Scotland have received a mystery “pay it forward” package filled with $1,000 for the third time in eight … more

WASHINGTON — For the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease, there’s heartening news: Drugmakers have been shifting much of their research away from pills for the … more

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted to a five-year low last week, a hopeful sign the job market may be improving. But much of the decline reflects seasonal … more

AURORA, Colo. — The Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others reopens Thursday with a private ceremony for victims, first responders and officials — an … more

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and African efforts to restore security. … more

NEW YORK — A standoff between striking school bus drivers looking for job protections and a city administration that says they just can't have them has the potential to go on for some time, … more

CHICAGO — A Chicago businessman was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday for providing material support to overseas terrorism, including a Pakistani group whose 2008 attacks on Mumbai, India, … more

Last week, the North Carolina band Parmalee played for the governor’s inaugural ball in Raleigh, N.C. This week, that band will take the stage at Jakes in its first gig in Wyoming.The … more