CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s snowpack is slowly growing. The statewide snowpack was 84 percent of average on Monday, up from 82 percent last week and 76 percent at the start of the month. Lee … more

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate is set to hear a proposal to raise state fuel taxes by a dime a gallon. The bill would raise the tax from the existing rate of 14 cents a gallon up to 24 cents. The … more

CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers are considering creating a way to offer grants to areas affected by energy development. The proposal, House Bill 212, has already passed the House and a Senate … more

CHEYENNE — Gov. Matt Mead has granted his first commutation of a prison sentence since he took office two years ago. Mead had denied every previous commutation recommended by the Wyoming Board … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Three people were shot to death and one was critically wounded early Tuesday at a known drug house, causing temporary lockdowns at several area schools as police looked for two men … more

WASHINGTON — A U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent aircraft batteries like the one that caught fire on a Boeing 787 last month from being shipped as … more

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The prosecutor who filed murder charges against a fugitive former Los Angeles police officer that could result in the death penalty said he believes the man hasn't finished … more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday is expected to put aside its partisan divisions to approve a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, a law credited with protecting millions of victims of … more

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard says a second tug boat has reached a disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico and is helping tow it to Mobile, Ala. More than 3,000 passengers and a crew of more than … more

NEW ORLEANS — Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets early Tuesday, showering merrymaking crowds with trinkets of all … more