CHEYENNE — Intensifying drought has prompted the first wintertime call on administration of water rights in the North Platte River drainage in Wyoming since 2005, an announcement that will require … more

POWELL — Wyoming’s State Loan and Investment Board has voted to contribute $25,000 to study the feasibility of starting a gunsmithing school in Cody. The Powell Tribune reports the state … more

CHEYENNE — Officials have found more money for a proposed major renovation of the State Capitol in Cheyenne. Budget officials recently discovered an extra $7.9 million that is earmarked for the … more

RIVERTON — Officials in Fremont County have recovered the body of a 62-year-old Ethete (EE’-tha-tee) man who had been missing for more than a week. Police say Curtis LeClair’s body was … more

SHERIDAN — A Casper native and longtime marketing professional has been chosen as the next executive director of Sheridan Travel and Tourism. Shawn Buckley beat more than two dozen other … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming State Board of Education has decided to conduct a national search for a director to oversee the state Education Department. A new state law stripped state schools … more

CHEYENNE — The State Board of Education hopes to have its search for Wyoming Department of Education director candidates completed by early June. The board is tasked with coming up with three … more

JACKSON — A new bus service is being planned this summer to take people from Jackson to Yellowstone National Park. Regional transportation cooperative Linx received a $145,000 grant from the … more

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Highway Patrol will be out in force this Memorial Day Weekend. The patrol says it will be paying particular attention to enforcing seat belt law as part of a nationwide … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming governor's office is looking into possibly requiring petroleum companies that drill for oil and gas in Wyoming to test the local groundwater for any pollution before … more