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Fuel prices could undercut Wyoming's energy economy
Hey, pizza lovers. Are you tipping your pizza delivery person generously? Those pump prices are squeezing incomes for anyone who drives for a living.
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Court reinstates eagle kill charge
CHEYENNE -- A member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who killed a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance in 2005 must stand trial, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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Judge won't delay wolf suit
BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths."
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UW expects big freshman class
LARAMIE -- The University of Wyoming expects to enroll its largest freshman class in more than 10 years this fall, UW trustees were told Thursday.
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River runners prepare for high water
JACKSON (AP) -- Jackson Hole kayakers have begun running area rivers and playing at popular spots in the Snake River Canyon, eagerly preparing for a spring that many are hoping will feature the highest peak flows since 1999.
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Geologist: Don't worry about seeps
RAWLINS (AP) -- Ranchers and environmentalists have been complaining about methane springs bubbling up from old exploratory drilling holes, but a geologist says the phenomenon is a normal side-effect of early coal-bed methane development and no cause for concern.
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Bush signs off on Platte funding
CHEYENNE -- Legislation that supplies the federal share of money for the Platte River recovery program in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska was signed into law Thursday.
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Parties reach farm bill accord
WASHINGTON -- A farm bill agreement reached Thursday would have far-reaching effects in Wyoming and Montana, from permanent disaster relief to Farm Service Agency offices remaining open to controversial benefits for timber companies.
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Wyoming briefs
Zwonitzer pulls out of House race  CHEYENNE -- State Rep. Dan Zwonitzer of Cheyenne pulled out of the Republican primary race for the U.S. House, saying he lacked enough money to compete.
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States rebuff plan to put Italian waste in Utah
BOISE, Idaho -- Eight Western states including Wyoming Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive Italian waste to Utah by declaring that rules don't allow for foreign loads.
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Tornado touches down in Casper
A tornado touched down near the southern edge of Casper during a thunderstorm that hit Wednesday afternoon, according to a Natrona County emergency management official.
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Panel OKs bill to protect Wyo Range
WASHINGTON -- Despite protests by some senators worried about world energy production, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill Wednesday putting 1.2 million acres of the Wyoming Range off-limits to future oil and gas production.
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Wyo sends minimum-security inmates to maximum-security prison
CHEYENNE -- Sixteen minimum-security inmates from Wyoming are among the more than 100 inmates the state has sent to a maximum-security Virginia prison that has been the target of human rights complaints over the years.
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Why did rec center fail?
CHEYENNE -- Laramie County voters Tuesday night rejected a $55 million family recreation center for Cheyenne but adopted three other propositions on the sixth-cent sales tax ballot.
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Barrasso pushes 'wild, scenic' status for Snake through panel
WASHINGTON -- After Sen. John Barrasso prevailed in a battle with an objecting Idaho senator, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill Wednesday to designate the headwaters of the Snake River as "wild and scenic."
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Energy costs worry gov
CHEYENNE -- With no letup in sight to higher fuel costs, people are going to have to change their driving and travel habits, Gov. Dave Freudenthal said Wednesday.
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Teton County halts subdivisions
JACKSON (AP) -- The Teton County Commission has imposed a temporary moratorium on large subdivisions.
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Utility plans more wind projects
RAWLINS (AP) -- Rocky Mountain Power is proposing to build up to three more big wind energy projects in Albany and Carbon counties over the next few years.
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Wyoming Briefs: Pot, funding, and underage boys
Officials hold man in pot bust DOUGLAS -- A Canadian man is in custody after law enforcement officers found about 369 pounds of high-grade marijuana in a U-haul truck. The drugs have a street value of up to $2.5 million, Converse County Sheriff Clint Becker said.
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Feds reduce Big Horn flows
HELENA, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation said Tuesday it was cutting flows into Montana's Big Horn River because of a later-than-expected spring runoff. State officials warned the move would harm the river's renowned trout fishery.
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