Wyoming News

Tornado Rips Through Massive Wyoming Coal Mining Site, Injures 8 People

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) – A tornado that ripped through the country’s largest coal mining site in northeast Wyoming left eight people injured and halted operations as first responders searched the massive open-pit site for employees and continued to assess …

Planned Wyoming Abortion Clinic Severely Damaged in Fire

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An overnight fire Wednesday severely damaged a building that was being renovated to house a new abortion clinic in Wyoming, a conservative state where opposition to abortions is widespread. No one was hurt in the blaze …

High Truck Towing Costs in Wyoming Prompt Calls For Reform

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP)–Slick, snowy highways are a well-known concern to anyone driving through Wyoming during winter. But for some, the worst part of sliding off the interstate or having your semitrailer blow over from the Cowboy State’s famous winds is …

Bill Gates Venture Picks Wyoming City For Sodium Nuke Plant

CreplaceENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A small city in the top U.S. coal-mining state of Wyoming will be home to a Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project near a coal-fired power plant that will soon close, officials announced Tuesday. Bellevue, Washington-based …

Data Accident Releases Covid-19 Results for 25% of Wyoming

CreplaceENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results for one-quarter of the state’s residents as well as associated names, addresses, birth dates and other information, the department announced Tuesday. …

New Wyoming Law Will Allow People to Take Road kill to Eat

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Thousands of times a year, motorists inadvertently smash into Wyoming wildlife like mule deer, elk and pronghorn antelope, littering highway right-of-ways with carcasses that sometimes include dozens or hundreds of pounds of fresh, lean, edible meat. …

Theories Persist About Mystery Drones Seen in Rural Region

CreplaceENNE, Wyo. — People insist they have spotted fleets of large drones crisscrossing rural America’s night sky, their mission mysterious, raising questions that have veered into conspiracy theories and launching an investigation. Authorities in Colorado have tried to put those …

Bus Carrying Chinese Tourists Crashes in Wyoming

Authorities say a bus carrying mostly Chinese tourists flipped on its side on a busy highway in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and eight people were hospitalized. Two of the victims were airlifted to a medical center in the …

Wyoming Volunteer Firefighters Train for Wildfires

With a tree behind his fire engine engulfed in flames, Mike Morin called in the Blackhawk. “We’ve got a torcher,” the Big Laramie Valley Volunteer Fire Department engine boss shouted. Men and women on the line looked up from their …

Construction Equipment Damaged by Vandals in Wyoming

Police say vandals commandeered heavy equipment at a construction site outside Casper, Wyo., and caused extensive damage. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Wednesday the vandalism occurred over the weekend at the future site of Jump Craze, a trampoline park under construction …