Morning Update

GOVERNOR MATT MEAD HAS UNTIL THIS THURSDAY  TO ACT ON BILLS PASSED BY THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE. Officials with Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails are asking the public for help in developing a statewide concessions master plan.

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CITY OFFICIALS SAY CASPER CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CITY’S CONTROVERSIAL PUBLIC INDOOR SMOKING BAN. The University of Wyoming is reporting a 34-student increase in enrollment for the spring semester compared to last year.

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AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER DRIVING OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS SAYS THAT HIS LATEST SURVEY OF PURCHASING MANAGERS IN THE MOUNTAIN STATES REGION OF WYOMING, UTAH AND COLORADO SHOWS THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION IS CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK..

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Searchers have found a missing plane and the body of its pilot on a mountainside in south-central Wyoming. Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson identified the pilot as 63-year-old Gordon Davis, who owned an aviation company in Tehachapi, (teh-HACH'-uh-pee) Calif. The plane was headed for Laramie when it was reported missing Sunday afternoon. THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE WILL DIRECT STATE AGENCIES TO PREPARE FOR A RANGE OF BUDGET CUTS DESPITE GOV. MATT MEAD'S RECENT VETO OF A SIMILAR LINE ITEM IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SUPERINTENDENT DAN WENK SAYS SEQUESTRATION MEANS A  CUT OF $1.75 MILLION TO THE PARK'S $35 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. An air and ground search is underway for a missing plane bound for Laramie.  According to the FAA, the Cessna 172 was enroute from Meeker, Colorado to Laramie, but the aircraft never arrived.

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 THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS NOT ALL THAT WORKER FRIENDLY, ACCORDING TO DAN NEAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EQUALITY STATE POLICY CENTER. The Park County sheriff's office has identified the three members of a family who were fatally shot in a home in the northwestern Wyoming town of Clark.

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The Wyoming Legislature has sent Gov. Matt Mead a bill to authorize the creation of a state lottery. Oklahoma State Provost Robert Sternberg has been named president of the University of Wyoming.

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A MIDWEST MAN WANTED FOR ESCAPE FROM THE CASPER RE-ENTRY CENTER IS BACK IN CUSTODY. The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has interviewed the four finalists to be the school's next president.

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 A special election to decide the fate of Casper's public smoking ban could cost the city anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000. THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPEE FROM THE CASPER RE-ENTRY CENTER.

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WYOMING'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND GOVERNOR MATT MEAD WERE ON HAND TUESDAY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF FALLEN CONVERSE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY BRYAN GROSS, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE SUMMER OF 2011 WHILE SAVING A TEENAGE GIRL FROM THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER. Gov. Matt Mead has launched an inquiry into operations at the Wyoming Department of Education.

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