Wyoming News

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming oil and gas officials say they weren't surprised by findings of new research on fracking dust.

Last week, two federal agencies released studies on the dangers of exposure to silica sand, used in hydraulic fracturing or fracking

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is conducting two feasibility studies on natural gas and coal conversion technologies.

The Advanced Conversion Technologies Task Force recently selected the two proposals from among 14 applications, giving them a Sept

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A national study rates Wyoming's election procedures as fairly strong, although it says there is some room for improvement.

The report was released last week by the Verified Voting Foundation, the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic and Common Cause

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A national study rates Wyoming's election procedures as fairly strong. The report was released last week by the Verified Voting Foundation, the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic and Common Cause. The Wyoming Tri

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Small, nonfarm businesses in 10 Wyoming counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration.

The federal loans are to help offset economic losses because of the drought this year

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Petroleum companies and investors are about to get a better idea who has struck black gold and who might be in the red as a result of drilling into the Niobrara (NYE'-oh-BRER'-uh) Shale beneath eastern Wyoming

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A University of Wyoming history professor is dropping his bid to run as an independent for U.S. Senate.

Phil Roberts says there is no room in this year's Senate race for him because in order to be successful he would need support from a number of Republicans

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A University of Wyoming history professor is dropping his bid to run as an independent for U.S. Senate. Phil Roberts tells the Casper Star-Tribune that he wasn't getting enough support from Republicans to make a successful bid for the office and feared his candidacy would hand victory to incumbent Republican John Barrasso.

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