K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For August 17th, 2017 – Evening

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's eleventh-grade ACT scores dipped slightly compared with the previous year although education officials say the difference was statistically insignificant.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian mining company says it's reached an agreement with conservation groups to protect two Montana trout streams and hundreds of acres of land used by migrating elk from Yellowstone National Park.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he's hearing new ideas from an initiative on how Wyoming can diversify its economy beyond fossil fuels.

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to charges that they abandoned three horses in northern Wyoming last winter.