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Judge grants delay in bank robbery trial

Associated Press — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:03:25 +0000

A judge has granted a one-day delay in the bank robbery trial of an Australian man who claims he gave the money to the homeless.

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Wyoming Wants Elk Feedground Fed Approval

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:39:45 +0000

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is recommending renewal of a permit for a Jackson Hole elk feedground operated by the state of Wyoming.

The permit for the 91-acre Alkali Creek Feedground would be good for two decades

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Republicans rap consumer agency's data collection

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:33:58 +0000

Senate Republicans are criticizing federal regulators' efforts to track the credit card, mortgage and spending habits of millions of consumers by collecting anonymous data about them.

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Medicaid Expansion Still A Possibility In Wyoming

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:37:02 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Despite the Wyoming Legislature's recent rejection of a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to 17,600 additional low-income adults, the state's Department of Health continues to study the possibility

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Feds Charge 3 In Wind Farm Scam

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:41:09 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three people bilked $3.7 million from investors by claiming to develop wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota. The projects never were built.

A federal indictment filed in Cheyenne says phone solicitors made cold calls to investors nationwide, telling them the wind farms were being built by a private firm and the U

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Feds Charge Former Powell Hospital CEO With Fraud

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:51:16 +0000

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged the former CEO of a Powell hospital with fraud, alleging he worked with an accomplice in Indiana to rack up more nearly $850,000 in false billings last year for staff recruitment work that was never performed

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Wolf Management Debate In Cheyenne

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:39:27 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are set to consider changing the state's wolf management law to accommodate an agreement that Gov. Matt Mead and U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar reached last year on ending federal protections for the animals in the state

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Wyoming Prosecutors Dispute Critical Report

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:27:59 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal and state prosecutors in Wyoming say the laws already on the books are sufficient to deal with offenders who might engage in sex trafficking of children despite a recent national report giving the state a failing grade on the issue

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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption that includes an attempt to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

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