Fremont County

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Investigators say a lighter helped lead to the arrest of a teen in a double slaying in Hudson.

Nineteen-year-old Laziur Hanway of Ethete (EE'-tha-tee) was arrested last week

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — A 29-year-old man is dead following a fire at his home in Shoshoni.

Fremont County coroner Ed McAuslan says the man's body was found Thursday morning after firefighters put out a fire at his trailer home

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HUDSON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say an arsonist is to blame for a mobile home explosion that killed two people in Hudson last November.

Capt. Ryan Lee with the Fremont County Sheriff's Department says the case is now being treated as a double homicide

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Fremont County and Lander Regional Hospital have reached a settlement in a yearlong lawsuit over unpaid bills for mental health examinations for residents who may need to be hospitalized

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HUDSON, Wyo. (AP) — The investigation continues into the cause of a mobile home explosion that killed two people in late November in Fremont County.

The Riverton Ranger reports (http://www.dailyranger

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old man found dead in the mountains in Fremont County likely died of hypothermia.

Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan says Blaine Thomas Revere, of Fort Washakie, was found in the last Saturday morning

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The Fremont County Attorney's Office says 35 people have been indicted in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring in central Wyoming.

The Associated Press reports that 22 of the 35 suspects have been arrested as of Friday

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Fremont County already has seen a record number of deaths from homicides and motor vehicle accidents in 2011 with nearly a quarter of the year left to go.

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The Fremont County coroner says a couple killed in a plane crash in Wyoming's Wind River Range last month died of massive blunt force trauma.

KTAK Radio in Riverton reports that Coroner Ed McAuslan has identified the victims as 69-year-old Mary Dawson and 71-year-old Robert Dawson

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