News Briefs

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 Tribune Eagle reports that Wyoming was determined to be "inadequate" is its policies for postelection auditing...

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...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming mining company has reached a tentative deal to mine an estimated 1.4 billion tons of coal on southeastern Montana's Crow Indian Reservation. Cloud Peak Energy says it will pay the tribe up to $10 million if the deal is approved by the tribal legislature and the Department of Interior...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities have lifted a mandatory evacuation of the Miracle Mile campground along the North Platte River imposed because of a wildfire burning north of Seminoe Reservoir in south-central Wyoming. However, the popular fishing spot remains under voluntary evacuation status...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is telling Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead that he shares the governor's desire to end federal protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears. Salazar wrote to Mead last week saying he expects the U.S...

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a wildfire in southern Wyoming. The Bureau of Land Management said yesterday that the fire was burning on an estimated 650 acres on BLM and Bureau of Reclamation land about 30 miles northeast of Rawlins...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire near Glendo State park in southeast Wyoming. Some 275 firefighters aided by helicopters and air tankers are battling the fire. Campgrounds on the east side of the park are scheduled to reopen today...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A veteran agent with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is taking over as head of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. Gov. Matt Mead has appointed Steve Woodson as new director of DCI. Mead says he worked closely with Woodson when Mead was United States Attorney for Wyoming...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters say a wildfire that forced the partial evacuation of Glendo State Park in southeast Wyoming is 30 percent contained. The fire started Saturday on the nearby Wyoming National Guard training grounds, about 100 miles north of Cheyenne...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration is warning Wyoming residents about an extortion scam involving people who bought prescription drugs online. Officials say the scammers are calling consumers and telling them such purchases are illegal, the Casper Star-Tribune reports...