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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — A Pavillion woman accused of causing the death of her infant son has accepted a plea deal and may avoid jail time. The Riverton Ranger reports Candace Lea Wagner has agreed to plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide in connection with the Nov...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Fire crews anticipating the return of hot, dry, windy weather this weekend have worked to build lines around a wildfire burning in Wyoming's Medicine Bow National Forest. The Russell's Camp fire is located about 30 miles south of Glenrock and has burned just over 4 square miles since Sunday...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and calmer winds have helped crews battling a wildfire in a remote and mountainous area of the Medicine Bow National Forest. The Russell's Camp fire has burned about 4 square miles since Sunday. It remains completely uncontained, but the calm weather gave crews time to reposition helicopters and other equipment before hot, dry conditions return this weeken

ETHETE, Wyo. (AP) — Tribal and federal officials say a crackdown on crime over the past two years has improved the quality of life on the Wind River Indian Reservation. During a hearing held yesterday by Wyoming lawmakers, U.S. Attorney Christopher "Kip" Crofts said things are better, but he believes continued federal support for law enforcement on the reservation is essential... Read Mo

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Winds gusting up to 40 mph doubled the size of a wildfire in southern Converse County. The wildfire is burning in rugged terrain in the Medicine Bow National Forest. It was first spotted Sunday about 30 miles south of Glenrock...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Miners' Hospital Board is faced with too little money to deal with a growing numbers of miners registering for its medical program. The more than 7,600 current and former miners currently enrolled are taxing the system to the point that services are having to be suspended...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's top regulator of oil and gas development is stepping down after he said that greed motivates those who claim hydraulic fracturing has contaminated their groundwater. Tom Doll apologized for his comments last week about Pavillion area residents, calling them "inappropriate and inconsiderate...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An Oregon woman has pleaded guilty to carjacking a man in western Wyoming last year. Jessica Fritts faces a 30-year prison sentence under the plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Police say Fritts and her husband Roy were found in August driving a van belonging to a California man found shot and wounded near Flaming Gorge Reservoir...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Residents near the wildfire at Guernsey State Park in southwest Wyoming are being allowed to return to their homes, but the park remains closed. The fire, which has burned about four square miles, started Saturday and led to the evacuation of hundreds of campers and park users...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming farm is set to send China its first-ever shipments of organic millet and wheat from the United States. China will receive the first shipments this fall from Clint Jessen's farm north of Pine Bluffs. Jessen says he expects to send a relatively small shipment — 20,000-30,000 bushels each of millet and wheat — to China...