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Western Wyoming Will Close To Antler Gathering

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:37:03 +0000

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — Most public lands in Western Wyoming will be closed to the gathering of shed horns and antlers from January first through April 2013.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding the public of the ban on collecting sheds on the lands west of the Continental Divide

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4th Day Of Search For Missing Plane In Wyoming

Associated Press — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:22:41 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The search for a small plane missing in western Wyoming is now in its fourth day.

The Sublette County Sheriff's Office says 63-year-old pilot Myles McGinnis of LaBarge, Wyo., was the only occupant of the Cessna 182 that left Stevensville, Mont

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Search Continues For Missing Aircraft In Western Wyoming

Associated Press — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:20:22 +0000

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The search continues for a small plane with only the pilot aboard that's been missing since Saturday in rugged terrain in western Wyoming.

The Cessna 182 left Stevensville, Mont

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Bear Hunts Close In Some Areas Of Western Wyoming

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:27:20 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Black bear hunting in most of the Wyoming and Salt River Ranges has closed for the fall season.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced that hunters have killed their quota of bears in many hunting units in the area

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Winter Storm Blasts Western Wyoming

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:08:10 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Heavy snow in western Wyoming is providing fresh powder for the state's premier ski resort area with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort recording 20 inches in as many hours.

But it's also prompting avalanche warnings for the surrounding mountains where up to 46 inches has fallen with more expected before the storm subsides Friday morning

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Winter Storm Blasts Western Wyoming

Associated Press — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:02:23 +0000

Heavy snow in western Wyoming is providing fresh powder for the state's premier ski resort area. But it's also prompting avalanche warnings for the surrounding mountains.

Winter storm warnings are posted for western Wyoming until 5 a.m. F

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EPA Move On Ozone Regs In Western Wyo. Elsewhere

Associated Press — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:16:37 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with a proposed regulatory designation that could increase pressure on the gas industry to limit emissions that have led to severe wintertime ozone pollution in western Wyoming

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Fire and Explosion At Wyoming Gas Field Facility

Associated Press — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:27:44 +0000

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — A fire and explosion has occurred at a compressor facility in the Jonah natural gas field in western Wyoming.

Stephen Smith of the Sublette County Sheriff's Office says the fire was first reported at 12:07 p

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