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. It has burned about 11 square miles. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Bureau of Land Management workers have begun trapping mustangs from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range to reduce the size of the famous herd along the Montana-Wyoming border. Agency spokeswoman Kristen Lenhardt said Monday that 40 to 50 mustangs will be removed over the next several months and put up for adoption. The herd is believed to be descended from horses used by Spanish Conquistadors.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Miners' Hospital Board is scrapping new rules to narrow qualifications for a state program that provides health benefits to miners. The Wyoming Legislative Services Office says some of the amendments passed by the board appear to exceed its authority. The Gillette News Record reports that the proposed rule changes were part of an effort to keep the Miners' Hospital fiscally sound.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The two owners of a southeastern Montana coal mine are involved in a legal dispute over whether to close the mine or expand production with an eye on Asian markets. A subsidiary of Cloud Peak Energy is suing Ambre (AM'-ber) Energy Limited, its partner in the Decker mine. Cloud Peak says Ambre doesn't have approval to expand the mine.

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