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The facility would be located in a previously mined area in northern Wyoming near the small ranching community of Ranchester.

The testimony wrapped up Thursday.

The proposed Brook Mine would be on the banks of the Tongue River north of Sheridan.

A task force appointed by Gov. Matt Mead last year recommended repairing the facility.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Assistant Regional Director Michael Thabault said it could take the agency another six months to finish reviewing 650,000 public comments

Oil and gas leases in the forest were first offered for sale in 2005.

The Corps said Sunday afternoon that the pipeline cannot be built under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir where construction had been on hold.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge in Laramie is scheduled to hear arguments on whether the University of Wyoming can continue to conduct its search for a new president in secret. UW and its Board of Trustees are asking District Judge Jeffrey Donnell at the Wednesday hearing to change his Jan...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stakes are huge as the anticipation grows for today's announcement of the Supreme Court's decision on the health care overhaul, but no matter what the court decides, it's unlikely to be the final word. The problems of high medical costs, widespread waste and tens of millions of people without insurance will require Congress and the president to keep looking for answers, no ma

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking Republican Charles Grassley said the issues in the case are as important and consequential as any in recent court history...