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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is reopening the upper loop of Prior Flat Campground in the Shirley Mountains. The area was closed last weekend because of concerns about a black bear in the area.

Concerns about bears are prompting federal officials to close the upper loop of the Prior Flat Campground in the Shirley Mountains, about 30 miles northwest of Medicine Bow.

Several wildfires are burning in Wyoming.

The national weather service is warning that a potent winter storm could bring significant snowfall and strong winds to much of the southeastern portion of the state Friday night through early Saturday morning.

A Laramie man was hospitalized and cited after a crash that Highway Patrol officials are calling one of "those crashes that stand out among the many."

The state's largest wildfire of the season is fully contained

More crews and equipment have been called in to fight growing wildfire

Dry conditions have prompted officials to impose fire restrictions

More crews have been called in to fight a growing wildfire southeast of Laramie Peak

The Wyoming Business Council has asked the Idaho National Laboratory to review a private company's plan to build a coal-to-gasoline plant in Carbon County. DKRW Advanced Fuels has asked Wyoming to purchase up to $300 million in industrial development bonds to help finance the $2 billion project...