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The American Red Cross of Wyoming has been delivering food to firefighters all over Campbell County as they try to suppress the fires ignited by a Monday night storm. A "huge" dry lightning storm moved over the area, the Red Cross says, resulting in 17 fires burning as of 5 a...

Meanwhile, the Coon Track Creek Fire burning south of Rozet is estimated at 800 acres in size.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy is gaining strength and has taken a left turn toward the East Coast and its date with two other weather systems. An official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling it "the worst-case scenario...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. shipped 18 percent less coal from the Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming during the second quarter this year. The Omaha, Neb.-based railroad shipped 36.1 million tons of coal from the basin...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — It's been a busy week for firefighters in northeast Wyoming. Dozens of wildfires broke out in Crook, Campbell and Weston counties since last weekend. Most fires were started by lightning. Crook County Fire Warden Gari Gill counts 41 fires since last Saturday alone in his county...

BOSTON (AP) — Some tourists visiting the nation's capital say they're doing the outdoor activities in the morning, and visiting the air-conditioned museums in the afternoon. It's one way to cope with temperatures that have soared into the upper 90s for a second day in Washington and up the East Coast into New England...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has decided to keep a three-day sage grouse hunting season open this fall in northeast Wyoming. Game and Fish biologists proposed closing the season because of declines in the bird's population...

The record-breaking snowstorm that swept over the Northeast this weekend has left 2.2 million homes without power, closed public schools, and resulted in eight deaths, mainly from car accidents on icy roads.