Record

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A fisherman from Douglas has broken the state record for Wyoming's biggest gizzard shad. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says Jeff Kirk caught the fish while jigging with an artificial lure in Glendo Reservoir...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The National Weather Service says Cheyenne's average temperature from June through August was a record 69.9 degrees. The Associated Press reports that's 3.5 degrees higher than average for the period. The previous record for the three months was an average of 69...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it spring's fever. Federal records show the U.S. just finished its hottest spring on record. March, April and May in the Lower 48 states beat the oldest spring temperature record by a full 2 degrees. The three months averaged 57...

RESERVE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest wildfire in recorded state history has grown to nearly 339 square miles. Fire officials said Friday that the massive blaze in the Gila National Forest scorched an additional 39 square miles in the past day...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Heavy snow fell in Alaska's largest city Thursday, adding to what already has been the snowiest period for Anchorage since records have been kept. The National Weather Service predicted a snowfall of 8-16 inches, with the city's upper Hillside neighborhoods expected to get the bulk of the snow...

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Fremont County just had its worst year on record for homicides. The county had 23 homicides in 2011, up from nine in 2010 and the previous high of 14 each in 2008 and 2009. County Coroner Ed McAuslan says last year's number could yet go higher based on ongoing tests and investigations...