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Sep 25, 2012 - Staff:  Deaths
THEILIG

Jonathan Theilig, 33, of Dubois, died Friday, Sept. 21. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the Dubois ... [more]

Elizabeth Patricia Blackburn Poleviyaoma

Sep 25, 2012 - Staff:  Elizabeth Patricia Blackburn Poleviyaoma, of Provo, Utah, and formerly of the Wind River Reservation, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at the Utah Valley ... [more]

Early voting alters fall campaign tactics

Sep 25, 2012 - By Paul West, MCT Washington Bureau:  More than 35 percent of the presidential vote is expected to be cast before election day, compared with less than 15 percent in 2000.

DES MOINES, ... [more]

Tuesday notes

Sep 25, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Familiar sight
Yes, the mountains are still there. The showers that dampened the Riverton Valley on Sunday and Monday knocked down enough smoke from ... [more]

Digest

Sep 25, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Motorist sues in odd traffic stop
CHEYENNE -- A Wyoming sheriff's deputy who detained a man in handcuffs for openly carrying a pistol offered to let ... [more]

Early voting starts Thursday in state

Sep 25, 2012 - The Associated Press:  WASHINGTON -- Now it's for real. Every time Mitt Romney or Barack Obama hits a rhetorical high note or commits another blunder, millions of voters watching ... [more]

Truck wreck closes I-25 both directions

Sep 25, 2012 - The Associated Press:  WHEATLAND -- A tanker truck accident and crude oil spill has closed Interstate 25 north of Wheatland.
Wyoming Highway Patrol spokesman Stephen Townsend said ... [more]

Sawmill to reopen in Saratoga

Sep 25, 2012 - The Associated Press:  A sawmill is expected to reopen in Saratoga in December, bringing what the new owner says will be more than 80 job opportunities to Carbon County.
The mill, ... [more]

More horse tails clipped, says sheriff

Sep 25, 2012 - From staff reports:  Officials say a criminal enterprise is operating in Fremont County with the intent to steal horse tails and sell the hair for money.
At least five more ... [more]

After climbing in first month of new system, trash revenue dips

Sep 25, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  Solid waste officials said they want to collect revenue totals for at least six months to gauge how the fee format is working.

Revenue collected from ... [more]

Address geriatric care issues now, say experts

Sep 25, 2012 - By Becky Orr, For The Associated Press:  With Wyoming's population projected to become the fourth-oldest in the nation within 20 years, the state needs to consider today how it will provide funding ... [more]

RHS Homecoming week begins

Sep 25, 2012 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer:  Coronation was Tuesday morning, with the chili feed and burning of the 'R' Thursday night, and the parade Friday afternoon.

Riverton High School ... [more]

Alpine Lake Fire one of Wyoming's giants this year

Sep 25, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  State wildfires
Arapaho Fire: 98,115 acres
Fontenelle Fire: 64,220
Oil Creek Fire: 62,318
Alpine Lake Fire: 43,032
North Buffalo Fire: ... [more]

Rustlers crack top 20 in VB rankings

Sep 25, 2012 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  A 14-4 record to begin the season has Central Wyoming College ranked No. 20 in the latest junior college volleyball poll.
After finishing in second place at ... [more]

Hoops coaches soak up knowledge at CWC clinic

Sep 25, 2012 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Tim Duryea knows what it takes to get his team into the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
The Utah State University associate men's basketball coach has ... [more]

A fine, sporting day on the National Mall

Sep 25, 2012 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Sunday was a wonderful day and a pretty good sports day too, albeit in a slightly less than conventional way.
On a train, heading to and from our National ... [more]

Early morning fire destroys mobile home

Sep 23, 2012 - Staff:  A rental mobile home, which had been occupied only for a few days by Jesse and Chezere Manzanares, was described by Riverton Fire District investigator Matt ... [more]

UW football too good for Wyo kids?

Sep 23, 2012 - By Randy Tucker:  Funny how that has become so accepted across the 100,000 square miles that constitutes the Cowboy State.

One of my former players sent me an e-mail ... [more]

Why Obama isn't in a better position

Sep 23, 2012 - By Carl Leubsdorf:  Three years of slow recovery from an inherited recession have left Barack Obama struggling to win the second term that eluded just one of his four most recent ... [more]

Most people want wolf hunt and delisting to take effect as planned

Sep 23, 2012 - Ned Burke, Lander:  Editor:
You and a bunch of the rest of us were right to prognosticate that the lawyers would step in again to block the wolf hunting season and probably ... [more]

Here they are

Sep 23, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Student of the Week is back in the paper for its 30th year

The best thing about our newspaper's weekly Student of the Week program is that is isn't ... [more]

Digest

Sep 23, 2012 - The Associated Press:  Grizzly moved from livestock area
CODY -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has trapped and moved a grizzly bear that was frequenting an area used by ... [more]

Refinery facing $60,000 in fines after fire injured pair

Sep 23, 2012 - By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press:  CHEYENNE -- Wyoming workplace safety regulators have handed down a dozen citations and are seeking more than $60,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil for a ... [more]

Small plane's pilot dies from injuries following crash at Laramie Regional Airport

Sep 23, 2012 - The Associated Press:  LARAMIE -- Laramie police say a pilot has died after a fiery plane crash at Laramie Regional Airport.
No one else was aboard the small plane.
Police say the ... [more]

Araceli Ton'a Mascarenaz

Sep 23, 2012 - Staff:  Araceli "Audi" Ton'a Mascarenaz died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was 16 years old.
A funeral service will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. ... [more]

Barbara J. Madson

Sep 23, 2012 - Staff:  Barbara J. Madson died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at the Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne after a short battle with cancer. She was 66 years old.
A memorial ... [more]

The way it was: FFA judges -- 1968

Sep 23, 2012 - Staff:  Long recognized as a Future Farmers of America powerhouse, Shoshoni High School was preparing to name its 1986 judging team in late September ... [more]

Specialist suggests producers test forage for high levels of nitrates

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  The element could be toxic to livestock.

Persistent drought conditions in Wyoming have increased the likelihood farm and ranch livestock could be ... [more]

Stroke, osteoporosis screenings coming to Lander

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  Residents living in and around the Lander community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture.  First Baptist Church of Lander ... [more]

Emergency management officials encourage citizens to prepare kits

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  The National Weather Service and county emergency management agencies around the state are encouraging people to use National Preparedness Month this September ... [more]

Digest

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  Concerts raise $11K for cancer fund
The Tough Enough to Help Cancer Fund, which provides monetary assistance to Fremont County people battling the ... [more]

Public invited to attend Wyoming Congressional Delegation office hours

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  Staff members for the Wyoming Congressional Delegation invite citizens to attend office hours in Fremont County.
The staff members meet with citizens on an ... [more]

Area quilter featured in Casper art museum

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  The Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper will open three exhibitions Friday, Sept. 28, one of which will feature Riverton quilter Marta Amundson.
Marta Amundson: ... [more]

CWC decides to end live webcast of board sessions

Sep 23, 2012 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer:  The Central Wyoming College Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to discontinue live webcasts of its regular monthly meetings.
The broadcasts have been ... [more]

Fire reaches 42,000 acres; no weather relief for now

Sep 23, 2012 - From staff reports:  It's been days since Riverton Valley residence saw the Wind River Mountains, thanks to smoke from the Alpine Lake Fire south of Bull Lake, and there's no sign ... [more]

Judge seals file on young homicide defendant

Sep 23, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  A District Court judge issued an order sealing the criminal file of the youngest defendant in the Hudson double-homicide case while he decides if the case ... [more]

County makes money on energy upgrades

Sep 23, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff Writer:  When Fremont County government spent federal stimulus funds to install nearly $300,000 in energy-efficient upgrades at more than a dozen buildings, its ... [more]

County had some of state's biggest primary spenders

Sep 23, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer:  Larsen's $22K second-most in state

Only one person in Wyoming spent more money than Lloyd Larsen of Lander in the campaign for the Aug. 21 primary ... [more]

Cokeville too much for Shoshoni in 41-19 win

Sep 23, 2012 - By Randy Tucker, Sports Writer:  The 19 points by the Wranglers are the most allowed by the Panthers since 2009.

SHOSHONI -- It's a series decidedly in favor of Cokeville, with the ... [more]

Pokes knock off Idaho 40-37 in overtime

Sep 23, 2012 - The Associated Press:  University of Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith was 23 of 35 for 365 yards and was not intercepted. Chris McNeil caught eight passes for 219.

MOSCOW, ... [more]