The Sierra Club is suing Burlington Northern Santa Fe in federal court in Seattle over coal dust that blows off trains into Washington rivers and Puget Sound. The suit says the railway sends an average of four trains or 480 …
Wyoming lawmakers are looking into legislation that would keep repeat offenders of alcohol-related crimes out of jail and subject them instead to stringent testing. The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee heard details about the 24/7 Sobriety Program in Jackson on Monday. …
A new national study shows Idaho is again ranked among states with the lowest percentage of companies that offer workers employer-sponsored health insurance. Idaho ranks 4th nationally – trailing Alaska, Montana and Wyoming – with just 43 percent of the …
Wyoming regulators have fined a modular home construction company more than $15,000 in the death of a worker last year in Grand Teton National Park. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported that the state Department of Workforce Services cited …
MMIC, a large Midwest medical professional liability firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians in Utah, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. After the acquisition, UMIA will become …
Nebraskans should expect the impact of the drought to worsen next year if the current dry forecast for the winter holds up. Climatologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center say the effects of the drought will likely …
A year ago, all parts of Wyoming were free of drought. Now, 2012 is on track to be the driest in Wyoming in 118 years after a dry spring and summer. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report found drought conditions …
State Forester Bill Crapser says this year’s wildfires have consumed all the money the state had set aside for fire suppression. Crapser says the season depleted both the state’s entire fire suppression emergency account and its standard fire suppression budget …
An insurance company is asking a federal judge in Cheyenne to delay a lawsuit over a disputed insurance claim in a 2010 fire that destroyed a landmark Wyoming hotel. National Security Corp. has asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal to delay …
This year’s wildfire season was among the most destructive on record in Wyoming, with as many as 1,400 wildfires charring more than a half-million acres, state forester Bill Crapser said. Normally Wyoming will see 700 to 750 wildfires in a …
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