Latest Wyoming Headlines
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NTSB: Deadly Crashes, Fire in Wyoming Tunnel Started With Pickup Losing Control
Mar 21 2025 // A series of chain-reaction crashes and a fire in a Wyoming highway tunnel that killed three people started when a pickup truck lost control and partially blocked traffic on the slick roadway, federal investigators said. It...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 5 – South Dakota through Wyoming
Feb 11 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...
1 Killed in Large Avalanche in Western Wyoming
Jan 7 2025 // An avalanche killed one skier and injured another after the group they were in triggered the large snowslide while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. The avalanche happened Saturday in a backcountry area about 20...
Wyoming Landslide Brings Mountain-Sized Headache to Commuting Workers
Jun 12 2024 // A landslide that wiped out a vital two-lane road in western Wyoming is causing a mountain of headaches for thousands of commuting tourist town workers at the outset of the Yellowstone region’s busy summer...
Inszone Acquires Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming
Apr 30 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm has specialized in serving the needs of the architectural, engineering and environmental...
Lawsuit Claims Isolation and Abuse at Wyoming Boys School
Mar 5 2024 // Staff at Wyoming’s state youth detention facility locked juveniles in solitary confinement for weeks at a time, repeatedly buckled one in a restraint chair for up to 12 hours a day and poked fun at another while...
How Cybercriminals Are Using Wyoming Shell Companies for Global Hacks
Dec 12 2023 // Somali reporter Abdalle Ahmed Mumin was doubly distressed when he heard that a colleague had been abducted by masked gunmen at the University of Mogadishu on the morning of Aug. 17. A fellow journalist was missing and...
Pipeline Operators to Pay $12.5M After Crude Oil Spills in Montana, North Dakota
Aug 3 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made...
Tornado Ripped Through Massive Wyoming Coal Mining Site
Jun 26 2023 // A tornado that ripped through a massive coal mining site in northeast Wyoming halted operations, but only eight people were injured and no deaths were reported, officials said. The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle...
Wyoming Based Taco John’s In ‘Taco Tuesday’ Trademark Battle with Taco Bell
May 23 2023 // Declaring a mission to liberate “Taco Tuesday” for all, Taco Bell is asking U.S. regulators to force Wyoming-based Taco John’s to abandon its longstanding claim to the trademark. Too many businesses and...
Court Tosses Wyoming Doctor’s Pain Medication Prescription Convictions
Feb 8 2023 // A federal appeals court threw out the convictions of a Wyoming doctor accused of overprescribing powerful pain medication and ordered a new trial for him. The Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the case...
5 Dead in Wyoming Highway Crashes Caused by Wrong-Way Driver
Jan 26 2023 // A series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in south-central Wyoming. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, according to a...
Lawsuit: 2 Wyoming Mental Patients Dead, Procedures Ignored
Nov 16 2022 // Two Wyoming State Hospital patients died while staff at the mental health institution failed to follow procedures in a series of choking, neglect and medication error incidents over the past four months, a lawsuit...
Pipeline Break Spills 45,000 Gallons of Diesel in Wyoming
Aug 15 2022 // A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two other states cracked open and released more than 45,000 gallons of fuel, state regulators and a...
People Moves: McGriff Adds Matthews to Real Estate Practice; Crest Adds Haller in Wyoming
Mar 31 2022 // McGriff added Donna Matthews, a senior vice president and Denver, Colorado-based marketing account executive, to its real estate and hospitality practice. Matthews has nearly 20 years of experience. A subsidiary of Truist...
Officials: No Foul Play in Fatal Wyoming Fire
Oct 5 2021 // Investigators say they do not believe foul play was involved in a house fire that killed a southern Wyoming man and displaced his wife and three children. Firefighters called to the home southwest of Laramie early morning...
Report Shows Wyoming, Idaho Have ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Wildfire
Sep 29 2021 // Lately, when people say “wildfire,” California is probably the first state that comes to mind. But a new report out should concern people living in a few other Western states that aren’t often mentioned...
Wyoming Marijuana Signature Effort to Begin in Early September
Sep 6 2021 // Wyoming marijuana advocates plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two proposed ballot measures – one asking if the state should legalize medical marijuana, and the other if it should decriminalize...
Wyoming Marijuana Signature Effort to Begin in Early September
Aug 20 2021 // Wyoming marijuana advocates plan to begin circulating petitions in September for two proposed ballot measures – one asking if the state should legalize medical marijuana, and the other if it should decriminalize pot. The...
Lawsuit Filed in Wyoming Says Mixup Kept Family at Gunpoint
Aug 20 2021 // Yellowstone National Park rangers and Wyoming sheriff’s deputies seeking a murder suspect held a vacationing family at gunpoint for an hour without adequate cause, a lawsuit claims. Brett and Genalyn Hemry, of...
