Latest Wyoming Headlines
All the headlines from our Wyoming Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wyoming Occupational Injury Rates Decline
Oct 19 2007 // The rate of nonfatal occupational injury and illnesses in Wyoming is on the decline, according to a Survey of Occupational INjuries and Illnesses conducted by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research and Planning,...
Wyoming Among 22 States with More Drinking
Aug 23 2007 // Drinking and driving killed 80 people on Wyoming’s roads and highways last year, up from 66 in 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Wyoming was among 22 states with a rising number...
Energy Boom Could Be Making Wyoming Roads More Dangerous
Aug 21 2007 // A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper says the energy boom appears to be making the state’s highways more dangerous. Workers who have put in long hours with little sleep are becoming more common, especially in...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // Critics: Wyoming medical review panels aren’t lowering premiums Critics of panels that review medical malpractice cases in Wyoming say the oversight has not lowered the cost of medical malpractice insurance. Voters...
Critics: Wyoming Medical Review Panels Aren’t Lowering Insurance
May 15 2007 // Critics of panels that review medical malpractice cases in Wyoming say the oversight has not lowered the cost of medical malpractice insurance. Voters in 2004 amended the state constitution to allow the Legislature to...
Wyoming Insurance Department Moves Offices
May 10 2007 // The Wyoming Insurance Department has moved. The new address is 106 East 6th Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002. All telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for the Department will remain the same.
Wyoming Last in Highway Safety Laws
Jan 15 2007 // Wyoming is the worst state in the nation in terms of enacting highway safety laws, according to a group that advocates such laws. Wyoming had only four of 15 critical safety laws that the Advocates for Highway and Auto...
Wyoming Miners Trapped After Substation Failed
Jan 12 2007 // Nearly 100 miners at three mining operations were stranded underground in Wyoming Wednesday afternoon when an electrical substation near here failed at 1:30 p.m., officials said. The power failure affected the West Vaco,...
Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues
Jan 8 2007 // While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively rosy year. Beginning with Thanksgiving and heading into the New...
News Currents
Jan 7 2007 // Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively...
Storm Closes Cheyenne Government Offices, Interstates
Dec 22 2006 // A major winter storm hit southeastern Wyoming on Wednesday, closing interstate highways, stranding travelers and sending government workers home early in Cheyenne. Mike Sowko, forecaster with the National Weather Service...
Report: Growth in Health Premiums Outpaces Earnings in Wyoming
Dec 20 2006 // Health care premiums grew about six times faster than earnings for Wyoming workers from 2000 to 2006, according to a report issued Monday by a consumer group. Families USA found that annual premiums for family health care...
Malpractice Insurance Pushing Wyoming Doctors Out of State
Dec 15 2006 // Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week...
Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming bringing down workers’ comp rates
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii, Washington and Wyoming proposed lowering workers’ compensation rates in their states from 2 percent to 12.3 percent. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division announced...
News Currents
Sep 25 2006 // Employers are paying more attention to worker and workplace safety, which is helping states like Hawaii and Wyoming to reduce its workers’ compensation rates. Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming bringing down workers’...
Wyoming Proposes Cuts in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Sep 7 2006 // Workers’ compensation premiums would drop across Wyoming under a proposal from state regulators. The Wyoming Department of Employment proposes new rates that call for workers’ compensation premiums to decrease...
Wyoming Buys Vaccines for Children
Sep 5 2006 // A program under which Wyoming pays for child vaccines went into effect Friday. “This is an excellent investment in the health of Wyoming’s children,” state health officer Dr. Brent Sherard said in a...
Wyoming Court Says Skiers May Assume Risk of Riding Lifts
Aug 21 2006 // The Wyoming Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could limit the ability of skiers to collect damages if they’re injured on ski lifts. The ruling comes in a federal case in which skier Sharon Muller of Hawaii sued...
WHO TO CALL?
Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...
Fire Damages Farmers’ Wyoming Office
Mar 10 2006 // A fire in Jackson, Wyo., gutted the second floor of an office building where eight businesses had offices. The fire began shortly after midnight Friday, March 3 in a bathroom in the office of Grand Teton Realty, said Greg...
