Latest Wyoming Headlines
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Feds Will Enforce Insurance Regulations In Wyoming
Apr 9 2013 // The federal government will directly enforce Affordable Care Act regulations in Wyoming when key pieces of the federal health care reform law take effect in January. Federal officials made the decision after learning the...
2012 On Track To Be Wyoming’s Driest In 118 Years
Dec 27 2012 // 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 across...
Gas Marketers Sue To Block Wyoming School’s Fuel Sales
Dec 11 2012 // Petroleum retailers are suing a western Wyoming school district for selling compressed natural gas as fuel. The Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association argues that Sublette County School District 1 in Pinedale is...
Wildfires Will Cost Wyoming Over $40M
Nov 14 2012 // 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...
Insurer Seeks Delay in Landmark Wyoming Hotel Arson Suit
Nov 7 2012 // 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...
State Elections to Decide Insurance Commissioner, Ballot Initiatives, Court Contests
Nov 5 2012 // For the insurance industry, there is more at stake in the Nov. 6 election than who goes to or stays in the White House and Congress. The insurance industry will be watching who wins the gubernatorial races in 11 states,...
2012 Fire Season Among Worst On Record In Wyoming
Oct 25 2012 // 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...
Proposed Wyoming Uranium Facility Clears Final Hurdle
Oct 25 2012 // The state Department of Environmental Quality has approved a deep disposal well permit for a northeast Wyoming uranium mining project. It is the last permit needed by Uranerz Energy Corp. to begin production at its Nichols...
Wyoming OSHA Seeks Additional Fines Against Sinclair
Oct 22 2012 // Wyoming’s state workplace safety agency is seeking another $155,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil, this time for a refinery fire that injured four workers in early May. The May 8 fire at the Sinclair Refinery in...
Wyo. OSHA Seeks Additional Fines Against Sinclair
Oct 10 2012 // Wyoming’s state workplace safety agency is seeking another $155,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil, this time for a refinery fire that injured four workers in early May. The May 8 fire at the Sinclair Refinery in...
Kinder Morgan to Pay $316,000 Over 2 Wyoming Plants
Sep 24 2012 // Federal regulators say Kinder Morgan Upstream LLC has agreed to pay $316,000 for violating risk management plan provisions at its natural gas plants in Casper and Douglas, Wyo. The Environmental Protection Agency said the...
Wyoming Agency Seeks $60,000 From Sinclair After Fire
Sep 24 2012 // Wyoming workplace safety regulators have handed down a dozen citations and are seeking more than $60,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil for a refinery fire that injured two workers. The May 25 fire at the Sinclair Refinery...
Wyoming Lower Court to Reconsider Errant Golf Ball Lawsuit
Sep 17 2012 // A lawsuit filed by a golf tournament spectator who got whacked in the head by a golf ball is headed back for another round in court following a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling on Sept. 14. The court ruled 3-2 against...
Wyoming Guides, Outfitters Question Liability Insurance
Aug 27 2012 // A number of Grand Teton National Park concessionaires are protesting rising liability insurance requirements for outfitters and guides. In recent years, the National Park Service has begun requiring smaller companies...
Dead Cattle, Devastation In Wake Of Western Fires
Jul 27 2012 // Cecil and Delores Kolka thought they escaped the worst of the Ash Creek Fire when the 390-square-mile blaze spared their home and several pastures as it ripped through the couple’s Montana cattle ranch. But when the...
NRC: Company To Take Steps After Wyoming Yellowcake Mishap
Jul 9 2012 // The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a Canadian company has agreed to take steps to improve safety after three workers were exposed to yellowcake from Wyoming. Yellowcake is a form of uranium that has been mined but...
Storms Increase Insurance Costs In Cheyenne Area
Jun 13 2012 // Severe weather including hailstorms is driving up the cost of homeowners insurance in Wyoming’s Cheyenne area. James Mitchell with the Wyoming Insurance Department says many Wyoming property owners are set to see...
UW Offers Website to Reduce Wildfire Risks
Jun 11 2012 // The University of Wyoming has established a website that provides ways for landowners to reduce wildfire risks to houses, cabins and outbuildings. The website address is BarnYardsAndBackyards.com. The website is part of...
Insurance Covers Some Of Loss Powell Hospital In Wyoming
Jun 4 2012 // An insurance payment of $205,000 will help compensate Powell Valley Healthcare for its loss due to the alleged embezzlement of nearly $850,000 by former chief executive officer. Current CEO Bill Patten told the Powell...
Wyoming Pushes Workplace Safety With New Hire
Jun 4 2012 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead announced the state is hiring a veteran public health official from New Mexico to continue the push to reduce Wyoming’s workplace fatality rate. Dr. C. Mack Sewell, who has served as New...
