Latest Wyoming Headlines
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Wyoming Pushes Workplace Safety With New Hire
May 25 2012 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead announced Wednesday 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...
Wyoming Governor Open to Higher Fines for Worker Deaths
May 11 2012 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says more may need to be done to combat the state’s high workplace fatality rate. Mead told a meeting of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Industry Safety Alliance that new state workplace safety...
Wyoming Governor Open To Higher Fines For Worker Deaths
May 10 2012 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says more may need to be done to combat the state’s high workplace fatality rate. Mead told a meeting of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Industry Safety Alliance on Tuesday that new state workplace...
3 Critically Injured In Wyoming Refinery Fire
May 10 2012 // Three workers injured in a fire at the Sinclair refinery near Rawlins, Wyo., were taken to a burn center in Colorado in critical condition. Sinclair Oil Corp. says the flash fire happened Tuesday inside a gas recovery unit...
Wyoming Hires 7 Workplace Safety Employees
May 2 2012 // Wyoming has hired seven employees to do workplace safety checks with new funding from state lawmakers. The director of the Department of Workforce Services, Joan Evans, told KCWY-TV that the new employees will work under...
Wyoming House Sends Workplace Safety Bill To Governor
Mar 9 2012 // A proposal aimed at increasing workplace safety in Wyoming through voluntary inspections is on its way to Gov. Matt Mead. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the Senate gave final approval to the bill on Wednesday. The...
Wyoming Bill Would Pay For Voluntary Work Inspections
Mar 8 2012 // A proposal aimed at increasing workplace safety in Wyoming would pay for five consultants to conduct voluntary inspections. The consultants wouldn’t be able to cite or fine employers if they found any problems. House...
Wyoming Governor Backs Workplace Safety Recommendations
Jan 23 2012 // The state’s occupational epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming said his research points to lack of a “culture of safety” in Wyoming. Dr. Timothy Ryan said...
Wyoming Governor Backs Workplace Safety Recommendations
Jan 5 2012 // The state’s occupational epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming said his research points to lack of a “culture of safety” in Wyoming. Dr. Timothy Ryan said...
Wyoming Officials Say Mandatory Drunk Driving Law Gaining Acceptance
Jan 4 2012 // After a bit of a rocky start, law enforcement officials and prosecutors around the state say they’re now running into few problems with Wyoming’s new mandatory DUI (driving under the influence) testing...
Pipelines at Risk of Failure in Montana, Wyoming
Nov 17 2011 // Federal safety regulators disclosed problems Tuesday with oil and other hazardous liquid pipelines at seven major river crossings and hundreds of smaller crossings in Montana and northern Wyoming, problems that could put...
Insurer PURE Adds Midwest States and Wyoming
Oct 11 2011 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member of the PURE Group of Insurance Companies, announced it is expanding into several new states, including Missouri, Indiana and Wyoming. PURE and the PURE Group of...
Fire Danger Remains High in Wyoming
Sep 2 2011 // The risk of wildfires spreading remains high in parts of Wyoming because of hot, dry weather. Firefighters aided by helicopters and tankers are battling a grass and brush fire in Albany County that has scorched 1,000 acres...
Wyoming Flooding Designated Major Disaster
Jul 25 2011 // President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Wyoming because of spring and summer flooding, opening the way for the federal government to help the state pay for costs incurred from damaged roads, highways and...
Hailstorms Result in 50,000 Claim Filings in Colorado, Wyoming
Jul 20 2011 // Mother Nature wrecked havoc along the Front Range and southeastern Wyoming last week — again living up to the region’s weather reputation as “hail alley.” The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information...
Wyoming Gov Signs Disaster Declaration for Flooding
Jun 23 2011 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has signed a disaster declaration for damages around the state caused by the ongoing flooding. The state estimates about $6.8 million in damages so far to agriculture and infrastructure. That...
Liability Lawsuits Against U.S. Rating Agencies Dismissed
May 11 2011 // The three major U.S. credit rating agencies won the dismissal of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable as “underwriters” for helping banks structure securities transactions to achieve desired ratings. The 2nd...
Wyoming Lawyer Disappointed in Public Censure
Apr 26 2011 // The Wyoming Supreme Court has issued a formal public censure of a Rock Springs attorney. The Wyoming State Bar says Clark D. Stith was censured over his representation of a company that had been sued for damages. It says...
Baseball League Not Liable in Woman’s Death, Wyoming Jury Rules
Apr 7 2011 // A Wyoming jury has ruled that a youth baseball league is not responsible for the death of a woman at a Casper ball field in 2008. The jury concluded Casper Youth Baseball did not behave negligently in connection with the...
Wyoming Senate Kills Workplace Gun Bill
Mar 3 2011 // A Wyoming legislative committee has killed a bill that would have barred employers in the state from prohibiting their workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The Senate Transportation Committee voted...
