Latest Wyoming Headlines
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Wyoming Avalanche Causes Damages, No Injuries
Feb 15 2019 // Heavy snowfall caused an avalanche in Wyoming. Snow tumbled onto a highway in northwest Wyoming, damaging one car but not injuring anyone. The Wyoming Department of Transportation says an avalanche occurred around noon...
Widow of Wyoming Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit against Union Pacific
Feb 14 2019 // The widow of a Union Pacific engineer who died in a train crash in southern Wyoming has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Jason Martinez’s widow, Sheila Martinez,...
Wyoming Boss Required Scientology for Employee, Suit Alleges
Jan 7 2019 // A former employee of a Wyoming occupational therapy office says the owner of the business pressured her to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed a lawsuit in federal court...
Wyoming Boss Required Scientology for Employee, Suit Alleges
Dec 27 2018 // A former employee of a Wyoming occupational therapy office says the owner of the business pressured her to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed a lawsuit in federal court...
Wyoming Workplace Deaths Fall to Lowest Level Since 2009
Dec 20 2018 // The number of workplace deaths in Wyoming last year fell to the state’s lowest level since 2009. The Casper Star-Tribune reported the state Research and Planning Department released a report Tuesday showing that 20...
Storms up Avalanche Risks Across Rockies in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana
Dec 3 2018 // Forecasters have issued warnings of potential avalanches across the Rocky Mountains as early winter snows and ongoing storms bring on the risk of fatal accidents. Dangerous conditions were highlighted by officials over the...
Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Staged Auto Crash Fraud Scheme
Nov 16 2018 // A Michigan man who pled guilty to participating in a multi-state staged auto accident/insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Marvin David Ramirez, 45,...
Airbnb Generates $1.1M in Wyoming Taxes, 56k Visitor Stays
Nov 13 2018 // Online hospitality company Airbnb says its hosts generated about $1.1 million in tax revenue during the first year of its agreement with the state of Wyoming. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Airbnb started...
Wyoming Files Suit Against Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing Practices
Oct 26 2018 // The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office is suing the maker of OxyContin, claiming the pharmaceutical company deceptively marketed opioid painkillers in the state. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the state filed the...
Tornado Warnings in Wyoming Increasing This Year
Aug 7 2018 // The National Weather Service has issued more than double the number of tornado warnings in Wyoming so far this year than are typically issued. The Casper Star-Tribune reported the service has issued 51 warnings in Wyoming...
Weather Services Confirms Wyoming Tornado
Jun 12 2018 // A tornado that tore across the prairie was about as big as they get in Wyoming. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in a rural part of the state, and estimates the twister’s winds reached 150 mph and its...
Wyoming Bill Seeking Prison for Deadly Texting While Driving Fails
Feb 20 2018 // Lawmakers in the Wyoming House have voted down a bill that would have meant prison time for drivers who cause a deadly wreck while texting on their phones. Texting while driving in Wyoming currently is a misdemeanor...
Coal Company Cited for Safety Issues in Wyoming Miner’s Death
Feb 16 2018 // Rocky Mountain Power has been cited with a safety violation for the death of a miner in September. Jaimie Olivas was killed in the Bridger Underground Coal Mine when part of a wall of coal collapsed on him. The Casper...
Millions of Dollars in Damage During Wyoming Flooding This Year
Aug 16 2017 // The high volume of water that poured down Wyoming rivers and streams from a melting record mountain snowpack this year is being blamed for several river deaths and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to roads,...
Volkswagen Wants Judge to Reject Wyoming Lawsuit
Aug 2 2017 // Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment...
Wyoming QB Looks to Be First to Take Out Insurance Against Injury
Jul 14 2017 // Wyoming is working with quarterback Josh Allen on obtaining an insurance policy in case Allen suffers an injury that might diminish his prospects for the NFL. Allen is considered by many to be among the top college...
Wyoming Wildfire Caused by Lightning, Investigators Say
Jul 13 2017 // Investigators have determined that lightning ignited a wildfire that has burned about 3 square miles of timber in southeast Wyoming. The fire burning in the Keystone area of Medicine Bow National Forest began July 3. After...
How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents
Jun 28 2017 // No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as “accidents” – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to the...
Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
Northwest Wyoming Hit by Earthquake Swarm
Jun 19 2017 // A swarm of earthquakes hit the northwestern part of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming last week, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The USGS says the quakes occurred in a backcountry area of Yellowstone National...
