More than a month after requesting a rate increase of 13.7 percent for 2010, Rocky Mountain Power officials say several factors are in play that could lessen the impact on Wyoming ratepayers.
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Power producers have installed more than 500 megawatts of wind energy generation in Wyoming in the past year. One driver behind the wind boom presumably is action by other states in the West to require that utilities use certain percentages of renewable energy in their power supplies -- c…
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Every year dozens of cars zipping along the freeway through the alpine gateway of Parleys Canyon crash into deer, elk and moose, on rare occasions killing the people in the vehicle.
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BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho agreed Tuesday to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a federal lawsuit against state officials who awarded grazing leases to ranchers, not the environmentalist who had offered more money.
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BOISE, Idaho -- Cloud seeding once was seen similar to well divining, medicine shows and miracle healers.
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RECLUSE -- This small, close-knit town typically presents a postcard view of the American West: slow-paced, ranch-style living.
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LARAMIE -- Unlike three years ago, none of the University of Wyoming trustees on Thursday expressed opposition to UW President Tom Buchanan's proposal to raise resident undergraduate tuition by 5 percent for each of the next two academic years.
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CHEYENNE -- A storage tank roof that sank at a Sinclair Oil refinery and caused Wyoming's biggest spill in decades earlier this year wasn't unprecedented: A storage tank roof also sank at the refinery in 2007.
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Gov. Dave Freudenthal calmed concerns about postponing school construction and increasing employer contribution into state retirement funds.
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Like it or not, the nature of energy is changing in the world, and Wyoming will change with it.
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CHEYENNE -- Whenever Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Zorn could lend a hand, he didn't hesitate.
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A $1.5 million federal grant has extended the life of a successful reservation suicide prevention program, Wyoming and Montana tribal officials announced this week.
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RIVERTON -- Some residents of the Riverton area are expressing concern about a proposed agreement between the city and the Northern Arapaho Tribe to cooperate on common interests.
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CODY -- A growing company that employs Wyoming teachers for online English language instruction is in negotiations to relocate to Cody after plans fell through to expand its Ten Sleep headquarters.
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CHEYENNE -- A Wyoming legislative committee on Wednesday voted against sponsoring two bills to tax wind energy development.
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A University of Wyoming human performance researcher is co-author of a study that says the prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race.
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LARAMIE -- Gov. Dave Freudenthal will not oppose a 5 percent tuition increase proposed for University of Wyoming resident undergraduates, the governor's chief of staff said Tuesday.
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