GPS signal leads to woman's rescue

GREEN RIVER - The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department used the GPS signal from a woman's vehicle to find her and rescue her after she drove into a large irrigation canal near Big Sandy early Thursday morning.

Sheriff Rich Haskell says the woman called on her cell phone to report that she had driven into a river and that water was coming into her vehicle. The woman couldn't provide much information about her location. But the Sheriff's Office was able to pinpoint her location because of her vehicle's OnStar navigation system in her late-model GMC Denali.

Emergency crews rescued the woman. Officers then cited her on charges of driving under the influence and speeding.

Bear captured, killed in Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Yellowstone National Park rangers have captured and killed a black bear that showed no fear of people and got into human food.

Several times in the past couple weeks, the sub-adult male bear approached visitors in the Beaver Lake Picnic Area and at the Indian Creek Campground.

Park officials say the bear succeeded in getting a significant amount of human food.

Repeated attempts to catch the bear were unsuccessful. However, the bear was seen walking next to a road Wednesday and park staff shot it with a tranquilizer dart.

The bear was taken to park headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs and was killed on Thursday.

It was the first bear euthanized in Yellowstone in more than two years.

Colo. liquor law could drain Wyo sales

CHEYENNE - A new Colorado law that allows residents to buy liquor on Sundays could cut into Sunday sales in southern Wyoming.

The Colorado ban on Sunday liquor sales was lifted last weekend. Before that, the only thing Colorado residents could buy on Sundays was 3.2 percent beer at grocery stores.

Linda Brown is manager of Town and Country Liquor on the southern edge of Cheyenne. She said a large share of her Sunday customers traditionally have been Colorado residents. She anticipates a drop in Sunday sales.

Feds treat trees around Laramie for beetles

LARAMIE - The U.S. Forest Service will temporarily close about 13 campgrounds and picnic areas in the Laramie and Centennial region to spray trees to protect them from bark beetles.

The Laramie Ranger District says the areas will be closed at varying times starting Monday and continuing through Friday.

Recreation manager Roger Anderson said people will be moved out of areas when spraying takes place and the sites will be closed for 24 hours to let the spray dry.

The Forest Service hopes to protect the trees from beetles that have been killing millions of trees across the West.

The spraying locations include the campgrounds of Rob Roy, Vedauwoo, Bobby Thompson, Lake Owen, Pelton Creek, Miller Lake, North Fork and Libby Creek.

Also receiving treatment are numerous trailheads along Highway 130, the Centennial Visitor Center and picnic areas at Vedauwoo and Libby Creek.