Ralston woman has quadruplets

POWELL - Three of the quadruplets born to Karlyn and John Brence of Ralston were breathing without supplemental oxygen on Monday, the couple said from a hospital in Denver.

Karlyn gave birth Thursday to four girls - Emma LuAnn (2 pounds, .5 ounce; 14 inches), Kathryn Marie (2 pounds; 13.5 inches), Charlee Ray (2 pounds, 9.5 ounces; 15.5 inches) and Baylee Joe (2 pounds, 6 ounces; 15 inches) - at University Hospital after a 28-week pregnancy. The couple didn't have fertility treatments; doctors have estimated the odds of a pregnancy naturally resulting in quadruplets at one in 571,000.

"They're all doing good. They're all kicking and crying," John said Thursday, shortly after the babies were born. Initially all four girls were given oxygen tubes to help regulate their breathing, but on Monday John said three of the girls were doing fine without the tubes.

Dr. David Jackson of the Fetal Diagnostic Center in Billings, Mont., treated Karlyn during her pregnancy, and the family planned to return to Billings once the girls were able to travel.

Cubin officially gets GOP opponent

CHEYENNE - A retired naval officer has formally announced he will challenge incumbent Barbara Cubin for the Republican Party nomination for U.S. House.

Bill Winney, who is building a home on property he owns in Sublette County, said Tuesday he has decided to challenge Cubin in the Aug. 22 primary. He formally announced his campaign last week in Pinedale after previously saying he was considering a run for the office.

He still has to wait until the filing period opens on May 18 before his campaign becomes official.

The Associated Press tried to reach Cubin's campaign, but a message left Tuesday with her campaign office was not immediately returned.

Winney, 56, said he thinks he can do a better job of representing Wyoming in Washington on issues such as energy development.

During his military career he worked six years at the Pentagon, he said, gaining experience on the interaction of the federal bureaucracy that he could take advantage of if elected to Congress.

"Simply put, I think there are things that need to be fixed in Washington, and I think I can fix them, and I want to give it a shot," he said.

Care aide faces sex assault counts

JACKSON - An aide at a local long-term care facility was arrested Monday on three counts of third-degree sexual assault for allegedly abusing a resident.

Police did not release the name of the 49-year-old man, citing a state law that prohibits releasing the name of a suspect in a sexual assault case until after the preliminary hearing.

Jackson Police Sgt. Todd Smith said all three counts refer to separate incidents with the same woman, who is a resident at St. John's Living Center, the long-term care arm of St. John's Medical Center.

Under Wyoming statutes, third-degree sexual assault covers assaults on a victim who - because of mental illness or other disability - doesn't understand the nature of the assault.

If convicted, the man could get up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for each charge.