Man dies after Corvette rolls

A Powell man died Wednesday morning at a Billings, Mont., hospital after his vehicle went out of control and rolled on Wyoming Highway 295 early Tuesday.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified the victim as Zeb T. Sand, 31. He died at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings.

Sand was driving south on Highway 295 at about 2:50 a.m. at high speed when he approached a 90-degree curve at the junction with Park County Road 9. Sand’s 1999 Chevrolet Corvette failed to make the curve and went straight. The car hit several trees before rolling once. Sands, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.

Troopers are investigating the accident.

Bank postpones foreclosure auction

JACKSON -- Officials with Rocky Mountain Bank decided to postpone an auction of foreclosed land, even though bidding was already under way.

Bank attorney Tina Martinez said the bank decided to postpone the Thursday auction of three Fish Creek parcels to allow time for more research on the properties, which are currently involved in an appeal of a Teton County Planning Department ruling.

The owner of the land, the Kip Konigsberg family, is appealing a January decision from the county planning director that denied a boundary adjustment on some of the land. The family subdivided the 32-acre land under the state's family exemption rule. Teton County officials fear the statute, which was designed to allow ranching families to break out parcels for their children, could be abused by land speculators.

City won't name chief finalists

SHERIDAN -- The city of Sheridan has refused to release the names of the finalists in the running for its chief of police.

The Sheridan Press has asked for the names and plans to file court action to halt the selection process if the names aren't made public.

The city attorney has advised Mayor Dave Kinskey that Wyoming law prohibits releasing employee application information to the media.

Sheridan Press Publisher Carl Sanders says he's disappointed that the city would choose to hide behind the advice of an attorney who is paid by taxpayers to keep information from the taxpayers.

The final candidates include six applicants and two alternates who have been invited to interviews Dec. 3-4 in Sheridan.

Suicide rate far above average

RAWLINS -- Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Wyoming's suicide rate is more than double the national average.

Albany County Coroner Thomas Furgeson says Wyoming was first in the nation for its suicide rate in 2006, the most recent numbers available. Furgeson spoke Thursday at the Carbon County Coroner's Conference, telling attendees that it's about as bad as it can get in Wyoming.

Carbon County Coroner Paul Zamora says that about 20 percent of the coroner's cases in the county are deemed to be suicides.