Brucellosis is in 7 more cows

CHEYENNE - State Veterinarian Walt Cook said seven more cows have tested positive for brucellosis in a western Wyoming cattle herd infected with the livestock disease.

Thursday's results bring the total number of brucellosis-infected cattle in the herd to 36. So far, the 650-head herd near Daniel is the only herd in Wyoming to test positive for the bacterial infection.

Wyoming and federal livestock officials are testing 14 other cattle herds that had contact with the infected herd. Of the two contact herds tested so far, both turned up negative.

The state will lose its federal brucellosis-free status if another herd tests positive for brucellosis within two years.

Rangers kill second YNP bear

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Rangers in Yellowstone National Park have killed a black bear that became accustomed to eating human food.

Park officials said the 130-pound male bear was getting food from hikers' backpacks in northern Yellowstone. Repeated attempts to trap the bear failed.

On Wednesday, the bear was caught ripping into the packs of a large group of backcountry hikers. Rangers cleared the area of visitors and shot the bear.

A black bear that had been getting into human food was killed in Yellowstone on July 9.

Meanwhile, officials in Grand Teton National Park said vehicles have killed numerous animals including wolves, elk and moose within the past month. One car was so badly damaged after striking a wolf that it had to be towed.

Grand Teton officials are urging visitors to watch out for wildlife on roadways.

Flash flood kills one person

GILLETTE - One person is dead in a flash flood in Campbell County.

Lt. Eric Seeman of the Campbell County Sheriff's Office said the victim's name hasn't been released yet. Seeman said he doesn't know if the person was a man or a woman. There were four people in the truck and two of the survivors were hurt.

The group was checking on cattle near the Montana border when the pickup slid off the road and plunged 16 feet into a ravine or creek bed. The body was recovered Wednesday morning.

Gillette man dies in Big Horns

GILLETTE - The body of a missing Gillette man has been found in the Big Horn Mountains.

Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn said a Forest Service ranger found the body of 39-year-old Steven Arthur Engel on Tuesday at the bottom of a ravine.

Engel had disappeared more than a week ago. Authorities say he it appears he died after falling several hundred feet off a cliff near the Big Horn Medicine Wheel. The wheel is a circular arrangement of stones that's sacred to some American Indians.