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ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Two Rock Springs Junior High School students were arrested in connection to threatening posts about the school made on Instagram.
The Rock Springs Police Department learned of posts on the social media platform referring to one student bringing a gun to school while ad…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two people familiar with his plans tell The Associated Press that former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dropping out of the 2016 campaign for president.
The longest-serving governor in Texas history will announce his plans during a speech Friday night in St...

CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. oil and gas production boom of the past decade has an unwanted side effect: Millions of gallons of briny wastewater have spilled onto land and flowed into waterways, often doing severe damage.
An Associated Press analysis of state and federal record finds some 2…

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department trapped and relocated a young female grizzly bear that was killing livestock north of Pinedale.
The bear was captured on Sunday and later released in the Five Mile Creek drainage west of Cody, about 5 miles from the eastern entrance to …

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation expects trucking jobs in Wyoming to increase by 24 percent by 2022.
The agency released a report projecting a large growth in the countries transportation sector in the coming years...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear that broke into a home with her cub near Hoback Junction south of Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokesman Mark Gocke says officials decided to euthanize the bear Monday because it exhibited &q…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An oil well fire a few miles northeast of Douglas continues to burn for a fourth day.
Wyoming Oil and Gas Supervisor Mark Watson says crews have brought in water to cool the fire before spraying it with foam.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration has prohibited any…

GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs has been released from jail, where she's was held since Thursday on a contempt of court charge.
She emerged Tuesday afternoon to hundreds of supporters outside the jail...

Second time in a month that two climbers have died in a single fall.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1 percent in July.
The rate was down from June's 4.2 percent and remained below the national rate of 5.3 percent.
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says the state's jobless rate has remained within the…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Private contributions to the University of Wyoming dropped for the second year in a row to about $46 million.
The amount is $10 million lower from the record $56 million collected two years ago.
However, UW Foundation CEO Ben Blalock says he's not concerned by the decr…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has blocked a new rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some state waters.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson of North Dakota issued a temporary injunction Thursday against the Obama administration rule...