Articles by Reece Monaco

AP 8-4,2015 Wyoming’s governor and congressional delegation are criticizing the Obama administration’s latest plan to fight climate change as a bad idea. Gov. Matt Mead said Monday the plan is scientifically flawed and wouldn’t achieve […]

AP 8-4,2015 The chief executive of a major Wyoming coal operator says the company’s initial bankruptcy filing should have no effect on workers’ paychecks or benefits. Alpha Natural Resources Chairman and CEO Kevin Crutchfield also […]

AP 8-4,2015 Sixteen states will have tougher carbon dioxide reduction targets than they originally planned for when President Barack Obama first proposed his climate change rule last year. Obama presented his final plan Monday, which […]

AP 8-4,2015 The Wyoming Livestock Board is requiring a certificate of veterinary inspection for livestock at the state fair in an effort to prevent the spread of a virus that can cause painful sores in […]

AP 8-3,2015 Relatives and others say an 18-year-old Wyoming man accused of shooting a family that stopped to help him on a Montana roadside had been in and out of trouble in his hometown. But […]

Wyoming Lottery officials say proceeds from the new lottery will likely never meet the estimates projected by advocates in 2013 when the games of chance were legalized. State law requires the first $6 million of […]

AP 8-3,2015 A bacterial disease of wildlife that can be transmitted to humans and their pets has been found in two cottontail rabbits a few miles northeast of Guernsey in Platte County. A landowner in […]

AP 8-3,2015 The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has hired California-based Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates to help find a new president of the university. Current UW President Dick McGinity plans to step down next summer. […]

AP 7-31,2015 Northern Arapaho tribal leaders say they’ve met with Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., to discuss racism and hate crimes after a deadly shooting in Riverton. Northern Arapaho Business Council Chairman Dean Goggles […]

AP 7-31,2015 The governors of Wyoming and Montana say a federal plan to protect the greater sage grouse is far more restrictive than Western states’ own programs to help the struggling species. They told the […]