The school district completed its “wish list” for capital projects and improvements, but many of those projects will not be accomplished in the next budget year.Most of the work relies on … more

NEW YORK — A beauty queen who claimed this year's Miss USA contest was fixed has been ordered to pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation. In a decision signed last week, an … more

They are just 24 notes that come from Gary Rye’s bugle as the sun sets behind the Big Horn Mountains to the west of his home. But they are an important part of his life. more

WASHINGTON — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head … more

PHOENIX — When two winning tickets for a record $588 million Powerball jackpot were claimed from the Nov. 28 drawing, the world focused on the winners. A Missouri couple appeared at a press … more

WASHINGTON — House Democrats say President Barack Obama should consider invoking a little-known constitutional provision that they say gives him the power to raise the debt ceiling without going … more

For the past several weeks, fueling your car has been less painful. As gas prices continued to fall after last year’s high of $3.72 in mid-September, the average price of unleaded fuel in … more

Months before the walkers begin their trek against cancer at Cam-plex Central Pavilion, the Relay for Life of Campbell County is picking up momentum.The fundraising event brings money to the American … more

MADISON, Wis. — Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools shut down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the upper Midwest endured a third straight day of bitter cold … more

SHERIDAN, Wyo. — Hundreds of millions of tons of coal, packed into seams up to 60 feet thick, are still to be had beneath the rock-strewn hillsides speckled with snow that rise up along the remote … more