WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a White House official says. Werfel … more

Carmiya Kramer, 9, from left, Remington Gusick, 10, and Sydney Elmore, 9, have a cool treat on a hot spring day Tuesday at Sydney’s home in Gillette. “Remington comes over most of the time to sit … more

Despite an increase of almost $3 million in general fund spending, Campbell County school trustees gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a budget that is 1.41 percent smaller than a year ago. The … more

Cosmetology College student and model Keshia Browning sits at a station with a crown of makeshift icicles as her team completes the final touches on her makeup Wednesday at the College of Cosmetology … more

The city of Gillette proposes to spend $197 million in the coming budget — about $10 million less than last year, but still no small potatoes.But as City Council members began sifting through … more

Having received comments from local landowners, Wyoming legislators would like to see if orphaned coal-bed methane wells in the state could be plugged at a faster pace. At their meeting in … more

Colorado-based Meritage Midstream and Arch Coal plan to build a crude oil terminal at Arch’s Black Thunder mine in Campbell County. Meritage plans to begin operating the terminal as early as … more

WASHINGTON — Democrats rallied behind President Barack Obama in the long-running, bitter dispute over the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack, arguing that the White House's latest … more

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a slight reprieve Thursday with a 3,500-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres … more

NEW YORK — A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday. The Ministry of … more