NORTH PLATTE — A 20-year-old Wyoming man has pleaded no contest and been convicted of trying to rob a western Nebraska bank. Drew Steier, of Evanston faces sentencing on April 8. Prosecutors … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Reduce, reuse and keep on mining. That’s the message going out to Utah elementary students this spring in an Earth Day poster contest sponsored by the Utah Division of Oil, … more

BILLINGS, Mont. — With bear-human conflicts on the rise, wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy hunts for grizzlies in anticipation of the government lifting … more

HOBSON, Mont. — The eagle hesitated only briefly, then leapt from the kennel and seized her freedom. It was exactly what everyone was hoping for."There she goes, there she goes," Jackie Wichman … more

AURORA, Colo. — Spero Manson never set out to become a medical anthropologist. It was a college calculus class that changed the trajectory of his career. Manson is a professor of psychiatry and … more

DURANGO, Colo. — Forty years ago, the Navajo Nation and Southern Ute tribes languished side by side, mired in high unemployment and poverty. Today, worth billions, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe … more

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough to distinguish … more

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Despite more … more

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The individual refrigerators aren't huge, but what a difference they make: positioned under each of the new 16 work stations, easily accessible from the stove, spacious … more

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — The Hot Springs City Council has unanimously voted to buy Evans Plunge, the oldest operating tourist attraction in western South Dakota’s Black Hills. Residents of the town … more