Owen Jones didn’t want to miss a winter of the Dead Poet’s Society. The retired elementary school principal and seven other gentlemen — all between the ages of 55 and 87 — have met weekly for the past three decades to read poetry, play darts and drink hot toddies. more

Gov. Matt Mead said he doesn’t want to see the environmental analysis of the Gateway Pacific Terminal in Washington to be lumped together with other ports proposed in the Northwest for coal … more

ARAPAHOE — Arapahoe School in Fremont County has achieved dramatic improvement on its student test scores, allowing it to meet federally mandated education requirements for the first time. “I … more

CASPER — Gov. Matt Mead wants the state to get involved in a lawsuit contesting federal approval of the Lost Creek uranium mine. At Mead’s request, this week the state attorney general filed a … more

JACKSON, Wyo. — Work in Jackson Hole is erasing the lingering imprint of agriculture, reclaiming a half square mile of hayfield and returning the land to its natural condition.The Grand Teton … more

CHEYENNE — Wyoming U.S. Attorney Christopher Crofts says his office collected just over $1 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2012. Of the total, about $765,000 was collected … more

RIVERTON — Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan says he could know by the end of January whether a partial human skull found in the Wind River Range belonged to a hiker who went missing in … more

LANDER, Wyo. — The Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail in northwest Wyoming is ranked No. 3 in the West by snowmobilers. The Wind River Visitors Council says the trail has been ranked in the top … more

JACKSON— Jackson’s indoor soccer league has suspended play through the end of the year after a player was critically injured in a game last week. Nicolas Izard, 32, suffered brain damage after … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian Pacific Railway says it will "defer indefinitely" plans to extend its South Dakota-based Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad network into the Powder River Basin so it … more