JACKSON -- Vail Resorts Inc. wants a judge to clear it from a lawsuit filed over a fatal 2006 rafting trip at one of its resorts.

The Billings Gazette Winter monitoring reports from the 2008-09 season in Yellowstone National Park suggest more ways to reduce noise levels that are exceeding standards and noted that a toll booth at the West Entrance didn't have its ventilation system

CHEYENNE -- Heart transplant recipient Kelly Perkins said she was already back to her fitness routine just two days after climbing 10 peaks in western Wyoming's famous Teton Range.

Jay Rhoades has always had a pretty good knowledge of the Douglas football program.

Douglas Invitational Friday Boys Team: Douglas 323; Torrington 338; Cheyenne East 345; Cheyenne Central, Rawlins 367; Wheatland 370; Natrona County 378; Kelly Walsh 389.

Compiled by Clint Robus, Star-Tribune high school sports coordinator

A strong incoming freshmen class. That was one of the common state-wide themes amongst Class 4A girls' swimming coaches for the upcoming season. It was also something Kelly Walsh coach Dean Hawks was quick to agree with.

If you want to find the toughest road to the Wyoming high school football playoffs, look no further than Class 2A.

Compiled by Clint Robus, Star-Tribune high school sports coordinator

Compiled by CORRYNE DRAKESpecial to the Star-Tribune

The defensive approach might have been simpler. But figuring it out was apparently much more difficult.

CHEYENNE -- Slow down on national health care reform and "do it right" was the message Thursday from members of the Coalition to Protect Patients' Rights.

RAWLINS -- A project to regenerate aspen trees in the Sierra Madre range of southeastern Wyoming is proving successful, officials say.

A consultant hired by the town of Glenrock will begin an internal investigation Monday into the tasing of a 76-year-old man by police during a community event earlier this month.

LARAMIE -- Some at last week's Wyoming Wind Symposium proffered what seemed to be a good idea: bury the hundreds of miles of transmission lines needed to send wind-generated electricity to market.

LARAMIE -- The wheels of higher education at the University of Wyoming began moving for the 123rd time Thursday as about 1,700 freshmen arrived for a three-day program designed to give them a running start on the transition from high

CHEYENNE -- Indications are that sage grouse populations in Wyoming have fallen the past two years and may fall again this year.

2008 FLASHBACK Boys Team champions (runners-up in parentheses): 4A, Sheridan (Evanston); 3A, Douglas (Cody); 2A, Lusk (Thermopolis).

Sundance Invitational Thursday (continues today) Boys Team: Wright 346; Moorcroft 414; Lusk 420; Sundance-Hulett 468.

Tof Chapin shot a quick glance over his shoulder to make sure his older brother, Michael, was occupied on the putting green at Casper Municipal Golf Course.