GILLETTE -- Oozing head wounds and raging fires or broken bones and gas leaks may be what competitors face at the 29th annual International Surface Mine Rescue Competition.

When Lauren Hoppe was asked what it meant to be the first Kelly Walsh girls basketball player to win the Floyd Volker Memorial Scholarship Award, the Trojans senior was at a slight loss for words.

Local authorities are investigating payments made by the Town of Mills to the Natrona County Fire Protection District for dispatched calls at the same time the county-wide dispatch center in Casper was providing those services for free.

Searchers recovered the body of a Natrona County man on Wednesday afternoon after he apparently drowned during a fishing trip.

Boys and Girls Club announces finalists Three Casper high school students were introduced Thursday as 2009-10 Central Wyoming Youth of the Year finalists at a press conference at the Greater Casper Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central

The joint powers board that illegally voted by e-mail to spend more than $149,000 on repairs at the Three Crowns Golf Course will wait another month before its by-laws are consistent with state law.

Hey, Answer Girl -- When were Kelly Walsh High School's colors changed from green and white to green and gold, and why?

The pain in Natallie Brooks' hips began during her fifth month of pregnancy just like it did when she had her 3-year-old daughter.

To some, a one-month break from work might sound like the perfect way to cap off a summer.

JACKSON -- A Jackson Hole man is attempting to raffle off his $735,000 home after it languished on the market for more than a year.

JACKSON -- A Jackson man wants to go paragliding again after he recovers from a long fall with backup parachutes only partially deployed.

An outfitter from Buffalo was fined $400 last week and is required to attend an advanced training course after a disciplinary hearing by the Montana Board of Outfitters.

Illegally erected towers in Natrona County and other parts of Wyoming will be remembered as "a blight on the company and on my family," according to Union Telephone owner Eric Woody.

CHEYENNE -- Deaths in Wyoming linked to prescription drug abuse more than doubled from 2005 to 2008, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Wyoming Department of Health.

CHEYENNE -- Wyoming's cattle population dropped 21 percent during the past decade as ranchers struggled through a persistent drought that gripped much of the state from 1999 until last year.

The Cheyenne bats were just never able to get untracked.

They may be cross-town rivals, but Noah Creel and Jed May both shared a common mindset as Kelly Walsh and Natrona County started their respective 2009 football seasons Monday afternoon.

A federal judge sentenced a Mexican national to nine years in prison for his role in a Casper-area methamphetamine ring that authorities busted earlier this year.

The Natrona County School Board approved a maximum guaranteed price of $14,162,822 for the new eastside elementary school at a meeting on Monday in Casper.