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Vice-President Cheney Remembers Joe Meyer
Aormer Vice-President Dick Cheney & Lynne Cheney
CHEYENNE —  (AP) Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne remembered Wyoming Treasurer Joe Meyer on Friday as a lifelong friend who dearly loved his family and the state.Meyer died earlier this month from cancer at age 71…
Builder Found For Wyoming Coal to Liquids Plant
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) —The head of a Texas company says it has contracted with a firm to build a plant in Carbon County to turn coal into gasoline. Robert Kelly, chairman of DKRW Advanced Fuels of Houston, says Sinopec Engineering Group is based out of China and has built similar facilities b…
Judge Orders Evaluation of Defendant in Shootings
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A district judge has ordered a competency evaluation for a Cheyenne man accused of gunning down two people and critically wounding a third at his house last summer.
District Judge Peter Arnold on Monday asked lawyers to draft an order requiring the evaluation for defend…
Aurora Shooting Suspect Charged
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court hearing after the deadly Colorado movie theater massacre.
Holmes, 24, sat silently in a packed Denver-area courtroom on Monday, as a judge told him about the charges filed against him, including murder and atte…
Wyoming Education Spending Not Producing Desired Results
The National Education Association says Wyoming spent $15,997 per public school student in 2011, ranking the state fifth among states in school spending. But a recent Harvard study ranked Wyoming 24th out of 41 states studied in growth measured by student scores on a national assessment.
Shooting Suspect’s Apartment Is "Booby Trapped"
A police chief says a Colorado shooting suspect’s apartment is posing a “vexing problem” as officers face challenges in safely entering the residence where booby traps were set.
Colorado firefighters are monitoring the Aurora apartment building for gases in an effort to determine wh…
Batman Director Calls Aurora Shooting A "Senseless Tradgedy"
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Dark Knight Rises” director is speaking out about the Colorado theater slayings, calling it a “senseless tragedy” and “devastating.”
In a statement released Friday night, Christopher Nolan expressed his sadness about the shooting at a mov…