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The Wyoming Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power and Black Hills Power, to build a $222 million dollar natural gas fired plant in Cheyenne.

State wildlife officials have denied a request by the U.S. Forest Service to move as many as 2000 prairie dogs in northeast Wyoming. Amy Richards reports. A 47 year old Casper man is now admitting he intentionally started an apartment fire. Jefferey Oliver says he started the blaze because his girlfriend wasn’t paying enough attention to him. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read M

A new report from the RAND Corp recommends a much different strategy for using airplanes to fight wildfires than the one currently used by the Forest Service.  Wyoming Secretary of state Max Maxfield reminds candidates the deadline for candidates and PACS to file campaign finance reports is August 14th. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Yellowstone National Park rangers spent the day Monday responding to numerous incidents, including several involving significant injuries to visitors. Yellowstone National Park spokesperson Dan Hottle says  56 year old Carl Dullmaier, of Gernsheim, Germany, sustained a head injury when he was thrown from a horse near Tower Junction.  He later died from his injuries after being lifeflighted to a

A Yellowstone National Park spokesman says three  rivers in the park will be closed to fishing because of unusually warm water temperatures. Firefighters quickly attacked a new wildfire in Grand Teton National Park on Monday afternoon as they contained other new fires that began over the weekend across Wyoming.  Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Rea

Cheyenne Police Chief  Brian Kozak says it will cost taxpayers more money over the long run to keep the department in it’s current location than the $25 Million it would cost to locate a new Public Safety Building in the old Dineen Car Dealership.

Visit Cheyenne C-E-O Darren Rudloff says a slight drop in Cheyenne Frontier Days attendance in 2012 compared to the record-setting year CFD had last year apparently didn’t mean less spending in Cheyenne-area businesses.

Wyoming oil and gas industry officials say they are not surprised by the results of new research on fracking dust. Amy Richards has a report. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a public meeting on Thursday in Cheyenne to discuss their current financial status and the agency’s funding needs in future years. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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 attempted murder, in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U ...

An assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management is working to answer how to measure the impacts of energy development on landscapes and wildlife. Doug Randall reports. Vacutech has settled into their new Wyoming plant. Business reporter Sharon Fain has the story. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.