Ranchers band together to negotiate better deals
New York Times Nov 28, 08 11:43 AM CST
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Wyoming is in the midst of a land grab, but this time it's wind farm developers, not oilmen, who are eager to make a deal, the New York Times reports. To deal with the onslaught of offers from out-of-state developers, ranchers are abandoning a culture of self-reliance and pooling their land in wind energy associations to increase their bargaining power.
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10 years after gay student's murder, authors revisit Laramie
New York Times Sep 17, 08 11:19 AM CDT
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The creators of The Laramie Project have returned to Wyoming to explore the legacy of Matthew Shepard’s murder 10 years later, the New York Times reports. In revisiting the people whose words make up the script, the theater company found that there has been progress —albeit slow.
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Animal no longer under federal protection in northern Rockies
Associated Press Mar 29, 08 9:35 PM CDT
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Hunters in the northern Rockies will soon take aim at a rare target—the gray wolf. The animal lost its protected species status in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming yesterday, and wildlife agencies in the region are looking to reduce the population by granting hunting licenses for the first time since 1973. An estimated 1,500 gray wolves now roam the region.
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Clinton Scores 5, blasts rival for lacking Iraq pullout plan
Washington Post Mar 8, 08 5:17 PM CST
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Barack Obama easily won the Wyoming caucuses today and added 7 delegates to his tally, Chris Cillizza reports in his Washington Post blog. Obama won 61% of the vote and Hillary Clinton won 38%, scoring 5 delegates. Obama campaign chief David Plouffe called the victory "a very important win" while Clinton's camp depicted the result as a surprisingly good "near split in delegates."
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Only 12 delegates at stake, but candidates pull out the stops
Los Angeles Times Mar 8, 08 9:21 AM CST
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This is what the 2008 presidential election has come to: even the least populous state in the Union gets to be the center of the political universe for its 15 minutes. Wyoming Democrats caucus today after being wooed as never before, the Los Angeles Times reports. And the Dems—all 59,130 of them—are thrilled with the up-close-and-personal treatment by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Wildlife groups say it's too soon to remove animals from endangered list
National Geographic Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST
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The gray wolf has been taken off the endangered species list in a multi-state area of the northern Rocky Mountains, National Geographic reports. "The wolves are back," said an official of the Department of the Interior. Just 66 of the animals were reintroduced to the region in 1996 and there are over 1,500 today. Environmental groups say it's too soon to take away the wolves' protection and believe many will soon be killed by hunters.
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Candidate summons media to announce
he's not dropping out
Los Angeles Times Jan 7, 08 3:39 PM CST
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Duncan Hunter pulled a fast one on the press corps today, the LA Times reports: The GOP presidential candidate fueled speculation he’d withdraw from the race by announcing a “major announcement”—then used the occasion to complain about his exclusion from this weekend’s debates. Hunter says he's in the race "no matter what happens" tomorrow.
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Thompson, Hunter each win one state delegate
Reuters Jan 5, 08 4:23 PM CST
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Mitt Romney won the Wyoming Republican caucuses today by netting eight of the state's twelve delegates, Reuters reports. Fred Thompson racked up three delegates and California Rep. Duncan Hunter won one. "This is just the beginning," Romney said. "The people of Wyoming took the first step towards bringing true conservative change to Washington."
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Wyoming Republicans choose a candidate Saturday, but nobody knows who's in the lead
Associated Press Jan 3, 08 8:05 AM CST
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With all eyes focused on Iowa, another state is gearing up for its own caucus: Wyoming, whose Republican Party will choose delegates this Saturday. Only three candidates have bothered to visit Dick Cheney's home state ahead of the poll, and none are planning to show up between now and Saturday except back-of-the-pack Duncan Hunter, who's floated a possible appearance. "Candidates are where the media are," one professor told the AP.
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Some states love small business a little more than others. CNNMoney names the top 10
CNN Nov 25, 07 2:54 PM CST
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If you want your seed of genius to grow, plant it in the right soil. CNNMoney finds the most small-business-friendly states: South Dakota: No tax personal income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains and low energy costs. Nevada: No income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains tax and some of the country's lowest property taxes.
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Party leaders will deprive them of half their delagates at convention
Associated Press Nov 8, 07 10:54 PM CST
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Republican party leaders voted today to punish five states for holding their primaries too early, the AP reports. New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, and Wyoming will lose half their delegates to next summer’s national convention because they plan to stage primaries before Feb. 5. Iowa gets off on a technicality. None of the states will change their dates because of the RNC's punishment.
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Diminishing snowcap, shrinking reservoirs could 'wipe out' states
New York Times Oct 21, 07 3:22 PM CDT
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Officials out West are worried about water, the New York Times reports, and not just for the short-term. In what the Times calls the " other water problem" caused by global warming, snowcaps that feed the the Colorado River—which quenches the thirst of 30 million people in seven states—are at their lowest levels in 20 years. The "most optimistic" climate models suggest that 30% to 70% will be gone the second half of this century.
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Lynne Cheney discovers common ancestor
Associated Press Oct 17, 07 3:54 AM CDT
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Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama have an unlikely bond. They are eighth cousins, according to Cheney's wife, Lynne. She discovered the two share a common 17th Century ancestor in French Huguenot Mareen Duvall, whose son married the granddaughter of a Richard Cheney in Maryland in the 1650s, she told MSNBC.
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Hunters look to thin once-endangered population
Reuters Sep 15, 07 4:20 PM CDT
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Hunters take aim at a symbol of the American West today, as Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge opens the first buffalo season in almost a decade. Officials say they need to lower the population from 1,200 to 500 because of overgrazing and disease. But killing the once-endangered species has animal groups and locals up in arms, Reuters reports.
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Arts, culture, beauty, jobs—these towns have it all, and real people, too
Outside Aug 13, 07 1:51 PM CDT
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Outside magazine selects 30 sweet spots—the best towns for mixing city life with the big outdoors—and, oh yeah, getting a job, too. Here are the top nine: Santa Cruz, California Jackson, Wyoming Iowa City, Iowa Bend, Oregon Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Conservative stayed aloof from Washington in-fighting
Associated Press Jun 5, 07 5:41 AM CDT
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Craig Thomas, GOP Senator from Wyoming, died yesterday of leukemia at age 74. The popular conservative congressman began his Senate career in 1994; he was in the hospital when he was reelected by 70% of the vote last year, and announced his diagnosis shortly afterward.
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