- A new Wyoming State Geological Survey study says certain hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling techniques are the secrets to tapping a previously unprofitable oil deposit
- Wyoming officials say they can't precisely measure prescription painkiller abuse in the state because of inconsistent and incomplete record-keeping
- National monuments under review for possible rescission under President Donald Trump's administration include Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana
- A landslide has closed part of an oil and gas field in northwestern Wyoming
- The president of the Wyoming Senate says the chances that Wyoming will take over federal land anytime soon are "pretty remote"
- A small Montana town plans a new park to honor Sacagawea, the Native American guide who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition
- Elections clerks across Montana are being increasingly challenged to serve voters with severe physical disabilities because of a dwindling supply of polling equipment designed especially for people who cannot use traditional voting machines
- University of Wyoming trustees plan to discuss and possibly act on proposals to eliminate two undergraduate and three graduate programs
- Federal forest managers say a snowy winter and a wet springare making it hard to conduct prescribed burns in western Montana to reduce the risk of wildfires later this summer
- The embattled police chief in Casper is out of office