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Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United States of America. The easternmost section of the state is a region known as the High Plains due to its altitude above sea level, while the majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West. Wyoming is the least populous U.S. state. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 515,004 in 2006, a 4.3% increase since 2000. The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is Cheyenne. Residents of Wyoming are known as Wyomingites

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News for Wyoming from Jackson Hole Daily

School board picks student members

Oct 11, 2008 3:00 pm

The school board appointed its two newest members Wednesday night.

NOLS honors ranger for park stewardship

Oct 11, 2008 3:00 pm

The National Outdoor Leadership School will bestow its 2008 Stewardship Award on Grand Teton National Park climbing ranger Renny Jackson on Saturday.

Governor endorses House hopefuls

Oct 11, 2008 3:00 pm

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal endorsed a pair of Teton County Democratic candidates for the state legislature Friday.

News for Casper from Casperstartribune.net

Democrats want action on health care

Oct 12, 2008 3:19 am

The national Democratic triumphalism with presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden appears to be rubbing off locally, a state senate candidate said Satur...

Casper briefs

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

NIC exhibitions focus on folk art The Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center will open four new contemporary folk art exhibits, including one featuring a Casper artist.

Senate District 27

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

The winner of the Senate District 27 race in the Nov. 4 general election will represent a geographically small -- in Wyoming terms -- but a developmentally huge area.

Board wants more info on enrollment

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

The Natrona County school board remains undecided on whether or not "neighborhood schools" should become an enrollment preference for families.

Sorry for our loss

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

In October 1998, Mouse was 8 and Skinny Son was 14. They were both blessedly still attending St. Anthony's School, just across 7th Street from St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

WYDOT shares winter weather driving tips

Oct 11, 2008 4:28 am

It's here -- winter. OK, maybe not here, but coming quickly. The first snow has fallen, and soon it will start piling on the roads.

Casper briefs

Oct 11, 2008 4:04 am

Man charged with beating pleads guilty One of two men charged with beating another man near a Casper railroad bridge in August pleaded guilty Friday to reckless endangering.

Memorial service, helping others tops weekend activities

Oct 11, 2008 4:04 am

Compiled by SALLY ANN SHURMURStar-Tribune staff writer

Boyes named Teacher of the Year

Oct 11, 2008 3:06 am

All eyes were on ninth-grade English teacher Melanie Boyes as she read aloud to her students. After a particularly interesting paragraph, Boyes went quiet.

City will survey citizens on streets

Oct 10, 2008 3:05 am

Casper's streets concern residents, and a new city survey hopes to find out why.

News for Wyoming from Casperstartribune.net

Two Elk expects to weather financial storm

Oct 12, 2008 8:05 am

While the world financial market falters, Wyoming families are taking inventory of their immediate financial situations. But energy officials still must keep an eye on the state's energy future.

Is Laramie more accepting of gays 10 years after Shepard's murder? Depends on who you ask

Oct 12, 2008 3:19 am

LARAMIE -- Until Oct. 12, 1998, Judy Pantier harbored a secret fear that one of her children might turn out to be homosexual.

Anti-gay violence persists, statistics show

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

CHEYENNE -- Matthew Shepard's mother still mourns lost opportunities to battle hate crimes and promote a greater tolerance of gays in the 10 years since her 21-year-old son was beaten, tied to a woode...

Bailout 'sweeteners' good for Wyoming coal's future

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

The Wall Street bailout bill signed into law last week was sweetened with tax credits for renewable forms of energy as well as America's largest finite energy resource; coal.

Images remain from intense media coverage

Oct 12, 2008 3:05 am

Highlight despair, or show hope. Reporters had an option when they reported on Matthew Shepard's death.

Wyoming briefs

Oct 11, 2008 8:05 am

BNSF coal train derails BILLINGS, Mont. -- Twelve cars of a BNSF coal train derailed early Friday near Anita, Mont., about 35 miles northeast of Billings.

Wyo man competes for nationwide bachelor of year

Oct 11, 2008 4:28 am

LANDER -- Are you into beefy guys with shaved chests striking poses for the camera? If so, you might want to vote online in Cosmopolitan Magazine's bachelor of the year competition.

Buffalo sculptor creates statue outside UW Alumni House

Oct 11, 2008 4:28 am

LARAMIE -- "Talk About Your Cowboy," a larger-than-life bronze sculpture by D. Michael Thomas of Buffalo, was dedicated at the University of Wyoming Alumni House on Friday afternoon as part ...

Trauner, Lummis camps debate Social Security

Oct 11, 2008 4:04 am

CHEYENNE -- In the heated race for Wyoming's U.S. House seat, the campaigns of Democrat Gary Trauner and Republican Cynthia Lummis traded barbs Friday over Lummis' statements about privatizing Social ...

Wyoming seeks control

Oct 11, 2008 4:04 am

Lawmakers from the three states with Air Force bases holding the nation's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are lobbying to land a new command center that will oversee the nation's nuclea...

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