SHERIDAN, Wyoming, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Bighorn National Forest -issued the following news release: As the final phase in the Invasive and Other Select Plant Management project, Bighorn National Forest officials recently concluded an objection resolution meeting with several objectors. The resolution meeting resulted in officials pulling the treatment of native plant species including mountain big sagebrush and duncecap larkspur from the fin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of the proposed Two Rivers Wind Energy Project, which would be located near the Towns of Medicine Bow and Rock River in Carbon and Albany counties, Wyoming. The proposed project includes up to 79 wind turbines that could generate up to 420 megawatt  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: * * * American Rescue Plan Act funding supports 10th round of UI equity grants * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $6,848,992 in grants to state employment insurance systems in Delaware, Montana and Wyoming to enhance awareness and improve delivery of unemployment insurance benefits to people who face obstacles to access.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report summary: * * * On September 19, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, the U.S. Attorney filed an information charging Nathan Zito, president and owner of a paving and asphalt company, with attempted monopolization. As early as January 2020, Zito knowingly engaged in anticompetitive conduct with the intent to gain monopoly p  more

F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyoming, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force Base (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Glenn S. Robertson, 20th Air Force The missile wings of 20th Air Force are currently executing a change in procedure for nuclear code change operations, each having switched one squadron's area of responsibility to the new ICBM Cryptography Upgrade program. It is a change that promises to save the Air Force considerable resources in labor hours, cash and the wear  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wyoming Field Office issued the following news release: WYOMING HIGHLIGHTS Based on November 1 conditions, sugarbeet production in Wyoming is forecast at 817,000 tons, down 10 percent from the 903,000 tons produced in 2021, according to the November 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Growers  more