WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Today, March 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized 103 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the agency's ENERGY STAR certification in 2023, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. Together, these plants prevented more than 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the emission  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Taylor Farms Pacific, a Tracy, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 19,976 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) apple walnut with chicken salad bowl products due to misbranding and undeclared wheat allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product may contain wheat, a known allergen, which is no  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Tobias Anthony Smith, 42, of Riverton, Wyoming, was sentenced to 70 months' imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, in June of 2023, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) learned that Smith was selling methamphetamine. Agents then completed a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Smith. On  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 15 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the public draft of the Greater Sage-grouse multi-state Management Plan and the accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) earlier today. "This was long-awaited and given Wyoming's leadership on sage-grouse management, I have been concerned about how well the BLM would respect state-led efforts," said Governor Gordon. "While more a  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 15 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Governor Mark Gordon signed two bills today, one that helps protect key infrastructure in Wyoming from foreign adversaries, and the other that lowers the cost of constructing housing SF0077 - Homeland defense-infrastructure reporting and investigating requires the state to annually identify "critical infrastructure zones". Any property transactions within those zones will be shared   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming announced today that federal authorities will not pursue criminal charges against the Wind River Police Department officer involved in the fatal shooting of Terrance Skye Posey of Ethete, Wyoming, on August 11, 2022. This incident occurred on the Wind River Indian Reservation and was thoroughly investigated   more