'Purple' States Get VIP Seats At DNC 30,000 seats at Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC are for Coloradans, and 30,000 are open to other critical battleground state residents 08/07/2008 Schiffer Challenged On Property Tax Stance Political newcomer Al Snell is challenging longtime state senator John Schiffer in the Republican primary on the issue of rising property taxes 08/07/2008 West Goes For Self-Sustainability At a Cheyenne city planning meeting, local officials reviewed ways to become locally sustainable as future global predictions turn grim 08/07/2008 Paddleford Remembered At Memorial About 500 people, including Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, paid tribute to Teton County Commissioner Bill Paddleford 08/07/2008 Editorial: Grouse Plan Good Choice Gov. Freudenthal has given Wyoming its best chance to protect the sage grouse & simultaneously saving energy projects 08/07/2008 GOP Candidates Do Farm Policy Q/A Republican candidates for Congress participated in a Q/A forum on farm policy at a recent forum hosted by the Laramie County Farm Bureau 08/06/2008 Seismic Survey Ends Before Hunting Season A seismic survey for natural gas resources in the Little Mountain area will be halted before hunting begins in the area 08/06/2008 Legislature Power Shift Unlikely While there may be more Democrat seats filling in the Wyoming legislature, neither party predicts a power shift this fall 08/06/2008 Natural Gas Prices Set To Rise A recent report says electricity & natural-gas prices will surge as US utilities shift from coal-fired generation to cleaner burning natural-gas generation 08/06/2008 Sage Grouse Agreement Reached Energy companies have agreed to develop in prime sage grouse habitat with no loss of the species or its habitat 08/06/2008 Rail Operator Income Rises 43% On the eve of announcing plans to buy 9 small railroads, east-coast rail company Genessee & Wyoming Inc. reported 43% increase in their net income 08/06/2008 Disease Headed For Jackson Feedgrounds Scientists say chronic wasting disease is headed for elk feeding grounds at Jackson Hole, with no cure 08/06/2008 Wind Farm Public Meetings Set The BLM has set a series of public meetings as part of analysis for several proposed wind farm projects 08/05/2008 BLM Protects Utah Wilderness The BLM's proposal to designate 1.8 million acres of land in Utah's Moab region would decrease off-road vehicle access to protect the area 08/05/2008