Ruffatto gets 18 months, $14.4M penalty for Two Elk fraud
A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Wednesday sentenced the power plant promoter to prison for stealing $5.7 million in federal stimulus funds.
Special Reports
Who really cheats Wyoming workers’ comp?
Perhaps 2 percent of workers’ comp claims are fraudulent while employers have short-changed the program by $3.3 million since ‘95.
Cheers, boos for Jewell’s sage grouse decision
The sage grouse “does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act,” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said Tuesday.
Mead to feds: Revise grouse plans
Gov. Matt Mead has asked the federal government to revise greater sage grouse protection plans to make them consistent with Wyoming’s own strategy.
Girls’ decoy grouse lure birds from drilling-rig noise
Eighth graders’ paper grouse are first to draw strutting birds from drill rig to quieter site.
