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CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A new analysis of Social Security in Wyoming shows that more than 91,000 receive benefits every month, and the average benefit is about $13,000 a year. Joanne Mai, associate director for communications with AARP Wyoming, says her organization's new snapshot shows who depends on the checks.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A hearing is set for Tuesday to decide if a builder accused of bilking customers out of thousands of dollars should stand trial in Natrona County District Court.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The uranium industry is questioning Energy Secretary Steven Chu's determination that releasing and re-enriching up to 9,200 tons of depleted uranium from a federal stockpile won't undermine uranium prices.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Boat owners in Wyoming can now renew their state watercraft registration on the computer.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Gov. Matt Mead says he's glad a federal agency has for a second time denied a permit requested by a Colorado businessman who wants to build a 500-mile pipeline to carry water from southwestern Wyoming to Colorado's Front Range.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming officials say there are no plans to strengthen livestock regulations following allegations of mistreatment of pigs at a commercial farm in Wheatland.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - A professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Atmospheric Science has been recognized for his cloud-seeding research.

A subsidiary of Peabody Energy successfully bid on nearly 402 million tons of mineable coal  on 3,243 acres of land located next to North Antelope Rochelle Mine.

Douglas Gerard describes himself as a conservative Republican dedicated to improving his community.  Such dedication, he says, is why he’s running for the Wyoming House District 3 seat.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Lanay Bingham-Shippert graduated just in time to celebrate the 60th reunion of her high school class.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - With boating season starting up, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department reminds boaters to make sure their boats are not carrying invasive species.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Authorities suspect a murder-suicide in the shooting deaths of a married Casper couple whose bodies were found in their living room earlier this week.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The League of American Bicyclists has awarded Jackson and Teton County a gold designation as a bicycle-friendly community.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The economy remains strong in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Plains states because of the health of agricultural businesses there.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A security assessment of the State Capitol building in Cheyenne questions the state's ability to respond to or prevent a violent incident.

LANDER, Wyo. (AP) - An outdoor education and leadership program offered by Central Wyoming College has become the college's biggest draw for out-of-state students.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will accept resident hunting applications for elk, deer and antelope through the end of May.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has relocated a male grizzly bear that killed a calf on a private ranch north of Cody.

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens caught several people illegally collecting shed antlers in southwest Wyoming last month.

The price of natural gas is plunging as supplies continue to build and mild weather is curtailing demand in parts of the country.