Man vs. wild: Colo. camper uses chain saw to fend off attacking mountain lion in WyomingBILLINGS, Mont. — A Colorado man used a chain saw to fight off a mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming. Colo. man fends off attacking mountain lion at Wyoming campsite with chain sawBILLINGS, Mont. — Wielding his chain saw as a weapon, a Colorado man says he fought off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming. Man says he fends off lion with chainsaw in Wyo.CODY, Wyo. — A man says he used his chainsaw to fight off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping in the Shoshone National Forest. Ex-Marine Dustin Britton of Windsor, Colo., says he raised the chainsaw he had been using to cut brush and inflicted a six- to eight-inch gash on the 100-pound lion’s shoulder. Tornado destroys 2 northeastern Wyoming houses, no injuries reportedCHEYENNE, Wyo. — A tornado cut a miles-long path through rural northeastern Wyoming, destroying two homes and several barns and spawning damaging hail, officials said Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries. Man suspected of kidnapping woman from Wyoming home leaves his ATM card at sceneROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Deputies say a man suspected of kidnapping a woman used an ATM card with his name on it to pop open a lock at her Wyoming home, and then left the card behind. ID, Mont. ready for first open wolf hunts in lower US after endangered status liftedBILLINGS, Mont. — Montana and Idaho are moving to host the first open gray wolf hunts in the lower 48 states after the animal’s removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies. Visits last month to Yellowstone National Park set record, jump 8.5 percent from June 2008CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Visitors flocked to Yellowstone National Park in June, propelling the park to its busiest January-June period on record, according to numbers released Tuesday. Palin’s choice of next Lt. Gov. raises succession questions in AlaskaWest Desk editing plan for Tuesday, July 7. The desk files for New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California and Hawaii 24/7. Anna Jo Bratton is the supervisor, followed by Katie Oyan at 4 p.m. The desk can be reached at 1-602-417-2400. Note this planner will be updated periodically throughout the day and saved in workbench under WERday. These lines are not for publication. Power supplier to electric co-ops in 4 Western states signs wind farm dealDENVER — A company that supplies power to rural electric cooperatives in four Western states announced Monday that it will buy electricity from a new wind farm on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Like pushing elephants on ice: Air Force pilots relish tricky firefighting missionsSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Friday: Chilean man convicted of murder, sex assault in 1997 death of University of Colorado studentBOULDER, Colo. — A jury on Friday convicted a Chilean national in the 1997 beating death of a University of Colorado student. Officials to recognize selection of Cheyenne as site of GE coal research plantCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Construction of a $100 million research plant to refine and improve technology on turning coal into clean-burning natural gas will start next year with the goal of having the plant up and running by late 2012, officials said. Senior spelling title goes to Virginia man who competed in Scripps bee as a youngsterCHEYENNE, Wyo. — It took Michael Petrina Jr. 51 years to finally win a national spelling bee. AP Interview: New Forest Service chief vows quick spending on economic stimulusWASHINGTON — New Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell says he will move quickly to ensure that his agency spends its $1.15 billion share of federal economic stimulus funding. Utah man presumed dead after leaping into river in Yellowstone Park, going over fallsYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Officials in Yellowstone National Park are searching for a man they believe committed suicide by jumping into a river and going over a 300-foot waterfall. High-demand for bobcat fur coats has wildlife advocates worried about overtrapping in WestRENO, Nev. — Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts. Fort Laramie, historic Wyoming outpost for trappers, travelers and soldiers, turns 175FORT LARAMIE, Wyo. — The frontiersmen who built this outpost in 1834 picked a spot they hoped would enable them to dominate the regional buffalo-hide trade: a valley where two rivers run together and the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains. Lawsuits over hunting of gray wolves filed in federal courts in Montana, WyomingBILLINGS, Mont. — A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region’s wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana. Globe-trotting dinosaurs? Similar tracks in Wyoming, Scotland spur study using 3-D technologyLARAMIE, Wyo. — It’s a Jurassic curiosity: As far as anyone can tell, the fossilized, three-toed dinosaur tracks in north-central Wyoming and on Scotland’s coast are indistinguishable. Wyoming, Idaho governors slam federal brucellosis plan, ask Vilsack to withhold actionBILLINGS, Mont. — The governors of Wyoming and Idaho say a federal plan to create a special livestock disease management zone in the Yellowstone region would “taint” the area’s cattle industry but do nothing to eliminate the disease. After endangered status stripped, gray wolf hunting to start this fall _ except in WyomingBILLINGS, Mont. — Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list on Monday, opening them to public hunts in some states for the first time in decades. Acclaimed poet Craig Arnold missing on Japanese island while writing about volcanoesCHEYENNE, Wyo. — An acclaimed poet who had been working on a book about volcanoes disappeared five days ago during a scouting expedition on a tropical island in southern Japan. NC congresswoman calls gay death case a ‘hoax’ during debate on Matthew Shepard billRALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina congresswoman said Thursday she chose her words poorly when she called claims that a Wyoming college student was murdered because he was gay a “hoax.” Heavy losses as sheep, cattle ranchers slog through blizzards, mud, chilly weatherCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Snowy, soggy, chilly weather has taken a severe toll on sheep and cattle across the northern Great Plains this spring. Wyo. police arrest woman after finding her in hotel room with barrel of cinnamon bear candiesCASPER, Wyo. — Police arrested a 28-year-old woman after finding a barrel of cinnamon bear candies in her hotel room that police believe had been stolen from a local restaurant. Officers responded to a 911 call at a hotel room where the woman was staying on Saturday evening. Officers determined that the call had been placed by accident. |
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