Utah man presumed dead after leaping into river in Yellowstone Park, going over falls

YELLOWSTONE 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 West

RENO, 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 175

FORT 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, Wyoming

BILLINGS, 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 technology

LARAMIE, 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 action

BILLINGS, 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 Wyoming

BILLINGS, 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 volcanoes

CHEYENNE, 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 bill

RALEIGH, 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 weather

CHEYENNE, 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 candies

CASPER, 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.