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Consultant to draft county's comments to Forest Service

CODY, Wyo. — Park County commissioners agreed Tuesday to retain the services of Ecosystems Research Group and have the consultant draft the county's response to the Shoshone National Forest's new draft management plan.

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Park County to support group's push for motorized access in Shoshone Forest

CODY, Wyo. — Park County commissioners voted Tuesday to support the goals of an off-road-vehicle group looking to increase motorized access in portions of the Shoshone National Forest.

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Wyoming officials search for options to American Care Act

CODY, Wyo. — A panel of health insurance experts shared the state’s plan to offer alternatives to the American Care Act on Tuesday night, saying that Wyoming needs to create a bottom-up strategy that meets the state’s unique challenges.

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Director: County code enforcement needs another officer

CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County Planning Department needs more help to identify properties with code violations and to work with landowners to fix them or turn them over to the district attorney's office when they refuse, its director said Tuesday.

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Affecting change? Wyoming Tea Party, Occupy activists plan next move

CASPER, Wyo. — Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street activists don’t agree on much when it comes to politics. But they do agree on one thing: the 2012 elections will be vitally important to the future of America.

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Pot impaired suspect in fatal crash, officer testifies

Pot impaired suspect in fatal crash, officer testifies

CASPER, Wyo. — Tests performed on a Casper man charged with killing a pedestrian showed that he had enough marijuana in his system to significantly impair his ability to drive, a police officer testified Tuesday.

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Former official in tribal department sentenced

CHEYENNE — A former finance administrator for the Northern Arapaho tribe's Department of Social Services has been sentenced to five months in prison…

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Occupy Missoula protesters to take down large tent

MISSOULA — Representatives for the Occupy Missoula movement say they will remove a large green tent from the county courthouse lawn on or before Martin Luther King Jr. Day but will remain on the grounds.

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Democrat governor candidates back pipeline

HELENA -- State Sen. Larry Jent on Tuesday challenged his Democratic opponent for governor, Attorney General Steve Bullock, to join him in urging President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

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3 semitrailers crash on icy U.S. Highway 12

3 semitrailers crash on icy U.S. Highway 12

MISSOULA - Black ice sent numerous drivers into ditches on Tuesday morning, including a U.S. Highway 12 wreck that damaged three semi trucks.

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USDA closes Montana, Wyoming offices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will shutter four offices in Montana and Wyoming as part of the $150 million cost cutting measure that includes 259 total closures.

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Early prediction: below average runoff in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - After record mountain snowmelt caused disastrous flooding across Wyoming last year, early predictions Tuesday by federal hydrologists foresee below average runoff this year because of a dearth of snowfall so far this winter.

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'High-risk' insurance pool already needs cash infusion

HELENA — Montana's federally funded health insurance "high-risk pool" for the hard-to-insure will blow through its initially allocated $16 million this year and needs another $6 million to $7 million to cover its 2012 costs, officials said Tuesday.

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Intruder breaks into home, beats Cody man with hammer

CODY, Wyo. -- Police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a home Monday afternoon and struck the occupant several times with a hammer before fleeing.

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NaturEner gets $320M loan for wind farm near Cut Bank

A California company says it has lined up a $320 million loan to construct a wind farm in northern Montana that will generate 189 megawatts of electricity.

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Legislators seek to join lawsuit over ballot measure

HELENA -- Seven Republican legislators have asked a district judge to allow them to help the state keep on the June primary ballot a voter referendum to change how Montana Supreme Court justices are elected.

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No cause yet known in oil field death

BISMARCK -- North Dakota Medical Examiner, Dr. William Massello, said Tuesday it may be a couple of months before results are returned from the lab and he can determine what caused the death of 21-year-old Dustin Bergsing, who was found early Saturday at a remote Marathon Oil well in nort…

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North Dakota oil production exceeds 500,000 barrels daily

North Dakota oil drillers have surpassed a milestone of half a million barrels of oil a day.

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Feds say medical marijuana dealer, former Griz QB mulled bribes

HELENA - Federal agents claim in inadvertently released court documents that a former University of Montana quarterback caught up in a medical marijuana raid contemplated bribing police and politicians.

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Red Lodge offers winter Farmers Market

The Red Lodge Area Food Partnership Council will sponsor a mini winter farmers market starting Thursday at the Elks Club, 114 N. Broadway, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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