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Wellspring Health Access, Wyoming's only abortion clinic, is seen Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
Wyoming Supreme Court to hear arguments over abortion bans struck down by a judge
The Wyoming Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday over state abortion bans struck down by a judge.
 
Wellspring Health Access, Wyoming's only abortion clinic, is seen Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
New laws complicate Wyoming’s abortion situation as bans set to be argued in state Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments on state abortion bans that a lower court judge has struck down as unconstitutional.
 
The plaque that marked the placement of a portrait of President Donald Trump is all that remains after the picture, which was part of a display of all of the country's chief executives, was removed from the wall of the rotunda in the State Capitol following complaints about the likeness from Trump Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado artist denies trying to distort Trump in portrait
A Colorado artist denies trying to distort Donald Trump’s likeness in a portrait that hung until recently in the state Capitol. Colorado Springs artist Sarah Boardman says the president’s criticisms are now hurting her business.
 
A public water fountain is seen Friday, March 28, 2025, in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Utah bans fluoride in public drinking water, a first in the US
Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov.
 
Movies are advertised on the Boulder Theater marquee in Boulder, Colo., Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
What to know about Boulder, Colorado, the Sundance Film Festival’s new home
After four decades in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is relocating to Boulder, Colorado.
 
The plaque that marked the placement of a portrait of President Donald Trump is all that remains after the picture, which was part of a display of all of the country's chief executives, was removed from the wall of the rotunda in the State Capitol following complaints about the likeness from Trump Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A new Trump portrait for Colorado’s Capitol could take time after one he disliked was removed
Filling an empty space on the wall of presidential portraits in the Colorado Capitol with a new painting of Donald Trump could take time after one he disliked was taken down.
 
101-year-old Col. James H. Harvey III, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, sits for a portrait in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump’s DEI purge
James H. Harvey III is 101 years old and one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The Black U.S. Air Force pilots and crew based at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama fought in North Africa and Europe in World War II.
 
President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson at the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Simpson has died at age 93. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Former US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who bridged partisan gaps with his quick wit, dies at age 93
Former President George W. Bush is remembering former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming for his accomplishments, friendship and sense of humor. Simpson died Friday at age 93 after struggling to recover from a broken hip in December.
 
Wyoming House Speaker Chip Neiman, a Republican and member of the chamber's Freedom Caucus, addresses a news conference in Cheyenne, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
Freedom Caucus in Wyoming claims victory with approval of most priorities
Freedom Caucus leaders in the Wyoming House of Representatives are claiming victory after a legislative session in which most of their priorities got passed.
 
This April 24, 2023. photo, shows the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Ultrasound now needed for pill abortions in Wyoming after lawmakers override veto
Women planning pill abortions in Wyoming will need to get an ultrasound after lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto of the new measure. Republican Gov.
 
This April 24, 2023. photo, shows the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Wyoming’s governor vetoes ultrasound requirement for medication abortions
Wyoming’s Republican governor has vetoed bill that would require women seeking medication abortions to get ultrasounds. Gov.
 
This April 24, 2023. photo, shows the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Wyoming’s only full-service clinic stops providing abortions after new regulations signed
Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic has stopped providing abortions, but it remains open after the state’s governor signed a law requiring such facilities be licensed as surgical centers.
 
The closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Trump makes US copper mining a focus of his domestic minerals policy
President Donald Trump has made the raw materials of modern life a pillar of U.S. foreign policy. He has talked about acquiring Greenland and its vast mineral wealth and prodding Ukraine for minerals in exchange for help fending off Russia’s invasion.
 
Leah Fauth places flowers in front of the West York Police Department after a police officer was killed responding to a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania hostage-taking and shootout highlight rising violence against US hospital workers
Violence against healthcare workers is on the rise as seen by an attack at a Pennsylvania hospital. A gunman took hostages before exchanges of gunfire that killed a police officer and wounded five other people at a York County, Pennsylvania, intensive care unit on Saturday.
 
Carbon dioxide and other pollutant billows from a stack at PacifiCorp’s coal-fired Naughton Power Plant, near where Bill Gates company, TerraPower plans to build an advanced, nontraditional nuclear reactor, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring, File)
Efforts to put carbon dioxide underground face less support in Trump’s second term
U.S. efforts to put carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where they won’t contribute to global warming could see less federal support under President Donald Trump although demand for the technology remains high.
 
Christine Arellano, who has worked for the King Soopers grocery store for the past 25 years, joins fellow workers on a picket line outside a King Soopers as a strike against the grocery chain began Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Thousands of Denver-area King Soopers grocery store workers go on strike
Some 10,000 grocery store workers are now on strike in Denver and nearby areas, claiming unfair and illegal negotiating practices by the King Soopers store chain.
 
A hammer is caught by the safety net during the men's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Spectator is killed by a stray hammer thrown at a Colorado youth track and field meet
A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field competition.
 
AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived
President Donald Trump’s return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry.
 
The Wyoming House of Representatives, where Freedom Caucus lawmakers have taken majority control, is seen Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
The Freedom Caucus takes control of the Wyoming House, marking its first chance to lead
Conservative members of Freedom Caucus have achieved a first. They now comprise a majority of the Wyoming House — shifting power away from more moderate or mainstream Republicans.
 
Park City Ski Patrol strike as they demand livable wages in Park City, Utah Jan 7. 2025, (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory
Two hundred Utah ski patrollers have ended a nearly two-week strike and returned to work at the biggest ski resort in the U.S.
 
Park City Ski Patrol strike as they demand livable wages in Park City, Utah Jan 7. 2025, (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Ski patrollers reach deal to end strike at Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort
Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort have reached a deal to end a strike that put a wrench in operations during the busy holiday season.
 
Park City Ski Patrol employee Erika Roetman holds a sign while on strike requesting livable wages in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Jan 7. 2025. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Rare ski patroller strike at largest resort in US causes long lines and closes terrain
A rare labor strike that began over the busy holidays and carried on into the new year has put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S. ski resort. Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort closed lifts and runs.
 
A view of the home where a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion killed and injured people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Rescuers find gruesome scene at a Honolulu home after a fireworks blast kills 3, injures over 20
Authorities say three people are dead and 20 others injured in a New Year’s fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood.
 
Part of a square-mile section of state land in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park is seen, Oct. 5, 2023. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile parcel of pristine, state-owned land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million. Gov.
 
Technicians investigate a crime scene where police say multiple family members were found dead inside a home in West Valley City, Utah, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (Scott G. Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
Police suspect a Utah father killed his wife and 3 kids, wounded a son, then killed himself
Five people were found dead in a Utah home after a man apparently shot his wife and four children before killing himself, police said Wednesday.
 
This photo provided by Grand Teton National Park shows Grizzly bear No. 399 and her one-year-old cub after emerging from hibernation, May 16, 2023. (C. Adams/National Park Service via AP, File)
New approach to Rocky Mountain grizzlies sought ahead of the second Trump presidency
Environmental groups are asking the U.S. government to do more to protect grizzly bears in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
 
FILE - The San Jose State University Spartans line up for the playing of the national anthem and player introductions for their NCAA Mountain West women's volleyball game against the Colorado State University Rams in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 3, 2024. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, file)
Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender
A judge has rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she’s transgender. Monday’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge S.
 
FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.
 
FILE - Part of a square-mile section of state land in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park is seen, Oct. 5, 2023. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
Wyoming moves ahead with selling land in Grand Teton National Park to federal government for $100M
Wyoming officials are proceeding with selling a spectacular, pristine piece of state property within Grand Teton National Park to the federal government for $100 million.
 
Voters line up outside the Gallatin County Courthouse on Election Day in Bozeman, Mont., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Free pizza and a DJ help defrost Montana voters lined up until 4 a.m. in the snow to vote
Waiting to vote tested the willpower of hundreds of people in an hourslong line that stretched outside a county courthouse in a Montana town. Polls closed at 8 p.m. in Bozeman, Montana, but the last ballot wasn’t cast until 4 a.m.
 
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