SHERIDAN, Wyoming, Aug. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the City of Sheridan and Stella-Jones Inc. established a unified command to coordinate the response to a spill of diesel-containing wood preservative at the Stella-Jones facility in Sheridan. A mixture of diesel and dichlorooctylisothiazolinone (DCOI) spilled from a retort at the Stella-Jones facility at 7  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) sampling results from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Aug. 22, 2023, the second from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related career fields. The testing, conducted by the U.S. Air Forc  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,148,010 visitors to national parks in Wyoming spent $870,000,000 in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 11,538 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $1,127,700,000. "Since 1916, the National Park Service has been entrusted with the care of our national parks. With the help of volunteers and  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Jason D. Wicks, age 49, of Hillman, Michigan, was arraigned in federal court on August 23, 2023, facing criminal charges of off-trail travel in a Yellowstone National Park thermal area and being under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the degree he was a danger to himself or others. Wicks pleaded not guilty to the charges. As part of the conditions for release, Wicks i  more