http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wy-news/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:10:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409199/posts Regulations: The Clean Water Act is being rewritten to give a government bureaucracy the power to regulate every body of water from the Mississippi River to a rain-flooded field. The first casualty may be American coal. With all the concern for the harm that cap-and-trade and regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant might do to the American economy and free markets, the Environmental Protection Agency is doing quite enough damage with an existing law on the books — the Clean Water Act. Congress plans to revise it to make it an even more powerful bludgeon against industry, energy producers and... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409199/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:10:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408976/posts University of Utah scientists say seismic images of the plumbing feeding the Yellowstone supervolcano show a magma plume much larger than previously thought. Scientists say they've imaged a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, contradicting claims there is no deep plume, only shallow hot rock moving like slowly boiling soup. A related University of Utah study used gravity measurements to indicate the banana-shaped magma chamber of hot and molten rock a few miles beneath Yellowstone is 20 percent larger than previously believed, so a future... .UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408976/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390285/posts (Officials in Wyoming propose a new animal protection law that could affect the way you look at a decorative staple in many homes: Deer antlers.) There’s nothing quite as authentic as walking into a “country” home that’s replete with braided cotton rugs, hand-sewn valance curtains, pewter candlesticks, and, of course, antlers — antlers mounted above the hearth, antler chandeliers, antler flatware, antler bookends, antler coat racks, antler toilet paper holders, and so on. It seems to me that antlers pretty much define the hunting lodge design aesthetic and without them, a proper country home would feel naked. It’s nice to... Mother Nature Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390285/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389362/posts <p>Contact your Senators and let them know what you think!</p> <p>U.S. veterans or subsidies for United Nations (U.N.) bureaucracy.</p> Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389362/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377369/posts Almost 20% of West Virginians eligible to vote are either dead or have moved. Five States with the Most Dead People Eligible to Vote: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. FUN TIME IN ACORN TOWN: DEAD PEOPLE RULE! Are you lonely when you go to the polling place? Want some company? Perhaps, you'd like to take along a dead "friend" to vote with you. That's a scenario that's becoming more possible across the United States. A combination of old voter registration lists that still contain the names of dead voters and voters who have moved, new "Motor Voter" legislation,... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377369/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:38:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376039/posts <p>Need some FReeper help! The Tea Party Express is coming to Wyoming & Colorado on Wednesday for a series of tea party rallies and we're working hard in the short time that remains to get the word out and build up the sizes of the crowds.</p> Tea Party Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376039/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:08:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374383/posts An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights. The fall storm spread 3 feet of snow and left much higher drifts across parts of northern Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, before its leading edge hit neighboring states just to the east. Wind-driven snow built to blizzard conditions over much of eastern Colorado. The weather service warned most area roads would be impassible Thursday night because of blowing snow and near-zero visibility.... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374383/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372848/posts Wednesday, 21 October 2009 15:33 A law loosening gun restrictions in America's National Parks goes beyond what proponents initially argued and would allow anyone with a gun permit to openly carry a weapon in Yellowstone National Park, if legal experts are correct. A legislation, proposed and drafted by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) was billed as a way to uniformly enforce gun laws across different states and National Parks, which are under federal supervision. The law was said to extend the state's guidelines concerning concealed carry into the federal National Park. If you had a permit for a concealed... Yellowstone Insider.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372848/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368341/posts The Dillon ranchers who lost more than 120 buck sheep in an August wolf attack last week lost 23 lambs from the same area when wolves struck again. Kathy Konen said this week that despite the presence of a herder and guard dogs, wolves struck the herd sometime in the early morning hours Oct. 17. She and husband Jon Konen lost 23 weaned lambs. "They're in the area, and they've killed once," she said of wolves. "We knew they would come back and kill again." The Konens in August lost 122 sheep to wolves in the same pasture in the... mt standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368341/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:46:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367396/posts Cliff Hansen, a Jackson Hole native who served as U.S. senator and Wyoming governor, died Tuesday at his home in Spring Gulch, a family member said. He was 97. Jackson Hole News and Guide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367396/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365183/posts In a case where a firearm was locked in the glove box of a postal employee, the strong central government once again stuck it's chest out and scoffed at the Second Amendment. From an appeals case in U.S. District Five: “the Postal Service owned the parking lot...and its restrictions on guns stemmed from its constitutional authority as the property owner” How arrogant of the Judges to rule that someone other than “we the people” own the postal property. Finally there is no constitutional authority granting them any right to restrict firearms, they do so only by a string of rulings... Cheyenne Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365183/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361788/posts On "The Senate Doctors Show" Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) answers health care reform questions about the supply of doctors and nurses, how Medicare will be affected, and government-run health care. Republicans want step-by-step health care reform solutions that reduce costs and covers more uninsured Americans without increasing the deficit. Senate Republican Conference http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361788/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356949/posts Like Jim Vicevich, I like Shep Smith, but has he "sold out"on the healthcare issue? It’s classic Shep … he gets pretty hot. Senator Barrasso from Wyoming must have been scratching his head and wondering if he had suddenly been transported to MSNBC. I like Shep Smith very much. I think he is honest and sincere, and this certainly will not change my opinion of him, but this is just classic “wrong”. http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356949/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354074/posts It’s going to happen. Gun rights activist and former Afton resident David E. Olson of Glenwood City has announced that an “Open Carry Tea Party” will be held the afternoon of Oct. 17, a Saturday, at Lakefront Park in Hudson, Wis. The purpose of the event is for people to exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly and their Second Amendment rights to own and carry firearms, Olson said. After holding an open carry event in Glenwood City on Aug. 23, Olson told other media outlets that he was planning a similar event for Hudson in mid-October.... Woodbury Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354074/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:26:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335511/posts CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney's support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction. The former vice president and wife Lynne are expected to attend Thursday's dedication of the new Cheney International Center on the Laramie campus. Protesters plan to be there, too. The center is funded in part with $3.2 million the Cheneys donated to the university in several installments while he was vice president. The... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335511/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335417/posts CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Sept. 8) — A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney's support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction. The former vice president and wife Lynne are expected to attend Thursday's dedication of the new Cheney International Center on the Laramie campus. Protesters plan to be there, too. The center is funded in part with $3.2 million the Cheneys donated to the university in several installments while he was vice... AP - Mars http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335417/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333818/posts In a last effort to give the Senate a bipartisan health care bill, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee circulated a comprehensive proposal on Sunday to overhaul the health care system and proposed a new fee on insurance companies to help pay for coverage of the uninsured. ... The proposal by Mr. Baucus does not include a public option, or a government-run insurance plan, to compete with private insurers, as many Democrats want. ... It remains to be seen how Mr. Baucus’s plan might mesh with any proposals Mr. Obama lays out as he tries to pump up support... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333818/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:03:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331744/posts A federal judge has sided with managers of northern Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest and against an environmental group that challenged livestock grazing in the forest. Boise-based Western Watersheds Project filed suit over a 2005 revision to the forest management plan... U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer ruled Monday that forest managers did as the law required -- they took a "hard look" at the environmental consequences of the forest plan. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331744/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:59:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330965/posts GLENROCK, Wyo. — Bud Grose seemed like the last person who should attract the attention of police when the 76-year-old retiree hopped on his antique tractor and rumbled through the annual parade in this small Wyoming town. But what was supposed to be a day of fun at an end-of-summer festival ended abruptly when police shot Grose with a Taser in a dispute about where to end the parade route. The incident nearly incited a riot as outraged neighbors rushed to his defense. Now residents of this tight-knit town of 2,400 are seething over what they see as police brutality,... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330965/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:21:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327654/posts Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming delivers the weekly Republican address on the loss of Senator Kennedy and the importance of getting health care reform done right. Sen. Enzi discusses how the Democrats are rushing a health reform bill through congress that will ultimately "raid Medicare", raise costs and increase the deficit. Sen. Enzi urges lawmakers to listen to what the American people are saying and scrap the Democrats' current plan in order to "enact common sense reform that will actually cut costs." YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327654/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327417/posts <p>A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to fading chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country's "finances sicker without saving you money."</p> <p>The criticism from Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., echoed that of many opponents of the Democratic plans under consideration in Congress. But Enzi's judgment was especially noteworthy because he is one of only three Republicans who have been willing to consider a bipartisan bill in the Senate.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327417/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325284/posts GREEN RIVER -- Like a lot of two-legged celebrities unaccustomed to the spotlight, this four-legged star couldn't handle fame either. He rose quickly to the top of the YouTube.com charts, then turned on his adoring fans and now he's got a long, rocky climb back from seeming obscurity. "Bam Bam" the famous bighorn ram has been banished from Sinks Canyon State Park. The bighorn sheep who gained local popularity and a devoted following on the Internet was moved to a new home in the eastern Wind River Mountains last week by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. "We hope he... Caspar Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325284/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:05:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322897/posts Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, has rounded on his US critics over charges that he has been too cautious in the way he has handled the economic and financial crisis in the eurozone. He mounted the vigorous defence at the annual symposium organised by the Kansas City Federal Reserve at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the policies of the world's major central banks, the ECB, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan were examined by economists. The critics included Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor credited with forecasting the crisis. They accused Mr Trichet and... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322897/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320713/posts Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is set to meet with central bank governors from Italy, France and Japan at the annual gathering of at the Kansas City's Federal Reserve's annual symposium. The key question to be addressed at the weekend meeting is how the US will be able to bring an end to its considerable intervention in the financial markets without stalling its tentative recovery. Mr Bernanke is due to address the meeting on Friday in a closed session entitled "Lessons from a year in crisis." He is expected to touch on the need for stronger co-operation between regulators in... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320713/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:58:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320633/posts congressional leaders from carbon-intensive states such as Wyoming remain adamantly opposed to the Waxman-Markey bill, insisting the real costs of curbing greenhouse gas emissions would further bankrupt the nation. “There’s nothing good about it,” said U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. “I’m going to do everything to make sure it doesn’t pass.” U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., said the bill is “the biggest hidden tax in America.” “It’s a Ponzi scheme because we’re just going to print certificates for CO2 and not take care of any CO2,” Enzi said. “It’s just another way to make money.” The U.S. House in June... Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320633/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:02:27 GMT