The University of Wyoming Extension has hired Lauren Faurie as the new 4-H youth development educator for Niobrara County.

The US Department of the Interior has transferred nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional Corporation, an Alaska native group.

For most high schoolers, summer break usually means sleeping in and taking it easy. That’s not the case for a group of teens who are spending their holiday working with the Northwest Youth Corps.

The five fires — Turner Gulch, Wright Draw, Deer Creek, South Rim and Sowbelly fires — are burning on a total of about 21,000 ...