The declaration allows the state to access more federal firefighting resources and directs the Office of Homeland Security to participate in firefighting responses. There is an immediate evacuation alongside the Fremont and Host Springs county lines as a result of the Red Canyon Fire.

In the decision to dismiss the case, the judge wrote that the Wyomingite who brought it lacked standing to sue Gray.

Smith vacates his seat in the state senate representing Cheyenne. The state’s Republican central committee will forward the names of three potential replacements to his district’s county commissioners, who will appoint one to finish out the term.

Wyoming is set to lose about $50 million a year because of new federal breaks for the coal industry. This has state lawmakers looking for ways to recoup the revenue loss.

Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett.

On Sunday, South Korean officials said they would send a plane to bring the detained workers home. Earlier, South Korea's Foreign Minister said his nation was "deeply concerned" by the arrests.

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday.

Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.