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Lander Mayor Monte Richardson unexpectedly died last week, leaving behind a grieving community and a vacant leadership position. The City Council appointed current Council President Julia Stuble to temporarily fill his position until next Tuesday.

According to new findings, more than 20,000 people have died from heat in the U.S. over the last quarter-century — and the problem looks like it’s getting worse.

Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives? It’s a controversial topic. A health law conference at the University of Nevada Las Vegas discusses the past, present, and future of legalizing medical aid in dying.

A new report shows that death rates for people under 40 are surging across the United States, including parts of the Mountain West.

Nearly one out of every four lives lost to COVID-19 could have been prevented by vaccination. That's according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

There was a sharp increase in deaths in Wyoming in 2021, driven in large part by deaths from COVID-19. That's according to numbers released by the Wyoming Department of Health's Vital Statistics Services office, which show that suicides and overdoses also went up.

Chris Bruton said his dad got sick in 2017 and just never got better. "He had fatigue and we didn't know what it was," he said. By January 2018, they...

A coal miner is dead after a bulldozer accident in the early morning hours on Sunday.The incident happened at the Bridger coal mine near Rock Springs,…

There were 35 workplace fatalities in the state last year, according to a report released by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. That’s up from…