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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Officials in Wyoming are trying to decide whether incentives to fix problems or punishing fines will help reduce job-related fatalities. Information on the number of people killed on the job is not available for last year, but a state report determined that 34 people died on the job in 2014.

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters working on steep hillsides are chopping down trees and searching for hotspots as they battle a wildfire that's blocking one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park. Wildfire managers say their top priority is clearing the highway and protecting campgrounds, buildings and archaeological sites.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Major national parks are grappling with wildlife harassment, illegal camping, vandalism, theft of resources and other visitor misbehavior as the National Park Service marks its 100th anniversary. In Yellowstone, for instance, record visitor numbers are transforming the summer rush into a sometimes dangerous frenzy. Selfie-snapping tourists routinely break park rules and get too close to its storied elk herds, grizzly bears, wolves and bison.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming is opting for more nine-month appointments for faculty to save money instead of paying them for a full year, hoping some of them will continue to do research during the summer. Most faculty members are now on nine-month contracts.

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