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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a uranium mining company has agreed to corrective measures after two spills of radioactive sludge, the most recent in March when some of the material from a Wyoming mine leaked from a truck onto a highway. The sludge spilled onto U.S. 191 outside a radioactive waste disposal facility in Utah.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from a man who claims it was unconstitutional for the state to seize $470,000 in cash from him without charging him with a crime. Chief Justice E. James Burke dismissed an appeal from Robert Miller of Illinois.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters in Yellowstone National Park are now actively fighting a large wildfire that has been burning for the last three weeks. The fire is located north of the West Entrance Road between West Yellowstone, Montana, and Madison Junction, and has burned about 57 square miles.
YELLOWSTON NATIONAL PARK, Mont. (AP) — Beginning Thursday snowmobilers will be able to enter a drawing for permits to ride through Yellowstone National Park without a guide. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that a permit is required for all non-commercially-guided groups to enter the park.
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