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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A high-ranking official with the Wyoming Highway Patrol is under investigation for posing for a photo near a bison at Yellowstone National Park. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating Highway Patrol Major Keith Groeneweg after he posted a photo on Facebook that looks like he is violating park rules that people must stay at least 25 yards from wildlife.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A company that operates a natural gas plant in southwest Wyoming never paid thousands of dollars in fines for a 2014 fire because state regulators failed to send a bill. The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2djlaGl) the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is investigating why the bill was never sent to Williams Field Services Company after the fines were agreed upon.

LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death of a woman at a home in Dubois. The Riverton Ranger reports 53-year-old Lance Clark, of Dubois, was arrested Friday in the death of 49-year-old Laurie Margaret Thompson. He is charged with second-degree murder. Investigators say Thompson was found in her home Sunday with a single gunshot wound to the head. Clark has denied being at the home when Thompson was killed.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new report from a group of Western attorneys general casts doubt on many of the legal arguments Utah has put forward in its push to gain control of millions of acres of federal land. The report, based on two years of work, doesn't address every argument Utah has floated. But it points out decisions by the Supreme Court and other federal courts that would put Utah on shaky ground if it sues the U.S. government for control.