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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The final pieces of the Wyoming State Capitol renovation project are expected to be completed before the start of the next legislative session. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports the $317 million renovation is projected to be finished by February. The remaining renovations include an auditorium, student learning center and visitor center. Republican Gov. Mark Gordon and members of the Capitol Building Restoration Oversight Group received an update Wednesday from the firm managing the project.
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Cleanup requirements are holding up the sale of a bankrupt coal company's mines in Wyoming and Appalachia. West Virginia-based Blackjewel proposes to sell mines including the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr operations in Wyoming to an affiliate of Alabama-based FM Coal with help from Tennessee-based Contura Energy.
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Leaders of three more tribes have signed a treaty guiding restoration of buffalo populations in the U.S. and Canada. The International Buffalo Treaty was the first cross-border tribal treaty in more than 150 years when it was established in 2014.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A powerful winterlike storm moving through the Great Plains is closing schools and causing travel headaches in some states. Winter storm warnings and watches stretch from Wyoming and Montana through western Nebraska and into the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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