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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a county ruling Thursday that resentenced a teenager convicted of first-degree murder and other charges. Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Phillip Sam was 16 when he fatally shot 19-year-old Tyler Burns in a Cheyenne park in 2014. A Laramie county judge originally sentenced Sam to a prison term that left him eligible for parole after 52 years. The same judge resentenced Sam making him eligible for parole after 35 years behind bars or when he is 51 years old.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming city will get economic planning help with a nearly $140,000 federal grant. Gov. Mark Gordon announced the U.S. Economic Development Administration grant Thursday.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Snowfall has closed a road in Yellowstone National Park for the season. Snow, wind and ice prompted park officials to close the road over Dunraven Pass on Tuesday.
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.
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