Wyoming

BUFORD, Wyo. — Buford is a small place for sure, but so is the world.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A Senate committee has endorsed proposed legislation that would require coaches and trainers of organized non-school youth sports and activities to get training about concussions and how to handle head injuries.

Senate File 50 advances to the Senate floor after winning the 5-0 vote from the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on Monday.

GILLETTE, Wyo. -- The pronghorn buck looked across a quarter-mile of grass and sagebrush and seemed to smile.

There was ample reason.

Michael King and I crouch-walked in the animal's direction, binoculars held atop our heads like 6-inch horns, and did our best pronghorn antelope impersonations.

There are easier ruses to pull off. Some shag carpets offer more cover than well-browsed western grassland. And pronghorn have excellent vision.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — All three workers killed in an oilfield explosion in eastern Wyoming were men, and all three died at the scene of the latest deadly workplace mishap in the state, authorities said Tuesday.

The blast occurred Monday at an oil production site on a private ranch, about 50 miles northeast of Casper.

WHEATLAND, Wyo. -- Police say a man shot and killed his three sons and his adult brother and wounded his wife in a mobile home park in southeast Wyoming.

All the victims were shot Thursday, Wheatland Police Chief Randy Chesser said.

Everett Conant, who is in his mid-30s, was arrested after a brief standoff that followed the shootings, Chesser said. The shootings were reported to police just before 6 p.m. Thursday.