By AP

Great Falls, Mont. – Senators from Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota are all lobbying the U.S. Air Force to choose their respective states as the site of a new command center to oversee
the nation's nuclear arsenal.

The Air Force recently decided to consolidate under one command center control over land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, and airborne bombers capable of carrying nuclear bombs. All three states hold ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Cheyenne, Wy – AAA says the average price for a gallon of
gasoline in Wyoming has dropped below $3.41 for the first time
since April. And the group says it expects prices will continue to
drop.
The auto club says that the recent slide in fuel prices is
because of the sharp drop in the price of oil, to near $90 a
barrel. In addition, it says that lower demand for petroleum in
both the United States and Europe and the weakening of the Euro are
bringing gas prices down.
Denice Harris is spokeswoman for the association. She says the

Sheridan, Wy – Downtown Sheridan has been designated one
of the country's "10 Great Neighborhoods" by the American
Planning Association.
W. Paul Farmer, the association's executive director, calls
Sheridan a "role model of good planning for communities around the
country."
The association says neighborhoods are evaluated on a range of
features, including design, architecture, safety, and accommodation
of multiple uses and multiple modes of transportation.
Sheridan associate city planner Elizabeth Wood says Sheridan's

Lander, Wy – A genetically pure species of trout is being sucked into irrigation ditches near Dubois. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Erin Smith says biologists are tracking 41 Yellowstone cutthroat trout with radio transmitters in the East Fork of the Wind River. She says the department is gathering data so it can better manage the animal's habitat.

By Bob Beck

By AP

Reno, NV – A new study by an environmental group that wants the sage grouse listed as a threatened or endangered species shows less than 5 percent of what's left of its dwindling habitat across the West is federally protected.

WildEarth Guardians' new assessment found four-fifths of the game bird's habitat is adversely affected by either livestock grazing, natural gas and oil development or invasive weeds.

Casper, Wy – A man is in critical condition after Casper police shocked him repeatedly with a Taser. Thirty-eight-year-old Troy Tackett was taken to the Wyoming
Medical Center on Friday afternoon after he stopped breathing when
police shocked him three times with a Taser. A hospital spokesman
said he remained in critical condition Tuesday.
Police Chief Tom Pagel says the Wyoming Division of Criminal
Investigation is looking into the incident.
Tasers fire two probes that deliver a charge of electricity to a

By Elsa Partan

Laramie, Wy – Despite the downturn in the national economy, many Wyoming car and truck dealers say they have not seen a drop in sales recently. One dealership in Cheyenne has seen a five percent increase in the last year. That dealership is Halladay Motors in Cheyenne. President Tim Joannides, says he thinks his company has done well because the local economy is still strong.

Wyoming – Ten years ago, the murder of Matthew Shepard touched a nerve around the world. The gay University of Wyoming student was brutally beaten by two young men in Laramie, tied to a fence, and left to die. We begin our special report with excerpts from some of Wyoming Public Radio's news coverage.

Wyoming – Elsa Partan interviews Heather Feeney and Bob Beck. They say covering Matthew Shepard's murder changed the way they look at news.