Rock Springs, Wy – A convicted killer captured in Wyoming
after six days on the run remains in critical condition at
University of Utah Hospital.
Police say Danny Gallegos was armed when he was shot in the
abdomen Saturday night after emerging from a stolen sport utility
vehicle in western Wyoming.
Gallegos and another convicted killer, Juan Carlos Diaz-Arevalo,
were captured after an 11-mile chase on Interstate 80.
Authorities say they tied up a retiree in his trailer and stole

Laramie, Wy – Residents of Clark,Wyoming say a year old gas blowout is still causing the community problems. During testing by a company looking for gas benzene ended up in the local water supply and Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality is monitoring the situation. Residents will be attending a meeting tonight to further discuss the situation. Clark Resource Council member Deb Thomas says that it is becoming a serious concern. Thomas says chemicals blew into the air as well and she thinks the D-E-Q should monitor that as well.

By Hayley Douglass

Laramie, WY – May snowfall made for a promising hunting season this year. That's according to Jeff Obrecht of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. He says spring grass led to more food, nutrition and fawning in antelope and deer populations. Now Obrecht says only obstacle is more snow.

A good antelope season is underway and really the only thing that really impacts that terribly is if we get a lot of moisture which would tie up the mobility of hunters.

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Rock Springs, WY – The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office
is investigating who might have attacked and injured horses in the Rock Springs area.
Authorities said a number of horses north of Rock Springs were injured by a weapon that could be either a pitchfork, a machete or a gun.
One horse suffered such severe injuries that it had to be put down.

By Peter O'Dowd

Laramie, WY – State democrats are ripping John Barrasso, saying the senator should reconsider his stance against expanding a children's healthcare program. The U-S Senate passed the bill that that would enlarge the program to 60-billion dollars over five years. Both Senator Barrasso and Senator Mike Enzi voted against the legislation. But Wyoming Democratic Party Spokesman Bill Luckett says Barrasso in particular should have known better.

EVANSTON, Wyo – Authorities rushed to a home yesterday (Thursday) in Evanston in southwest Wyoming based on a tip that two escaped Utah inmates were holed up there.
But the men were not there.
The hunt still is on for convicted killers Danny Martin Gallegos and Juan Carlos Diaz-Arevalo.
The killers climbed a fence and escaped the Daggett County jail, 120 miles east of Salt Lake City in eastern Utah.
Daggett County sheriff Rick Ellsworth detailed for the first time today the circumstances of Sunday's escape.

Wyoming – Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi voted against an expansion to a children's health insurance bill. Todd Zwillich has this report from Capitol Hill.