Laramie River

Officials say a fire burning southwest of Laramie along the Laramie River near Harmony is now 70% contained.

Proceed with caution around Optimist Park

A bridge rehabilitation project headed by the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Reiman Corp. may cause several delays this summer The project focuses on a bridge over the Medicine Bow River on Wyoming Highway 487 near the town of Medicine Bow at about mile marker 4...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking anglers, crayfish trappers, and other outdoor recreationists are being asked to report any rusty crayfish which are being found in the Laramie River watershed. Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) are native to the Ohio River Basin but were discovered in Wyoming in 2006 after being illegally introduced into private ponds and then escaping into Wagonho

The story dates back to the early 1800s, long before the railroad established Cheyenne, Laramie County, or the city of Laramie.

The project will be addressing the channel stability and habitat enhancement for the trout in the river.

Flooding is also possible in neighboring Converse and Carbon counties.

Basin Electric announced Tuesday that the tentative settlement comes in its lawsuit against the EPA over the agency's attempts to reduce haze from coal-fired power plants in Wyoming.

The Laramie River last measured 8.6 feet at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Emanuel is hopeful that the Laramie River will stay in the minor flood stage, but he says it could get close to the moderate flood stage at nine feet.