That’s a .1% rise over August, but down from September 2024’s 3.5% rate, and much lower than the U.S.’s September 2025 rate of 4.4%.

The health department says all five were close contacts and spread it to each other. The initial exposure happened out of state.

The extreme wind gusts were on South Pass and near Smoot. But unusually high wind was prevalent across the entire state this week.

In a since deleted social media post, a special district in Natrona County called for classifying EMS as an essential service under Wyoming law, like firefighting and law enforcement, to give it dedicated funding. That’s in response to property tax reductions.

A federal judge said HUD cannot dramatically change its funding policies on homelessness for now. States, cities and nonprofits say the proposed overhaul would push thousands back onto the streets.

The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.

Details are beginning to emerge about the life of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the gunman who killed two and injured nine others in the attack at Brown University last week. He is also believed to have killed an MIT professor on Monday, police said.

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.