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Wyoming local governments’ ability to collect property taxes in limbo due to uncertainty over 4% cap
Local and state officials responsible for administering Wyoming’s property tax system are in uncharted waters. A recently adopted state law has skewed assessed values across the state, creating significant disparities between how one home may be taxed compared to another down the street.
The Wyoming Constitution re ... (full story)
Why eat junk on a camping trip? Tips and recipes for nutritious food on the trail
Few things feel better than a long hike in the woods, exhausting yourself as you soak in the fresh air and tranquility. Then, back to camp, where you chip away at those health benefits with packaged hot dogs slapped into a white-bread bun with a slice of plasticky processed cheese food.
It doesn’t have to be that way, said ... (full story)
Officials say sprinklers didn’t work during California warehouse fire
Firefighters responding to a blaze that destroyed a massive medical equipment warehouse in Northern California that was still burning a day later were hindered by sprinklers and hydrants that weren't working, authorities said June12.
The 1 million-square-foot (93,000-square-meter) warehouse in Tracy, a city about 55 miles (88.5 ... (full story)
As UFOs go mainstream, debate continues on alien life and religion
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth.
But Spielberg is hardly the only one making headlines of late about UFOs and the possibility of life on oth ... (full story)
New UFO files describe spinning discs, glowing orbs, potato-shaped object
WASHINGTON (AP) — One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light. Another was a shining red orb of a hue the observer had never seen before. Then there was the one compared to a potato, and also a bean, but with a coat of shimmering, fish-like scales.
Those were some of the UFOs described in documents released June 1 ... (full story)

