GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK,Wyo.(AP) – Rangers have rescued a 21-year-old woman who was injured when she fell about 100 feet while descending Nez Perce Peak inGrand TetonNational Park.      Park spokeswoman Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles tells theJackson Hole News and Guide that Laura Mason, of Royal Oak,Mich., was glissading down the base of the Hourglass Couloir on the north side of the 11,901-foot peak Thursday morning when she fell and hit a series of rocks.      Anzelmo-Sarles couldn’t describe the nature of Mason’s injuries except to say she was unable to walk. Rescuers used ropes and a helicopter to evacuate the woman.      Park officials say the accident marks the third time this year that a climber or hiker has been significantly injured while glissading down a snowfield … Read entire article »

LANDER Wyo. (AP) – Authorities say anIdahoman has died from a fall inWyoming’sWind River Range.  The man fell offGannett Peakon Wednesday. He is identified as 63-year-old Don Scott, ofBoise.      The coroner’s office says he was climbing and hiking through the mountains with others when he slid a few hundred feet on a snow field into some boulders.      Winds were too strong on Thursday morning for a helicopter to recover the man’s body. Gannett Peak, the highest spot inWyoming, is over 13,800 feet. … Read entire article »

CHEYENNE, Wyo (AP) — TheWyomingHighway Patrol reports that it has confiscated 188 pounds of high-grade marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 west ofCheyenne.      Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the patrol says troopers found the marijuana in a rental truck during the traffic stop on Sunday. He says the truck had started inCaliforniaand was heading to Pennsylvania.      The patrol states that it arrested the driver, a 56-year-old man, and charged him with felony possession of a controlled substance. … Read entire article »

THAYNE,Wyo.(AP) – Three people fromUtahare dead following a head-on collision in far westernWyoming.      Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the Wyoming Highway Patrol says the crash happened Wednesday afternoon about 1 mile south of Thayne, in LincolnCounty.      Townsend says a 2007Toyotadriven northbound by 66-year-old Diane K. Duncan ofSalt Lake Citycrossed the center line.Duncan’s car hit a southbound pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Jacob L. Kilroy ofSmoot,Wyo., after Kilroy steered into the northbound lane to try to avoid a collision.      Duncan, 16-year-old Mackenzie A. Christensen ofSandy,Utah, and 80-year-old Milton D. Butler of Salt Lake Citywere killed. A 14-year-old boy riding withDuncanwas hospitalized.      Kilroy and his two passengers were treated and released from a local medical center. … Read entire article »

BILLINGS,Mont.(AP) – Officials inBigHornCountyhave released the name of the man who died in a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 90 near the Montana-Wyoming state line.      Coroner Terry Bullis says 24-year-old Corbin Lastovich of Sheridan,Wyo., died in the crash near Wyola shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday.      The Montana Highway Patrol says Lastovich was eastbound when his vehicle drifted off the left side of the road. He overcorrected and went across both lanes of the interstate. The vehicle rolled. Lastovich was ejected and died at the scene.      Lastovich was originally fromMinnesotaand was working for a finance company inSheridan,Wyo. … Read entire article »

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) – A bicyclist was found unresponsive on a pathway inGrand TetonNational Parkand pronounced dead after unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate him.      Park officials say other bicyclists found 72-year-old Huntley Baldwin, ofWilson, lying unresponsive next to the pathway Tuesday.      Rangers and medical responders arrived within 6 minutes. They foundBaldwinin cardiac arrest and attempted to revive him.      A physician pronounced him dead at the scene about 45 minutes later.      Park officials sayBaldwinwas a well-known local artist and author. … Read entire article »