Bessemer Bend, WY News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/ Bessemer Bend, WY News Lack of response to westside fire causes concern http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/ad1780ef4904a9258c1a92ff0e98ca79.html Lack of response to westside fire causes concern Cody homeowner uses solar panels for power to spare http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/e2cd6cbf749121643ccd50287528db3a.html CODY Nov 7 may have been just another day for most people but it was a milestone for retired park ranger John Osgood It marked exactly one year one trip around the sun since he flipped the switch Demon Star: Not so scary after all http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/27e97ec0cc76860799c2f21792e29a4a.html December has always been a season of lights For centuries humans have been lighting trees lighting candles and more recently lighting homes Much of this obsession with lights comes from the fact that December is the time of the winter solstice a time when the sun is lowest in the sky and the nights are longest Wyo pension fund down 25 percent http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/a155888be28f40a9cfaf580b012c983a.html CHEYENNE The market value of Wyoming's public employee pension fund is down 25 percent in the current financial crisis Coal companies spread wealth http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/08cbf79d30cbe76467c87cfb6e354a99.html Two major Wyoming coal producers recently announced a new round of investments in cleancoal research at US universities Report advocates higher alcohol tax http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/9e9107f42aea564bfaf473f8c8f017e0.html A report released today by a group that spent 10 months reviewing Wyoming's alcohol laws advocates increasing alcohol taxes and using the money to cut underage and binge drinking Gov pushes tax relief http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/d78ea96ff0a356826805fcb8c00ea464.html CHEYENNE Gov Dave Freudenthal is asking Wyoming residents to get involved in his efforts to promote property tax relief in the upcoming session of the Legislature Big idea or big boondoggle http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wyoming/bessemer-bend/content/254a9ec93e7868191dcd02e09b1cb337.html GREEN RIVER Occasionally throughout history a really bad idea pops up Think League of Nations 8track tapes Beta max videos and the Berlin Wall to name a few