The tree will need 5,000 ornaments. Fewer than 1,000 have been turned in so far. With slightly more than 500,000 people, Wyoming has the smallest population of any state.

The challenge has been to find 5,000 giant, handmade Christmas ornaments—and the people to make them in the nation's least populous state. Sending a Tree to the U.S. Capitol Is Easy, But ...

The license plate was the first idea they had. Tasha Locke of Casper knew it was pre-drilled to attach to the car, now perfect for bending a green coat hanger through the holes to make a handle ...

The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree arrived at the west entrance of the building Monday. The 67-foot-tall Englemann spruce came from northwest Wyoming and will be decorated with ornaments made by ...

CASPER — The second tree of the day was a beauty — 70 to 80 feet tall, a luscious green, not a bare spot on it. A full-bodied Engelmann spruce.

CASPER — The 2010 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree — selected from the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming — needs help from Wyoming residents.

One tree — the National Christmas Tree — features an ornament from each state, and this year it’s the work of Phebe Zeller. Phebe Zeller's ornament design was chosen to represent Wyoming on ...

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by the Wyoming congressional delegation, Sens. Michael Enzi and John Barrasso, and Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, lit the Capitol Christmas Tree Tuesday ...

An ornament painted this year by Laramie artist Bob Seabeck was among those that adorned this year’s Christmas tree of Mark and Jennie Gordon in the governor’s residence.

A 67-foot-tall Englemann spruce from Wyoming has arrived in Washington, D.C., to be this year's U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.

The tree is scheduled to reach the west entrance of the Capitol Monday morning. It will be decorated with ornaments made by Wyoming residents, and the lights will be switched on Dec. 7. […] ...

JACKSON, Wyo. — A 67-foot-tall Engleman spruce from northwest Wyoming is arriving in Washington, D.C., to be this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.