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Trapping in Wyoming is aging out, wildlife management could suffer
Nothing quite embodies the American frontier like the image of a fur-clad trapper hauling his years take down a mountain trail on the back of his trusty mule.
April 26, 2019
Spending data provides window into state expenses, but lacks big picture
Wyomings checkbook contains a mountain of information about state agency spending, but its far from a full accounting of Wyomings budget.
April 23, 2019
Food fight: ‘Impossible Burger’ taste panel debates meat vs. veggie burger
If youre going to pick a fight, it might as well be a food fight.
April 20, 2019
Streamlining bureaucracy could improve opportunities for Native American startups
Gordon opened the WY-Wind River: Economic Development & Entrepreneurship Symposium on Wednesday at the University of Wyoming with remarks about moving forward together with Wyomings Native American population, embracing the outdoors and supporting entrepreneurship.
April 19, 2019
Miraculous Wyoming cowgirl: “God is good.”
Be sure to watch this update featuring a remarkably upbeat Winsor who says, "I'm really, really blessed and so thankful that I do have that relationship with Christ."
April 18, 2019
Microsoft contributes to computer science training
Microsoft Corp. will provide more than $95,000 in grant money to the Wyoming Department of Education to provide computer science training for the states school districts.
April 17, 2019
Computer standards to get another look in Riverton meeting
Its not a question of how important it is to the future; it is the future, Trowbridge said of computer technology. Every bit of the future for Wyoming is going to require computer science skills. If you do not know 20 to 25 years from now how to talk to computers, how to write code, you will not have a job. Plain and simple.
April 12, 2019
Mother uses personal experience to help parents of premature babies
The events that followed inspired Elizabeth to found the non-profit Tobys Shower for Babies, which delivers baskets full of comfort items and information about caring for premature infants to Newborn Infant Care Units in Wyoming and Colorado.
April 11, 2019
Wyoming Corrections: Accommodating faith in prison challenging, essential
Adequately and safely meeting the constitutionally guaranteed religious rights of the states inmates can be challenging, according to a spokesman for the Wyoming Department of Corrections.
April 06, 2019
State checkbook reveals $1.2 billion in out-of-state expenditures
Wyoming state government spends millions of dollars in other other states and Connecticut companies get more money than any other state, according to data released by the Wyoming State Auditors Office.
March 29, 2019
Gift to LCCC will help business students
Longtime Cheyenne resident Lois Mottonen appreciated the value of education and the doors it could open.
March 19, 2019
Miraculous Wyoming cowgirl recovering after suffering “100% fatal” neck injury
Dakotah Winsor's little dog perished along a lonely stretch of highway between Casper and Shoshoni in late February and the 20-year-old is struggling with that loss while her family and friends are thankful Dakotah is alive and able to walk after sustaining a neck injury that doctors in Denver say was "100 percent fatal." The lead surgeon, in fact, told the Winsor family he'd only seen that specific injury in autopsy rooms.
March 18, 2019
Blizzard impact on ranches varies
The Blizzard of 2019 that shut down the state government and area schools had varying impacts on area ranchers.
March 15, 2019
Public sector tries new approach to solutions for private industries
Few kids see the construction trades as a potential career choice these days, but a new partnership between Wyomings public and private sectors is working to change that.
March 10, 2019
Dangerous flu strain reported in Colorado could spread north
A virulent strain of influenza sweeping through Colorado could jump into Wyoming before flu season is finished, a Wyoming Department of Health spokesperson.
March 05, 2019
Wyoming’s alternate school-week schedules are not one-size-fits all
In a rural state, four-day school weeks can be both beneficial and challenging for parents and students alike.
March 04, 2019
Unable to eliminate brucellosis, officials focus on containment
Snubbing out a disease that causes cattle, elk and bison to abort their calves may not be feasible, but Wyoming is working to ensure it remains contained.
February 24, 2019
Fifty years later, Black 14 member talks about race relations in Wyoming
Fifty years after the Black 14 were expelled from the University of Wyoming varsity football team, a Black 14 member said racism and ignorance still boils under Wyomings skin.
February 23, 2019
College, city, state help workers displaced by Western Sugar closure
, state and educational institutions are stepping up to help the almost 200 Western Sugar Cooperative employees in Torringon who will soon be out of work with the closure of the cooperatives plant there.
February 10, 2019
Riverton brothers set their sights on Tinseltown: Central Wyoming College offers transferable film production degree
Inspired by their fathers acting career and passion for the film industry, two Riverton brothers Boone and Copeland Williams have their eyes set on the silver screen, but only if it means they can work together. Were kind of a package deal, I guess, Boone, 21, explained. It works well, because I can push his buttons and he can push mine, but were family, so we cant give up on each other.
February 03, 2019
Bipartisan legislation introduced to delay health insurance tax hike
By Ike Fredregill, Cowboy State Daily Wyomings costly health insurance premiums can make it difficult for independent businesses to provide policies for employees, a National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) spokesperson said. Premiums are not decreasing theyre increasing, and they have been for years, said Tony Gagliardi, the NFIB state director for Wyoming and…
January 27, 2019