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U.W. Trustees Issue $39 Million in Bonds For Construction
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted Thursday to issue $39.7 million in bonds to help fund major renovations and expansions of three campus buildings, and to refinance a prior bond issue.
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Wind River Tribes Spar in Bald Eagle Suit [AUDIO]
The federal government’s preliminary environmental assessment of a proposed pipeline for transporting natural gas liquids in the west is ready for review. Doug Randall has the details. In legal papers, the Eastern Shoshone tribe asserts that its members have closer ties to the Wind River Indian Reservation than do members of the other tribe that lives there, the Northern Arapaho. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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Fire Restrictions Lifted In Yellowstone
Recent rainfall received over most of Yellowstone National Park has increased fuel moistures to the point that the prohibition on open campfires has been lifted.
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Fire Near Glendo 30-Percent Contained [AUDIO]
Firefighters have contained 30 percent of a wildfire that forced the partial evacuation of Glendo State Park. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will be hosting a meeting of the working group dealing with water issues in the Pavillion area next week in Casper. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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Sen. Enzi Co-Sponsoring Marketplace Fairness Act
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) is co-sponsoring the Marketplace Fairness Act (s.1832) that he says would give state and local governments the ability to collect sales tax on out-of-state, catalog and online sales.
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LCCC Announces Vice-President Candidates
Laramie County Community College has announced the three finalists for the position of LCCC Vice President of Academic Affairs.
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Work Begins on WY 70 Slide
Work begins next week building a new, permanent roadway realignment to circumvent a slide that destroyed a section of WYO 70 between Baggs and Riverside in south-central Wyoming. The damage, which was discovered by a snowmobiler on May 30, 2011, is 600 feet long and located just west of the overlook at mile post 30.
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WYDOT: Political Says Signs in Rights of Way Prohibited [AUDIO]
The Wyoming Department of Transportation reminds event planners, real estate agents, and political candidates and their supporters that advertising placards are generally forbidden in the state roadway rights-of-way. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture is proposing new rules for raw milk. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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Wyoming Department of Health: Avoid Medicaid Scams
Following a handful of recent reports of suspicious activity around the state related to Medicaid, the Wyoming Department of Health is reminding residents to be cautious when giving out personal information to an unknown person.
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Cheyenne Light Warns Customers of Phone Scam
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power is warning customers of a nationwide scam that wrongly claims President Barack Obama is providing credits or applying payments to utility bills. The scammers have phoned customers or contacted them in person, posted fliers and used social media and text messages to perpetuate the scam.
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CFD Cattle Drive Sunday
Cheyenne Frontier Days will drive nearly 550 head of Corriente steers from the pasture north of Cheyenne along I-25, and through the city streets into Frontier Park Sunday, July 15.
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Mosquito Control Plane Crashes in Laramie County
The Laramie County Sheriff’s Department with six other Emergency Response Agencies were dispatched to the site of a reported airplane crash early Tuesday morning at approximately Mile Marker 12 on Happy Jack Road.