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Funding Available for Natural Resource Projects [AUDIO]
Amy Richards has a report on how you can use household greywater as an alternative water source for landscapes. The Medicine Bow-Routt Resource Advisory Committee is accepting proposals for funding for natural resource projects through August 31, according to spokesman Aaron Voos. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Kaysen Says City Now Has Two Month Cash Reserves
Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says the city was able to add $1.7 Million to it’s cash reserves at the end of fiscal year 2012, which ended on June 30th.
Vilsack Announces Drought Assistance [AUDIO]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says additional funding and other assistance will be provided by the USDA to help agriculture producers deal with the drought conditions that have struck much of the nation. Members of the University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council and the Advanced Conversion Technologies Task Force will meet this month in Laramie. Amy Richards reports. Click past jump to lis
Employer Safety Improvement Money Available
An official with the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says employers can now apply online for money to improve their workplace safety. Andrea Hixon says the program was created by the state legislature earlier this year. It offers Wyoming employers the opportunity to apply for up to $10, 000 to address safety issues in the workplace as well as take any other steps that might contribute to
Economist Advises Meat Lovers to Stock Up Now
Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says he expects meat prices to skyrocket in the near future due to the nationwide drought.
Business Council Offers Grant/Loan Program Training [AUDIO]
The 17th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is coming up on Saturday in Cheyenne. Race co-chair Nancy Knaub says 75 percent of the net proceeds stay in Wyoming. The Wyoming Business Council is offering a public training session for anyone interested in learning more about the Business Ready Communities Community Facilities Grant and Loan Program. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to
Ash Cites Little Council Support for UDC Repeal
Cheyenne City Councilwoman Amber Ash says even though she’s heard a fair amount of criticism of the city’s new Unified Development Code from businesses and developers who say it increases their costs, other council members apparently haven’t–and as a result, there is little support on the council to repeal the code, which took effect in April.
Mead Concerned About Firefighting Costs [AUDIO]
The Wyoming Safety Improvement Fund is now accepting applications from employers for workplace safety contracts. Amy Richards reports. Governor Matt Mead says with the state already having had 19 large fires so far this year and the fire season not over yet, it’s impossible to estimate what the final cost of fighting fires in the state this summer will be. But he says it will certainly be “quite s
U.W. Researcher Gets Grant to Study Mt. Erebus [AUDIO]
Kenneth Sims, an Associate Professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics, has received a National Science Foundation Grant to study Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Amy Richards has a report. Solvay Chemicals has installed a methane recovery facility at it’s trona mine in Sweetwater County. Business Reporter Sharon Fain has details. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming R
Holliday Park Greenway Connector Project Work Starts Monday
Construction work begins Monday, August 6th on the Holliday Park Greenway Connector Project at the intersection of East Lincolnway and Dunn Avenue in Cheyenne.