Wyoming Radio News

Federal Officials say this year's wildfire season is made even more challenging because of sequestration. Doug Randall reports. A DC-10 Jet Aircraft configured to fight wildfires will be based at the Casper/Natrona County Airport this summer. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Thousands of eagle deaths are being attributed to wind farms and one Associated Press report says the Obama Administration may be shielding wind energy companies. Trevor T. Trujillo has the story.  Doug Randall reports that a bipartisan group of western lawmakers is pushing a bill that would restore federal mineral severance tax money. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Nobody was hurt in a fire at a power plant near Wheatland. Doug Randall has the story. The Forest Service and UW's Ruckelshaus Institute will hold open houses in Laramie, Saratoga and Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the public to learn more about forest recovery. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Wyoming lawmakers are looking into legislation that would keep repeat alcohol offenders out of jail and instead subject them to stringent testing. Amy Richards has details. An upcoming bus tour of the Thermopolis and Kirby areas will highlight innovations in Agriculture. Joy Greenwald has details. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

A 23 year old Gillette man accused of growing 14 marijuana plants in his house is facing a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver. Bruce Dougherty has more. Laramie police are looking for a man who they believe tried to abduct a child Monday.  Doug Randall has the details.

Federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Program benefits will be reduced under the federal government's budget sequester. Amy Richards Reports. Bighorn Fiber has been established as Wyoming's first Internet Peering Exchange. Joy Greenwald has the story. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

A bill called the ''Fracturing Responsibility and Awareneness of Chemicals Act" has been introduced in congress. Deborah Smith, with Wyoming News Service, has a report. The Wyoming Rural Development Council will hold a workshop to train new community assessment team members. Amy Richards reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director Scott Talbott says the agency faces another round of budget cuts unless lawmakers increase its funding. Amy Richards reports. Doug Randall reports that Sen. Mike Enzi will delay until next week, introducing a bill that would prohibit the federal government from withholding severance tax monies from 35 states including Wyoming. Click past the jump to listen

The Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming office released the proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive lease sale in Cheyenne on August 6th. The Wyoming Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program has launched a new awareness campaign called "Hear This Wyoming." Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is taking public comment on proposed mountain lion hunting quotas and rules. Amy Richards reports. Marc Wall, the U.S. Pacific Command's Foreign Policy Adviser and a former U.S. Ambassador to Chad is the new Senior Visiting Scholar in Global Studies at the University of Wyoming. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.