Wyoming Radio News

The National Park Service is taking public comment on a plan to reconstruct the aging Isa Lake bridge at Craig Pass in Yellowstone National Park. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding public meetings this week on the 2013 hunting season in Western Wyoming. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

The U.S. Department of Education  has granted an extension on Wyoming's request for a waiver from federal education standards. Doug Randall has the details. Unauthorized snow removal on a road in the Medicine Bow National Forest has led to the temporary closure of the road to motorized vehicles. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Wyoming's wind tax brought in $2.6 million in revenue in its first year. Doug Randall reports. The State of Oregon wants more information before deciding whether to let a special dock be built at the Columbia river port of Morrow for coal shipments to Asia.Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

A Rawlins, Wyoming man is facing criminal charges for allegedly tampering with valves at the Sinclair Oil Refinery to give workers a day off. The Bureau of Land Management will host a Women's History Month reading group in Cheyenne on March 28th. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis has re-introduced her Social Security legislation, H.R. 1160 ''Alex's Law". Amy Richards has a report. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is hosting a job fair in Casper next week. Joy Greenwald has details. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Niobrara County officials say they are investigating three explosive devices that detonated at three homes in Lusk. Doug Randall has the details. The Cody Country chamber of commerce is seeking donations to help hire state snow plows to clear the road through he east entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Click  past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

People who store fuel, crop oil or several other materials on farms or ranches must comply with spill control and countermeasure plans by May 10th. The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld the life without parole sentence handed down to a Rock Springs man convicted of sexually abusing a 15 year old girl. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Former legislator Pete Illoway of Cheyenne and Paul Covello of Torrington are the two newest members of the Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors. Doug Randall has the details. Unlike last summer, it looks like this winter will not set any weather records. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday rejected a challenge by the energy industry attempting to force the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases on public lands in Utah and Wyoming. Doug Randall reports on a Clark teenagers who was accidentally shot. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Snow pack remains below average in Wyoming. Amy Richards has a report. U.S. Forest Service fire crews are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the Thunder Basin National Grassland. Click past jump to listen to  Wyoming Radio News.