Wyoming Legislature forced to extend session after late-night compromise reached too close to midnight
By Arno Rosenfeld Casper Star Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange (Sen. Dan Dockstader spoke with Duke Dance during the Weekday Wake-up morning show on SVI Radio Monday about the budget and the extended session of the legislature.) CHEYENNE — The…
KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Saved By Rock n’ Roll” by Patti Fiasco
This week for Kick It or Keep It, a rock band with local ties has a song up for vote. Patti Fiasco is a group born right here in Wyoming. Two of the band’s members, Dee Tyler and Ansel Foxley, grew…
Annual census shows managers wolf numbers, locations
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News & Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Ken Mills didn’t seem fazed to have a deep-sleeping wolf riding shotgun. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologist was on his 29th phone call since…
Evanston woman tells of surviving gun accident
By Sheila McGuire Uinta County Herald Via Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — It sounds like something from a movie. A freak accident in the midst of a snowstorm. Emergency personnel involved in their own accident while responding. A father fighting for his…
MUST WATCH: Guitar Hero meets Star Wars in virtual reality video game
Virtual reality is the next big thing in video gaming and entertainment. It puts the gamer or viewer into the action as if they were actually part of. Watch as Guitar Hero clashes with Star Wars in this virtual reality…
Star Valley Medical Center talks colon cancer
Elaine Newcomb, a board member for Star Valley Medical Center and colon cancer survivor, spoke with Duke Dance on SVI Radio about her story and what SVMC can do to help prevent stories like hers. March is Colon Cancer awareness…
Teton County follows old law, gives land to Lincoln County
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A 3,000-plus-acre strip of wildland north of the Snake River has been ceded from Teton County to neighboring Lincoln County. The boundary adjustment isn’t a new one —…
Mead aligns with House on education budget
By Andrew Graham, WyoFile.com CHEYENNE — Gov. Matt Mead supports smaller cuts, spending from savings, and diverting investment income to fund public schools, he told WyoFile Monday. “We have to fund education. It’s part and parcel of just what we care about…
Students credited with stopping bombing attempt at St. George High School
A group of students in St. George, Utah are being credited for stopping a possible bombing attack at their high school Monday. The St. George Police Department said that on March 5 students at Pine View High School notified…
House, Senate at odds over school funding bills
By Arno Rosenfeld Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Legislature appears further away than ever on the question of how to solve Wyoming’s $660 million education deficit after a Senate committee killed the House’s school finance proposal Monday,…