As business halts, workers brace for unemployment
By Morgan Hughes Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The phones at the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services office have been ringing off the hook. Busy signals and hour wait times greet callers, even as 37 agency employees…
Wyoming delegation votes in favor of multibillion-dollar relief packages
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming’s congressional delegation voted in favor of billions of dollars in stimulus funding Wednesday afternoon, supporting a bipartisan effort to stabilize the U.S. economy as the coronavirus outbreak threatens…
Wyoming launches COVID-19 webpage
GLENROCK (WNE) — Governor Mark Gordon announced the launch of a state government webpage that will provide resources and information on the COVID-19 outbreak. The webpage may be viewed at covid19.wyo.gov. “We want to offer a single location to share…
Oil price drop rocks industry
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Volatile markets roiled Wyoming’s energy sector again this week, with oil prices tumbling and investors shedding energy shares as the coronavirus, or COVID-19, continued to spread worldwide. The Federal…
Coronavirus case count grows to 11
Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers The number of Wyoming residents diagnosed with the coronavirus COVID-19 grew to 11 on Tuesday as a man in Laramie County was diagnosed with the illness. The state Department of Health said in a…
Land deal bill wins final approval from Legislature
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – It remains to be seen whether the state will decide to buy roughly 1 million surface acres and 4 million mineral acres in southern Wyoming, but the process…
Jackson lab moves one step closer to ALS treatment
◆ Team working to demonstrate the viability of L-serine as a treatment. By Tom Halberg Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange Medical research is a Sisyphean endeavor: Each study pushes the rock slightly farther uphill, until it finally reaches…
Rocky Mountain Power seeks rate increase
◆ News rates would take affect January 1 if endorsed by Public Service Commission. By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange Wyoming’s leading utility filed an application with the state’s Public Service Commission on Monday [March 2] to…
Oil price plunge raises questions about the state economy
◆ Legislators consider what global market means to Wyoming. By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange Oil prices worldwide suffered a major hit over the weekend, reaching a four-year low in the United States, and the rapid…
Wyoming residents asked to be on the lookout for coronavirus scams
◆ Criminals looking to take advantage of coronavirus fears. By Patrick L. Wolfinbarger CyberWyoming Consumer warnings have been issued by the Federal Trade Commission about online scams that prey upon the fears of CORVID-19, the strain of coronavirus causing deaths…