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Month: July 2020

DO NOT PLAYLIST: “Bad Violin”

Sometimes musicians are bad without knowing it. Sometimes they are bad on purpose. On purpose is the case for this week’s Do Not Playlist. Making it’s second appearance on the Do Not Playlist is the album titled Bad Music for Loud…

Missing man identified after discovery of vehicle crash site

————— Afton Police Chief Jason Romberg spoke with Duke Dance as part of an interview on Swift 98.7 FM on Monday July 13 where the former made a statement on the discovery of the remains of Dustin Kilpack who had…

Yellowstone visitation statistics for June 2020

——— The park hosted 534,155 visits in June 2020. This is a 32% decrease from June 2019. Although the numbers were down, visitation substantially increased over the month. In the last ten days of June, traffic counts ranged from 90%-116%…

Pinedale teenager killed in recreational vehicle accident over the weekend.

The following is a news release from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office. (Pinedale, Wyo – July 13th, 2020)  Yesterday, July 12th 2020 at approximately 0820pm Sublette County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting there had been a rollover of a…

Growing tensions with China could affect land deal

————————- By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — If Wyoming plans to double down on minerals to save its future, then trona – one of the Equality State’s most critical natural resources – is probably its…

UW expects 20% enrollment drop

—————- By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming is expecting to have about 1,900 fewer students enroll this fall than were enrolled at the university in fall 2019. UW had 6,212 undergraduates…

Man charged with multiple sex crimes

————- GILLETTE (WNE) — A Gillette man is accused of multiple counts of sexually assault and abusing two girls in Gillette over several years, and a mother has been charged with promoting prostitution for allegedly setting up her daughter to…

Budget Cuts Approved by Governor Gordon total more than $250 Million

Governor signs Executive Order to consolidate Human Resources Personnel for additional savings CHEYENNE, Wyo. –  Governor Mark Gordon has announced deep budget cuts for the current two-year budget cycle totaling more than $250 million, or nearly 10% of the state’s…

Wyoming Game and Fish hopes to eventually manage grizzly bear population

Wyoming Game and Fish says it hopes to be able to eventually manage the grizzly bear population saying they are recovered and the federal government no longer needs to maintain them. The department confirmed a grizzly sighting near Kemmerer last…

Interviews

July 13: Mike Hunsaker, COO Star Valley Health

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