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Month: January 2023

Nuclear power divides experts

By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming leaders are jazzed about nuclear. The hope, for many, is that the advanced reactor set to be built in Kemmerer next decade will mark the emergence of a…

Alpine Fire responds to attic fire in Etna

The Alpine Fire Department extinguished an attic fire at a home in Etna Monday evening. The department responded to the residence at 5:07 p.m. where they found smoke near the ceiling above the fireplace. Occupants and animals were escorted outside,…

WYDOT adjusts snow response

SHERIDAN (WNE) — Back-to-back storms impacting the entire state has caused Wyoming Department of Transportation snow crews to restructure how they approach clearing roads. WYDOT Assistant Chief Engineer for Operations Tom DeHoff told the Wyoming Transportation Commission Thursday maintenance crews…

Authorities scramble to entice paid, volunteer water savings

By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Upper Colorado River Basin states, including Wyoming, are looking for agricultural irrigators, municipalities and other water users interested in a volunteer program that pays them to leave water in streams flowing to the troubled Colorado River….

Fremont County’s DUI death rate tops rest of country

By Jeff Rebitski Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — A recent publication that measured the rate of deaths associated with drunk driving in the United States just published its findings and declared that Fremont County ranked number one…

Interviews

Jan. 24: Michael Horn, Guiding Star Strategy Group

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Hageman: federal land could fix Jackson’s housing woes

By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Harriet Hageman, Wyoming’s new Republican congresswoman, is dead set on decreasing the size of the federal government. When she thinks about Teton County’s housing crisis, she’s thinking about…

Long-term funding for suicide prevention lifeline removed

By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The 988 suicide lifeline bill was stripped on Friday of its $40 million appropriation to create a long-term trust fund, as well as the $6 million for a…

Interviews

Jan. 23: Rep. Andrew Byron, HD22

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Interviews

Jan. 23: Deb Wolfley, LCSD2 Education Foundation

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