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Year: 2023

WYDOT struggling with staffing shortages, inflation

By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Inflation and staffing shortages have hit the Wyoming Department of Transportation hard, and nowhere else is feeling the crunch harder than in northeast Wyoming. WYDOT has 1,734 employees…

Nine school districts to participate in RIDE pilot

CASPER (WNE) — Some Wyoming school districts will soon see the first fruits of a statewide effort to rethink the public K-12 education system.  Gov. Mark Gordon’s office announced Wednesday that nine Wyoming school districts will participate in a pilot…

Interviews

July 25: LCSD2 Superintendent Matt Erickson

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UW track athlete dies in car accident near Douglas

• Reid Was a Native of Kingston, Jamaica University of Wyoming track and field student-athlete Nathan Reid has died in a car accident on U.S. Highway 18/20 near Orin Junction and south of Douglas, Wyo.  Reid was found at the…

Thelma Houlis named senior vice president of human resources of the J.R. Simplot Company

The J.R. Simplot Company has named Thelma Houlis senior vice president of human resources. Houlis will assume responsibilities for the vision, strategy and functional model of the company’s global HR and safety organization and becomes the newest member of Simplot’s…

Climbing death on the Grand Teton follows wet, icy alpine summer

JACKSON (WNE) — Braydan Paul DuRee, 40, of Kuna, Idaho, died in a climbing accident Thursday in Grand Teton National Park. DuRee’s death occurred on the Owen-Spalding route, the most popular ascent of the Grand Teton. Why, exactly, he fell…

Yellowstone rangers unionize

JACKSON (WNE) — Yellowstone National Park rangers have voted to unionize, according to unionization drive organizers. The Jackson Hole Daily has yet to confirm the results with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which oversees the United States’ labor-management relations. But…

Bridger-Teton National Forest to Host Meetings on Fee Proposals

Western Wyo., July 24, 2023— The Jackson and Greys River Ranger districts of the Bridger-Teton National Forest will be hosting two community meetings for proposed fee increases for camping areas in the Greys River corridor and the Snake River proposed fee…

Interviews

July 24: Kathy Lenz, Sen. Lummis Staff

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Interviews

July 24: Lincoln County Commissioner Terry Bowers

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