UW trustees put people, programs under microscope
By Abby Vander Graaff Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — A rapidly changing world both in and outside Wyoming is impacting the University of Wyoming, and trustees are considering how UW can adapt. Trustees and other university representatives…
Senate Declares July 23 the National Day of the American Cowboy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a tribute to the hard-working men and women that helped establish the American West, the U.S. Senate has declared July 23, 2022, the National Day of the American Cowboy. The bipartisan resolution, which the Senate passed…
Wyoming gas prices, above U.S. average, stir various theories
By Jonathan Make Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —When it comes to what people pay at the gas pump for a gallon of regular unleaded or of diesel fuel, there may be as many theories about why…
High-altitude balloon over Laramie sparks an online buzz
LARAMIE (WNE) — Accounts of people looking up at the sky and seeing a spaceship flying high above might seem like a chapter out of a science fiction novel or, since the weekend, just another day in Laramie. The object…
Suicide Prevention Lifeline has New Number
◆ 988 will handle mental health emergencies nationwide. A new number for mental health emergencies went on- line last week, and service will be more localized to Wyoming residents according to Governor Mark Gordon. “Wyoming citizens experiencing a mental health…
Titus Swen Selected to Doak Walker Award Watch List
Award is Presented to the Nation’s Top College Running Back By Tim Harkins Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, Public Relations and Broadcasting University of Wyoming Athletics Laramie, Wyo. (July 20, 2022) – University of Wyoming junior running back Titus…
WalletHub: Wyoming ranks near the bottom in teen driver safety
According to a recent study by WalletHub.com, Wyoming is one of deadliest states for teen drivers in the nation. The report puts the Cowboy State as the worst in the nation in terms of teen fatalities per 100,000 teens with…
Two die in plane crash near Buffalo
CASPER (WNE) – Two people died Thursday when a small plane crashed in the Bighorn National Forest, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday. The plane went down en route to Buffalo from Powell. It ignited a wildfire that, as…
Dozens of oil refinery workers laid off
By Greg Johnson Rawlins Times Via- Wyoming News Exchange RAWLINS —More than 30 workers at the local HF Sinclair oil refinery are out of work and 55 more have been put on notice in what the company calls a realignment…
Wyo Department of Health: State saw 98 abortions in ‘21
CODY (WNE) —Nearly 100 women were reported as having received abortions in Wyoming in 2021, according to a recently released report by the Wyoming Department of Health. The 2021 Wyoming Abortion Report was released soon after the U.S. Supreme Court…