UW team that revolutionized grasshopper control is recognized
A University of Wyoming Extension team that changed how grasshopper outbreaks are treated around the world has received the 2018 Western Extension Directors Association Award of Excellence for its efforts. Prior to 2010, large-scale applications of broad-spectrum pesticide neurotoxins were…
Wyoming News Briefs: April 9, 2018
The Star Valley Independent is part of the Wyoming News Exchange (WNE). These stories are from the WNE. Campbell County boy killed in explosion of homemade cannon GILLETTE (WNE) — A 14-year-old boy died last week after a cannon he…
BYU-Idaho tops safety rankings from Alarms.org
According to a recent study released by alarms.org, many of the nation’s safest college campuses are in the region and none are safer than Brigham Young University-Idaho. According to information from the website “located in Rexburg, Idaho. Once known as…
Governor Backs UW Science Initiative Building, Proposes No New Cuts
The University of Wyoming would proceed with construction of a new Science Initiative building under Gov. Matt Mead’s budget proposal for the upcoming biennium. The governor’s proposal, announced Thursday, calls for no further cuts in UW’s state block grant, following…