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  • Jackson lab moves one step closer to ALS treatment

    Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 12, 2020

    JACKSON — Medical research is a Sisyphean endeavor: each study pushes the rock slightly farther uphill, until it finally reaches the top and a new discovery is made. Recently Brain Chemistry Labs, the nonprofit research lab in Jackson, moved the rock closer to the top of the hill. In a study published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, research done on vervets, monkeys native to Africa, shows a toxin in cyanobacteria is associated with the misfolding of proteins found in patients with neurodegeneration. Perhaps more im...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Mar 12, 2020

    Coronavirus testing now available JACKSON (WNE) — If you live in Wyoming and think you have the coronavirus, you can now be tested in the state. However, health officials want patients to avoid exposing others in the process. Up until Thursday, test kits were available only through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory now has the capability to test for COVID-19, as do some commercial labs. What that means for the state’s capacity for testing should coronavirus spread within Wyoming rem...

  • Oil price plunge raises questions about state economy

    Tom Coulter, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 12, 2020

    CHEYENNE — Oil prices worldwide suffered a major hit over the weekend, reaching a four-year low in the United States, and the rapid changes in the global economy could have major implications for Wyoming. U.S. oil prices were down by as much as 34% on Monday, largely due to two factors: a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and dropping demand as the coronavirus continues to spread globally. The effects of the rising supply and dropping demand of oil could be felt in Wyoming, where oil extraction is a linchpin of the state’s eco...

  • Motorists at shelter describe massive March 1 wreck

    Ray K. Erku, Rawlins Times Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 12, 2020

    RAWLINS — By the time Fernando and Carlos saw the livestock trailer, it was too late. The two non-English-speaking motorists from Mexico quickly became another pileup statistic. Like many roads in Wyoming on Sunday, March 1, their lane was caked with ice and slush. Visibility was dangerously low. Not to mention, they were heading westbound on one of the most high-traffic transport routes in the country. And when they needed them most, their brakes malfunctioned. With Fernando at the wheel, their half-ton “dually” pickup veered into the lives...

  • Most schools closed until at least April 6, coronavirus case raises concerns

    The Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 12, 2020

    Most of Wyoming’s schools announced extensions of their spring breaks on Sunday, closing their doors for three weeks in response to a recommendation from Gov. Mark Gordon and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow. Meanwhile, state health officials said the diagnosis of the coronavirus COVID-19 in an older man in Fremont County raises particular concerns about the spread of the illness in a community rather than exposure through travel. “Our initial follow-up with this individual found nothing that could be explained other than pot...

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    From Wyoming News Eschange Newspapers|Mar 5, 2020

    House restores funding for UW buildings LARAMIE (WNE) — In its last substantive vote of the week, the Wyoming House voted Friday afternoon to budget $50 million of state funds for construction projects at the University of Wyoming. That vote came as the state’s capital construction bill passed the Senate on Monday and included only $500,000 for UW construction. If the $50 million for UW makes it through three readings in the House, the leaders from the two chambers will need to form a compromise next week before sending the bill to Gov. Mar...

  • Elk numbers up at refuge

    Mike Koshmrl, Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 5, 2020

    JACKSON — Numbers of wapiti drawn to the National Elk Refuge’s feed lines are up significantly this winter, with 8,095 animals counted during an assessment a week ago. The overall on-feed count is 11% greater than the 10-year average of 7314 elk, and it’s 23% higher than the 2019 tally of 6586 wapiti. Given that it has been an average winter at low elevations, the number and distribution of elk found eating alfalfa pellets on the Feb. 18 survey day are right about what Elk Refuge biologist Eric Cole would expect to see. Overall, this appea...

  • Legislator proposes way to end school lunch waste

    Carrie Haderlie, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Mar 5, 2020

    SHERIDAN — One state legislator from Gillette was a school principal for years, and was always astonished at the amount of food wasted every lunch period. In the years since, schools across Wyoming have tried to reduce waste. Some do lunch time head counts, tallying exactly how many children will eat hot lunch so the kitchen can prepare a reasonable amount; some schools have instituted a “share table” where kids can drop off unwanted, unopened food and drink items to share or donate; and other schools practice “offer versus serve” as a way to...

  • Governor wants review of 'what education means for Wyoming'

    Kathryn Palmer|Mar 5, 2020

    CHEYENNE - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon wants education stakeholders to reevaluate what learning should look like across the state. “As resources begin to decline, it is critical that we work together to create one cohesive system that is integrated, aligned and provides pathways and easy transitions from one level of education to the next,” Gordon told the appointed members of the State Board of Education on Friday morning. Gordon said those conversations should start this year, which is when the state will recalibrate its K-12 funding model. “I...

  • A peek into history at the tip of your fingers!

    Mar 5, 2020

    Wondering what those historic markers along the highway are all about? Never have time to stop as you drive by at highway speeds? Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources announces a new and searchable Monuments and Markers Interactive Map at https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/home-mm The GIS-based database contains a profile for each of the 1,000+ monuments and markers, including the name, longitude/latitude and a description of the significance to Wyoming’s history or prehistory. In addition, approximately half of the markers also c...

  • Interior secretary halts goat cull

    Mike Koshmrl, Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 27, 2020

    JACKSON — The U.S. Secretary of the Interior directly intervened in an aerial goat cull underway in the Tetons last Friday, ordering Grand Teton National Park Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail to “stand down.” David Bernhardt, who presides over the National Park Service’s governmental parent, became involved in Teton Park’s affairs after his office received a sharply worded letter that Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon sent to Noojibail the same day. The governor said he was “profoundly disappointed” that the park was “unilaterally aerially executi...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 27, 2020

    Man dies after jumping from car SHERIDAN (WNE) — A Texas resident led Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers on a pursuit before jumping from a moving vehicle Feb. 21. The pursuit started near Sheridan on Interstate 90. WHP troopers were notified of a suspected drunk driver near Sheridan. Troopers were able to locate a vehicle matching the description of the alleged drunk driver speeding 97 mph in a 75 mph-posted speed zone. The WHP trooper turned on his emergency lights and sirens to attempt to stop the vehicle. The driver failed to stop for the t...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 20, 2020

    UW provost a finalist for Texas job LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Texas at El Paso announced this month that the University of Wyoming’s provost, Kate Miller, is a finalist for its Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs position. Miller declined to comment on her candidacy Monday. Miller is one of five finalists and is scheduled to visit UTEP March 5-6 and engage in a forum with faculty and staff. A graduate of Princeton and Stanford universities, Miller previously worked at UTEP from 1991 to 2008. She began her work at UTEP as a res...

  • Experts: Legislature will need to spend money to save money

    Tom Coulter, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 13, 2020

    CHEYENNE — With the state Legislature’s budget session set to begin this week, lawmakers will likely spend hours debating how to address the state’s projected revenue shortfall. Yet some state officials and lawmakers hope part of that shortfall can be addressed through work that’s already been done. For the last three years, the Wyoming Government Efficiency Commission has worked to find ways to make the state run more smoothly. Their work essentially wrapped up last July, when the commission sent 19 recommendations to Gov. Mark Gordon and the...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 13, 2020

    Injured ice climber rescued after fall CODY (WNE) — Search and rescue volunteers from Park and Big Horn counties rescued a fallen ice climber Saturday from an ice waterfall up the South Fork. The 42-year-old Billings ice climber was on the Broken Heart ice waterfall when he fell some 30 feet from the top of the third pitch. Richard James Dvorak was climbing with a party of ten when the accident happened, according to an SAR release. The Broken Heart ice waterfall is 38 miles up the South Fork, less than a mile north of the South Fork H...

  • Medicaid expansion dies again

    Seth Klamann, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 13, 2020

    CASPER — Hours into the start of the 2020 legislative session, the Wyoming House killed a bill Monday that would’ve set the stage for Medicaid expansion. The bill fell at the earliest hurdle in the House, with nearly two thirds of the body voting against it as part of the chamber’s consent list. It’s a swift end for the measure, which would’ve given Gov. Mark Gordon the ability to study expansion and move it forward, albeit under the eye of the Legislature. Jen Simon of the Wyoming Women’s Action Network said the consent agenda passed 59-0...

  • Bill would take away UW's gun rules

    Daniel Bendtsen, Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 13, 2020

    LARAMIE — At least 14 legislators are backing a bill that would prevent the University of Wyoming from regulating firearms on campus. As with other previous failed legislation, Senate File 88 would require UW to allow the carrying of concealed weapons on in campus buildings and at athletic events. The Legislature’s staunchest supporters of gun rights have again introduced a bill, Senate File 88, that would prevent the University of Wyoming from regulating the possession of firearms on campus. The 2020 version of the “repeal gun-free zones” bill...

  • Legislator pulls firearms bill, says it was mischaracterized

    Kathy Brown, Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 13, 2020

    GILLETTE — A Campbell County state legislator has withdrawn a controversial bill he’d proposed on firearms reporting for national background checks. Rep. Bill Pownall, a Republican who serves on the Judiciary Committee, has withdrawn House Bill 59 from consideration in the state Legislature’s 24-day budget session that started Monday. The bill and its sponsor have been the target of much criticism on social media since it came up for introduction. It would have had to receive a two-thirds majority vote in the House just to be considered, which...

  • Legislator proposes hunting, firearm safety classes

    Tom Coulter, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 6, 2020

    CHEYENNE — A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a resolution that would encourage the Wyoming Department of Education to offer voluntary gun and hunting safety classes in the state’s high schools. If passed during the legislative session that begins next week, Senate Joint Resolution 1 would urge the Game and Fish Commission to collaborate with the Department of Education to create the safety classes as a physical education elective. Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, the main sponsor of the legislation, said the classes would help mit...

  • Enzi receives lifetime achievement award for work on education and dedication to helping children succeed

    Feb 6, 2020

    U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., received the National Head Start Association’s (NHSA) highest congressional award today for his career-long dedication to supporting children and families. NHSA programs provide comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income families. “I want to ensure that all children are better prepared – not only for success in school, but also for success later in life,” Enzi said. “I’m deeply touched to receive this r...

  • Schools will require $222 million transfer

    Katie Roenigk, Riverton Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 6, 2020

    RIVERTON — A structural deficit in Wyoming’s K-12 school system will require a $222 million transfer from savings in the coming biennium, forecasters have informed the Joint Appropriations Committee. “That is what is supporting the school foundation program going forward,” said Don Richards, cochairman of Wyoming’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, “a transfer from the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account.” The solution is not permanent: Richards said the LSRA is losing money, with its balance falling from more than $1.5 billion in th...

  • Firearms seized from man convicted of game violation

    Allayana Darrow, The Sheridan press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 6, 2020

    SHERIDAN — The case against Gregg Lambdin, who was convicted of 11 counts of wanton destruction of a big game animal in October, concluded in 4th Judicial Court Jan. 30 when Lambdin’s firearms were forfeited to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Lambdin has approximately five-and-a-half months left on a nine-month sentence. Upon his release, he will be required to complete one year of supervised probation. Game warden Dustin Shorma appeared in court on behalf of the WGFD with a petition filed Dec. 2, to confiscate the firearms per a Wyo...

  • UW confirms Nichols investigation, won't appeal court order

    Daniel Bendtsen, Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange|Feb 6, 2020

    LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming announced Friday that its board of trustees will not appeal a court decision that requires the university to publicly release numerous documents regarding former UW President Laurie Nichols’s departure from the university. A statement from the board of trustees confirmed that Nichols was investigated shortly before the board opted not to renew her contract. “In early 2019, the Board of Trustees was made aware of two instances when reports were made to human resources by university staff members regar...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Feb 6, 2020

    Man in fatal crash identified as Casper resident GILLETTE (WNE) — The man who was killed on icy roads Friday morning was 46-year-old Peter P. Godwin of Casper. He died instantly after his 2017 Dodge Ram pickup collided with a semi-trailer Friday morning, Campbell County Coroner Paul Wallem said Monday. The man was driving southbound by Cosner Road south of Wright about 9 a.m. when he lost control on the ice and drifted into the northbound lane in front of a northbound 2018 Kenworth commercial truck. The driver of the Rev Energy semi-truck w...

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    From Wyoming News Exchange Newspapers|Jan 30, 2020

    No coronavirus cases reported in Wyoming CHEYENNE (WNE) — As the coronavirus spreads in China and the United States, there have been no reported cases of the virus in Wyoming as of Monday morning. But officials with the state Department of Health say they are closely monitoring the situation as it develops. “We have communicated the latest information regarding patient care, infection control and testing procedures with health care providers across Wyoming and will continue to share updates as needed,” state epidemiologist Alexia Harrist said...

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