The United States Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS Idaho (SSN-799) during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, adding the 26th Virginia-class submarine to the fleet. The event marked the formal entry of the vessel into active service as the Navy continues expanding undersea capabilities amid growing strategic competition overseas. James Risch delivered Read More…
After a nationwide search, retired Vice Admiral Darse E. “Del” Crandall, Jr. has been appointed to the position of dean of the School of Law at the University of North Dakota. The appointment was made by Eric Link, UND provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Crandall is expected to begin his new role on Read More…
The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is inviting employers, educators and workforce partners to a free virtual session next week aimed at promoting registered apprenticeship programs as a tool for addressing persistent talent pipeline challenges. The online event, part of a broader Apprenticeship Knowledge Series timed to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, is Read More…
The Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees authorized roughly $6 million in facility upgrades, service contracts and legal expenses at its regular meeting this week, while also appointing a new principal for Prairie Wind Elementary School. The board moved through its agenda swiftly, approving all items within roughly 10 minutes following public comment Read More…
Medicare has penalized nine Wyoming hospitals this year for high rates of readmission and Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs for a high rate of hospital-acquired illnesses. According to data from health news organization Kaiser Health News, hospitals can receive cuts to their reimbursements from Medicare. This includes up to three percent per Medicare Read More…
CODY — Colossal dinosaur skeletons are a prime attraction at major museums in big cities like Chicago, Berlin, New York and Washington, D.C. But none of those institutions can match what Wyoming offers for a hands-on, citizen-science thunder-lizard experience in the heart of dinosaur country. “Paleontology is not accessible to the general public, and it’s Read More…
STEM-related jobs offer some of the highest paying salaries in the country and are in big demand. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, college-educated STEM job holders earn up to 39% more an hour than non-STEM employees, with the same education. Many schools in North Dakota don’t have the resources or funds to offer Read More…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Once again the North Dakota unemployment rate is lower than the national rate of 4.4 percent. The state stands at 3 percent for January. That’s even with a labor force loss of more than 9,000 since 2014. In a North Dakota Job Service release, it says the greatest loss was from 2017-2018 Read More…
ASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A report says the federal government has penalized nine Wyoming hospitals for high readmission rates, and another one for high levels of hospital-acquired medical conditions. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Kaiser Health News says the federal Affordable Care Act allows Medicare to cut payments to the hospitals. Read More…
Below-average gas prices across the Gem State are making travelers happy this time of year, one Riggins convenience store operator said. “I think good prices are a good thing for everybody,” said Andrew Puderbach, who has owned the Riggins One Stop gas station and convenience store for about five months. The American Automobile Association recently Read More…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Hundreds of hunting licenses remain for North Dakota’s spring turkey season. The Game and Fish Department offered 6,025 licenses and recently held a lottery drawing. The agency says 915 leftover licenses in nine hunting units will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning March 18. They’re available only to North Dakota Read More…
Let’s be honest. Most people outside of the U.S. have never heard of Wyoming. Yet, the home of the famed Yellowstone National Park, steep canyons, and gushing geysers is firmly on the cryptocurrency community’s radar. It started about a year ago, with blockchain friendly bills. But things really kicked off in earnest ever since governer Read More…
A Wyoming county will open a school to serve a single student By Shelby Copeland, CNN Updated 7:29 PM ET, Wed February 27, 2019 Cozy Hollow Elementary School was active more than a decade ago. Here’s a sign to the school in 2004. (CNN)The nearest school to one Wyoming kindergartner is more than an hour’s Read More…
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Colorado-based coal company going through bankruptcy proceedings has asked for permission to sell its mine in southwestern Wyoming. The Casper Star-Tribune reports a recent court filing shows Westmoreland Coal Co. requested to sell its Kemmerer mine by the end of February. The company declared bankruptcy in October with more than Read More…
CASPER — A group organized by a Wyoming senator plans to quintuple Wyoming’s wind tax in an unusual way — by a vote of the people. Wyoming has a unique tax on wind energy production; just one other state levies a fee on wind power. A few lawmakers, like Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, have pressed Read More…
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is looking at at least three potential sites for the experimental coal-generating plant he wants to build in the state. The Gillette News Record reports that the Gordon told the Wyoming Press Association Convention Friday that the Integrated Test Center near Gillette is one possibility. The other Read More…
POLAND Barrasso visited with members of the US Army’s 1st armored brigade combat team, 1st cavalry division stationed on the Polish-Russian border. Wyoming currently has servicemembers in the division, which is charged with assisting North Atlantic treaty organization allies in deterring Russian aggression and increasing European border security. Barrasso says sharing Thanksgiving dinner with Wyoming Read More…
BISMARCK – The North Dakota foster care system is set to undergo some major changes. The Family First Prevention Services Act, included in the Bipartisan Budget Act that President Donald Trump signed into law in February, aims to keep children with parents or relatives rather than in the foster care system and provides additional funding Read More…
An Idaho Fish and Game official has come under fire after emailing friends and co-workers photos of a family of baboons and other animals he shot and killed on a hunting trip in Africa. A group of former commissioners is now calling for Commissioner Blake Fischer to resign, CBS Boise affiliate KBOI reports. Fischer emailed photos of himself Read More…
One by one, the founders of six startups will walk onto the Center Theater stage Thursday afternoon and pitch their businesses to a panel of judges and a general audience. Each entrepreneur — in one case a duo — will take a few follow-up questions from the judges and then yield the stage to the Read More…
CHEYENNE — Wyoming is once again at the bottom of the pack for children’s health in a Kids Count report released last week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Among the findings of the report, Wyoming still lags behind the national average for the number of children with health care coverage and suffers from a Read More…
A nature photographer in Wyoming has snagged one of only 10 new hunting licenses issued by the state’s Game and Fish Department following the state’s decision to allow the hunting of grizzly bears, but he isn’t planning on shooting any. Not with a gun, at least. Tom Mangelsen, a critic of Wyoming’s new hunting initiative, Read More…
Wyoming’s economy was healthy in the first three months of 2018, with employment strong and sales tax collections rising. The figures came from the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information. Taxable sales rose 17.9 percent statewide in January, February and March, hitting $3.9 billion. READ THE FULL STORY.
Natrona County businesses gained a boost thanks to the modification of the “free trade zone” at the Casper Natrona County Airport. A “free trade zone,” means business owners who import goods from overseas do not have to pay a tax and the zone has been expanded to include all of Natrona County. READ THE FULL Read More…
Weather conditions caused a highway near Ethete to flood and may lead to future road closures. News 13 spoke with a few residents in the area about how this could impact their daily routine. Walter Tidzump says he was just following his regular morning routine when, “I usually get up about five to let my Read More…
On May 26th, 2018, law enforcement was advised to be on the lookout for a suicidal subject driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup in Albany County Wyoming. The subject and vehicle were located on Vedauwoo Road (Forest Service Road 700) in the Medicine Bow National Forest approximately 12 miles east of Laramie, Wyoming by a Read More…
LANDER (WNE) –- The Wyoming Legislature will look at a measure to create a trust fund to maintain its voting systems going forward. The 2016 election saw an unprecedented number of attempts to interfere with states’ voting systems, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Wyoming was not among the 21 states that reported attempted Read More…
CHEYENNE (AP) — Block Chain Gang LLC, Crypto Cowboy, Something Something Blockchain LLC: Based on the names of dozens of new companies registering to set up shop in Wyoming, the state’s effort to lure the latest tech craze appears to be paying off. Proponents say blockchain — the ledger where transactions of digital currencies, such Read More…
Wyoming Wednesday approved its first grizzly bear hunt in 44 years. State wildlife commissioners voted unanimously to do so. Commissioner Mike Schmid commended the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for it’s work drafting the management plan. “They’re going to manage these animals well, and just like they have everything else in this state, so I Read More…
A traffic stop by the Wyoming Highway Patrol netted approximately 50 pounds of methamphetamine worth over $425,000 on the street. Public Information Officer, Sergeant Kyle McKay said the bust actually took place in April on Highway 80 in Sweetwater County, but the information couldn’t be released until this week. “Our trooper stopped a semi-tractor and Read More…
DICKINSON, N.D. – The state is getting a $29 million boost from the federal government to improve water projects. As the southwest region grows, so does the need for clean water. The Southwest Pipeline Project will receive $2 million for expanding capacity at the Dickinson plant, allowing them to process six million gallons of water Read More…
Following that Sunday shooting there has been an outpouring of support from many in Casper. News 13’s Amy Lanski told us how and where we can help out Officer Carlson and his family. Many in Casper show their support for Officer Jacob Carlson who was injured in a shooting on Sunday afternoon. Ryan Edwards at Read More…
The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office reports that it has recovered the remains of Dr. Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, of Bismarck, N.D., missing since 2015. In a press release, the Sheriff’s Office said the following: Saturday, April 28, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue recovered the remains of Dr. Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, of Bismarck, ND. His vehicle Read More…
JAMESTOWN, N.D.—Economic development officials are looking at the newly announced Opportunity Zones as a chance for people to invest in local communities and shelter some income from capital gains tax. Gov. Doug Burgum announced Friday, April 20, the designation of 25 zones in 15 counties in North Dakota. The Opportunity Zone program was part of Read More…
BAGGS — Carbon County Future Farmers of America chapters proved during the state convention hosted in Cheyenne last week that community impact has more to do with involvement than numbers. About one-third of the size of other chapters across the state, Little Snake River Valley FFA earned Wyoming’s Chapter of the Year and Growing Leaders Read More…
Sheridan Head Start kids need a new place to go, and if they don’t find a place soon, the program could end for them. Parents say Sheridan needs this program and if they don’t have it, preparation for kindergarten may greatly decline. Sheridan parents and teachers rallied together to save the local head start program. Read More…
CHEYENNE – When Matt Mead was elected to serve as Wyoming’s 32nd governor, his life wasn’t the only one that changed. After Nov. 2, 2010, the lives of his wife, daughter and son were all altered as well. “I remember right after the general election, when Matt had won, then the next morning I woke Read More…
CHEYENNE – A Trombone Shorty show isn’t really a place to sit still. The New Orleans phenom floods the room with an ecstatic blend of jazz, hip hop and funk – a portable Bourbon Street party. And that’s what Amy Spieker, 31, had come to the Cheyenne Civic Center excited for Jan. 27 after her Read More…
The number of grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is estimated to be up from the 2016 count. The report from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study team was delivered in Cody Wednesday. In 2017, the first year that Yellowstone area grizzlies were removed from the endangered species list, scientists estimate there were 718 grizzlies in Read More…
A science room at Jackson Hole Middle School is scheduled for a summer makeover, thanks to a $67,000 grant. Teton County School District No. 1’s middle school has been announced as one of 16 recipients of the Steelcase Education’s Active Learning Center Grant program, which “supports active learning strategies by installing a learning space with Read More…
The future of Powder River Basin coal lies overseas, something EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt stressed during a Thursday morning visit to the heart of Wyoming coal country. As the guest of U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both Wyoming Republicans, Pruitt toured Arch Coal’s Black Thunder mine south of Wright, the second-largest producing thermal Read More…
DOUGLAS — Even after the Wyoming Legislature agreed to make major changes to the Wyoming State Fair and basically restore its funding levels, the 2018 fair this August has been cut down to four days to save money. Citing a reduced current budget (which ends in June) and having to make decisions based on the Read More…
Landowners east of Cheyenne say a major oil and gas firm is developing a monopoly in their county, and they have asked state regulators to put a stop to it by denying thousands of permits to drill proposed by Anadarko Petroleum. Anadarko tried to have the protests dismissed by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Read More…
LARAMIE, Wyo – Wyoming’s stature among energy-producing states in the U.S. is a lofty one, and a new course within the University of Wyoming’s Summer High School Institute (HSI) will help students understand why that is important. Tawfik Elshehabi, a UW Department of Petroleum Engineering associate lecturer, will present “Wyoming Energy 4 You” during the Read More…