Wyoming Radio News

The outgoing Dean of the University of Wyoming Law School has challenged President Bob Sternberg to a quasi-legal forum on their disagreement over a task force. Amy Richards reports. The latest crop reports are good news for producers, according to USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber...

Jacquelyn Bridgeman has been appointed Interim dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is poised to require companies drilling for oil and gas to first test nearby water wells for pollution...

A legislative committee has rejected a proposal that would allow the Wyoming Department of Corrections to deny outright some public requests for investigations and security. Special Olympics Wyoming has received a $50,000 Daniels Fund grant to support athletes across the state...

T he U.S. Health and Human Services Department has awarded a $775,000 grant to the Sweetwater County Community Health Center in Rock Springs. Amy Richards reports. The Fremont County Sheriff's Department says it will try to recover the remains of a woman and her two sons in Fremont Lake, where a man says he dumped them decades ago...

A new federal study says a tributary of the Snake River that is heavily flanked by development has high levels of algae. A report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation calls for more investments in early childhood education in Wyoming.

The city of Casper has hired another lawyer to conduct its conflict of interest investigation into city councilor Craig Hedquist. Holly Frontier's third quarter earnings fell by 86 percent.

Governor Matt Mead has formed a task force on forest health. Amy Richards reports.The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet at the Laramie Holiday Inn November 13-14.

An Australian company's plan to experiment with turning coal into gas without removing the coal from the ground is headed for a state review panel. Teachers across the state will have a regular opportunity to provide input into state education leadership by participating in the Director's Teacher Cabinet, sponsored by the Wyoming Department of Education...

Researchers say grizzly bear deaths have declined more than 50-percent this year in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated over $2.8 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the agency's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction held Tuesday...

The University of Wyoming will remember those who were prisoners of war or missing in action on Friday and Saturday. Developmentally disabled residents of the Wyoming Resource Center in Lander should not be forcibly  moved to programs in their communities, according to a new state report...