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About 1,250 first graders from Laramie County Schools participated in the 7th annual "Wyoming Reads" event Tuesday at the Laramie County Library. Governor Matt Mead read to first graders from St. Mary's School. The Governor read "Even Monsters Need Haircuts" and "The Pout Pout Fish in the Big Big Dark...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says the state needs to do a better job of updating it's curriculum standards than has been the case in recent years. Hill also says the state's current curriculum standards are still not what they should be, adding that "if we're going to be number one in this country, we need to have the number one standards"...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says she was pleased to see  'sub groups' of Wyoming students who generally do not do well on science tests exceed national averages on the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress  (NAEP) science test. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Wyoming says most of the complaints it receives from inmates in state jails a

Cheyenne Police were called to the Cheyenne Target store at 1708 Dell Range on Sunday afternoon on a report of a shoplifter who had threatened  a store employee with a knife, according to a press release from the Cheyenne Police Department. Police say when they arrived on the scene they found the man, 28 year old Dustin Gebhardt  of  Cheyenne, had pulled a knife on an employee who confronted him

Wyoming Attorney General Greg Phillips announced yesterday that Wyoming will receive $330, 000 in a $1.5 Billion  healthcare fraud settlement against Abbot Laboratories. Amy Richards has a report. A new report from the Center for Rural Affairs says the poverty rates in many rural areas, such as rural eastern Wyoming, are generally higher than the poverty rates in urban areas. Click past jump to li

Local and State public health officials and emergency responders participated in "Operation Prairie Eagle" at Laramie County Community College Monday. The public health exercise was based on a hypothetical biological anthrax event. State Health Officer Dr. Wendy Braund says the exercise tests the states capability to identify the need, request, receive, stage and distribute necessary fed

Cheyenne Fire Fighter Joe Fender has announced his plan to seek the Democratic nomination for the House District 7 seat in the Wyoming Legislature. Fender, a fifteen-year veteran of the fire service, is a lieutenant with the Cheyenne Fire & Rescue Department. Fender says he has dedicated nearly his entire adult life as a public servant and sees serving in the Legislature as a way for him to co

Laramie County Community College is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit July 18-20, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

Wyoming's top oil and gas regulator says the companies involved in a natural gas well blowout in eastern Wyoming last month won't face any fines. Doug Randall reports.  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will soon unveil its proposal to revise the definition of a retail pet store.. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

State Superintendent  of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says even though Wyoming scored well above the national average on the recently-released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science test, she thinks the state can do even better in the future.