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No More Funding For Flaming Gorge Task Force

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:47:32 +0000

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado water officials have decided against more funding for a task force studying issues surrounding proposals for Colorado to use water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming

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Barrasso Calls for Spending Reform [AUDIO]

Cheyenne News Staff — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:34:57 +0000

Senator John Barrasso says the current debate over the debt limit is an appropriate time to discuss federal spending reforms.A task force studying issues related to proposals to divert water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming to Colorado says state leaders need to first agree on how Colorado's water needs can be met. Amy Richards reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Ten Banks To Pay $8.5 Billion for Wrongfully Foreclosed Homes [AUDIO]

Cheyenne News Staff — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:45:35 +0000

Ten major banks and mortgage companies have agreed to pay $8.5 billion to settle complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes. Utah and Wyoming wildlife agencies have come up with a fund way to get rid of unwanted fish in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Million Looking for Bids For Pipeline Project [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:05:52 +0000

A Colorado businessman seeking to build a pipeline to deliver water from Wyoming to the front range of Colorado estimates that whoever designs, builds, finances and operates the project could see at least a 1.4 billion dollar profit. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is evaluating whether the Northern Arapaho Tribe would need state permission to kill bald eagles outside the Wind River Indian Reservation. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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State Personal Income Growth Stalls [AUDIO]

Doug Randall — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:55:46 +0000

A plan to pipe water from Flaming Gorge in Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range has come back to life, but a coalition of conservation groups is hoping the proposal is short-lived. Deborah Smith with Wyoming News Service has a report. Wyoming's personal income growth stalled in the third quarter of 2011, according to Jim Robinson, Senior Economist for the state's economic development division. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Study Looks at Impacts of Diverting Wyoming Water to Colorado [AUDIO]

Cheyenne News Staff — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:05:38 +0000

Douglas police await results of an autopsy in a suspected homicide. Karen Snyder reports. A study commissioned by an environmental policy group looks at the impacts of diverting water from the Flaming Gorge and Green River in Wyoming to the front range of Colorado. Doug Randall has more on that story. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Coast Guard Aids Flaming Gorge Effort (AUDIO)

Doug Randall — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:29:53 +0000

Environmentalists are asking a federal judge to block a planned roundup and castration of hundreds of wild stallions in southwest Wyoming. Amy Richards has a report. The U-S Coast Guard joined the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department and several other agencies in a special lake patrol operation on Flaming Gorge Reservoir this past weekend. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Task Force To Study Diversion of Wyoming Water [Audio]

Cheyenne News Staff — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:05:12 +0000

Stakeholders including Colorado's river basins have agreed to form a task force to study issues related to diverting water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming to Colorado. Doug Randall reports on that story. The Wyoming Highway Patrol will be out in force during the holiday weekend. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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