Wyoming Radio News

The holiday season, with pressures to spend money, visits from relatives, and often unrealistic expectations, tends to bring an increased number of personal crisis situations.

Yellowstone National Park's 2014 opening and closing dates generally are the same as last year's, with some earlier fall closures due to park construction. U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined a bi-partisan majority of her house colleagues to pass the "Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs By The IRS Act of 2014...

Lost ammo from F.E. Warren Air Force Base led to a temporary closure of I-80 Thursday. A Casper man has been convicted of second degree murder and aggravated assault in the death of his wife last March.

WINhealth network significantly expands to Colorado. The Wyoming State Games will be held in Casper in June.

The Wyoming Department of Education says there are 92,218 students enrolled in the state's K-12 public schools this year, up from 90,993 last year. Wildlife advocates have filed a legal petition with the federal government that seeks a prohibition on coal mining in areas across the west with prime habitat for sage grouse...

A bill to outlaw the practice of companies charging people who have been arrested to remove their arrest photos from the internet is moving forward in the Wyoming Legislature. A University of Wyoming researcher has found that intermediate sized salmon are more successful spawning in riverbeds than large salmon...

The Town of Jackson is planning a birthday celebration. A Casper man who once taught at a local school has admitted he had sexual contact with a then 14-year-old girl.

The Wyoming Senate has approved a bill to establish a loan program that supporters say would let the state move more quickly to recruit large business ventures. A man accused of sexual assault in the Rock River area was arrested in Minnesota on February 22nd...

AdvancED's 32 annual school improvement conference is scheduled for next month in Casper. The latest USDA export forecast is out.

The House Education Committee has endorsed two bills that would raise the Hathaway Scholarship Award and allow Hathaway money to be used for summer classes. The Natrona County School District will pursue a $33 million bond election later this year to pay for school improvements not covered by the State of Wyoming...