Amy Richards

The Cheyenne City Council held a work session on the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Friday.  Mayor Rick Kaysen told the council that the total General Fund Budget as proposed for FY 2013 is $49,560,879 a 1.8 percent decrease from the original  FY 2012 budget.

Kaysen said a challenge in the FY 2013 Budget was the loss of approximately $1.1 million from the state as a direct distribution. In addition to the reduced amount, the 2012 budget session of the Wyoming Legislature added language that limited the use of the direct distribution funds. Read More...

Wyoming Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) voted with the majority this week to pass a bill that reauthorizes the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  Grocery store workers in Wyoming and Colorado have reached a contract agreement. Doug Randall has the details on that story. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

An attorney for a Sheridan teenager serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for a 2009 home invasion killing urged the Wyoming Supreme Court to find the teen’s sentence unconstitutional. Doug Randall has the story.  The Wyoming Department of Health is changing the way substance abuse and suicide prevention funding is managed and distributed across the state.  Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is joining with governor’s from across the country to support America’s Olympic athletes. A federal wolf specialist says a gray wolf found dead on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation came from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

The winners of the Cheyenne Police Department’s were announced Wednesday. The contest was to design a “logo” that sends the message of zero tolerance for graffiti in the community. Over 150 qualifying entries were submitted from Cheyenne Junior and Se

Despite A Natural Resources Conservation Service report that says the water tables in most of the west are at or slightly above average, a U.S.D.A. official says the reservoir levels may still pose a problem. The Wyoming High School Activities Association has taken on the issue of social media. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

Governor Matt Mead declared May 20th-May 26th Emergency Medical Services Week in Wyoming.  Gov. Mead says Wyoming residents can take comfort in knowing that well trained, caring men and women are only a phone call away. He says emergency medical technicians (emts), paramedics, and first r

Lawyers for a neurosurgeon who practices in Wyoming and Montana have informed a federal judge they believe their client engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct. Doug Randall has the details. A Saturday event at the Casper Events Center is aimed at recognizing the states female veterans, according to Veterans Administration Spokeswoman Jackie Van Mark. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

During Tuesday evening’s “Bullying Hurts” webinar on KGAB, Todd Burns, principal of Bain Elementary School and Olweus Bullying Prevention Program coordinator for Laramie County School District #1, said he believes the entire community needs to be involved in changing the culture of bullying.

Burns said earlier this year a bullying prevention committee from each of the districts

A federal judge has blocked Montana officials from using a helicopter to drive bison back into Yellowstone National Park. Doug Randall reports. A Union Pacific worker’s efforts to improve safety at a Wyoming rail yard is being recognized. Business Reporter Sharon Fain has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...