Rita Meyer (Courtesy Wyoming.gov) Rocky Mountain Power Hires Rita Meyer
Rocky Mountain Power has hired former State Auditor Rita Meyer to serve as the electric utility’s Vice President for Wyoming. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Attorney General’s office is asking a federal judge to deny an WY-Watch’s request to allow the group to display its anti-abortion materials in a walkway leading to the state Capitol during next month’s legislative session. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
Senator Phil Nicholas (S-10) Wyoming Lawmaker Questions UW Pay Raise Request [AUDIO]
The co-chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee questioned University of Wyoming officials about their budget request for pay raises. Doug Randall reports. Congresswomen Cynthia Lummis says she is extremely disappointed with the President’s decision to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline permit, but she says Congress might take action on the matter. Read More...
(Courtesy Wyomingenergynews.com) EPA Seeking Peer Review Panel For Pavillion Report [AUDIO]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominees to take a close look at an EPA draft report that theorizes a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field. Wyoming is near the bottom of the list in a new report from Good Jobs First. The report grades each state on how well they enforce requirements related to subsidies given to businesses for job creation. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis Lummis: Congress Will Have to Rethink SOPA [AUDIO]
Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) says lawmakers received a lot of push back on the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The Carbon County Commission has approved resolutions supporting a Texas company’s plan to issue $545 million in bonds to help fund construction of a planned $2 billion dollar coal to gasoline plant. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
Rep. Amy Edmonds (HD-12) Wyoming Building Commission Bans Displays in Tunnel [AUDIO]
Doug Randall reports that public displays and demonstrations will no longer be permitted in the underground tunnel between the Herschler Building and the Wyoming State Capitol building. A series of meetings will be held next week to discuss a Health Benefit Exchange for the state. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
(U.S. Supreme Court/Couresty of SupremeCourt.gov) U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Student Censorship Cases [AUDIO]
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear a pair of cases on whether schools may censor students who are at home when they create online attacks against school officials and other students. A Wyoming legislative panel has advanced an education reform bill. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
(Courtesy of Renny Mackay) Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Walk in Cheyenne [AUDIO]
Students, teachers, military personnel and state and local officials participated in the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March held in Cheyenne. Preservationists hope to win state recognition for the Officers Club at the former prisoner of war camp in Douglas, Wyoming. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
White Tailed Deer (Coolstock/Wikipedia) Wyoming Game & Fish Wants To Bait Big Game [AUDIO]
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Joan Evans, Director of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, says the merger of Workforce Services with the Department of Employment has been a good move so far. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is pushing to allow baiting of big game animals to allow hunters to lure deer herds away from towns. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
(Joe Raedle/Getty) Wyoming Cuts Back On Snowmobile Permits [AUDIO]
Wyoming has cut back on snowmobile trail grooming and support staff after seeing revenue from snowmobile registration permits decline in three of the last four winters. Doug Randall has the details. The Parents Leadership Training Network has come to Wyoming. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
(Courtesy of WYDOT) Real-ID Act Requirements Causing Delays in Wyoming [AUDIO]
A report released Tuesday says that hydrologists are predicting below average runoff this year, because of a lack of snow so far this winter. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Department of Transportation says the new security requirements under the Federal Real-ID act are causing delays for people trying to get their driver’s license. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...
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