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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

Two of the workers injured in a fire at the Sinclair Oil Refinery have been released,  while a third has been  transferred to a Salt Lake City hospital. Amy Richards has a report. A former Natrona County High School student is dead after being involved in a single vehicle crash in Casper Tuesday. Kevin Koile has more on that story. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

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...

The Wyoming State Capitol Building in Cheyenne is one of the state’s most iconic buildings, but it is in need of some costly renovations.

State Construction Manager Rich Cathcart says while the building is structurally sound, the building’s steam-heating system is outdated, the air conditioning is nearly nonexistent, and its electrical wiring and water pipes require constant repair. In addition, a lack of a fire-suppression sprinkler system leaves the building vulnerable to disaster. Read More...

University of Wyoming men’s basketball student-athlete Luke Martinez has been invited by the Northern Arapaho Tribal Education Department to speak at two schools on the Wind River Reservation this weekend.

Martinez will address the 23 graduating seniors at Wyoming Indian High School’s commence

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.

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 curric

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 and prisons deal with their medical and mental health care. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.  Read More...

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 about shoplifting in the store.

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