Aug 15 Wet weather doesn’t end climate change risk to Colorado River By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press For the seven states relying on the Colorado River, climate change means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 5:33 How Wyoming manages to keep its rural schools open By Student Reporting Labs The one-room schoolhouse may seem like a distant memory from U.S. history, but about 200 of them still exist today, including Wyoming’s tiny Valley Elementary School. It has only six students, but in Wyoming, education funding is redistributed so that… Continue watching
Apr 15 Lead poisoning kills first Yellowstone golden eagle fitted with tracker By Associated Press Officials say the first golden eagle in Yellowstone National Park to be fitted with a tracking device has died. Scientists suspect the adult female may have eaten carrion containing lead bullet fragments. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: George H.W. Bush was a class act from birth to death, says former Sen. Alan Simpson By Associated Press Former Sen. Alan Simpson has hailed his old friend George H.W. Bush as man of humility, a commodity the Wyoming Republican says is rare in the capital. Continue reading
Aug 22 Experienced politicians win Wyoming’s primary By Mead Gruver, Associated Press Experience also won out as U.S. Sen. John Barrasso fended off a well-funded challenger in his GOP primary. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 7:59 In elementary education, ‘doing science’ rather than just memorizing it By PBS News Hour The battle over Common Core education standards is playing out across the country, but a new set of requirements for teaching science is creeping into curricula without the same fanfare. Some states are voluntarily adopting the practices, which emphasize more… Continue watching
Apr 15 Trump prepared to cede Wyoming delegate contest By Ben Neary, Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Donald Trump's presidential campaign has all but thrown in the towel in Wyoming ahead of Saturday's Republican convention. Continue reading
Apr 13 Nation’s largest coal mining company files for bankruptcy protection By Stephanie Joyce, Wyoming Public Radio and Leigh Paterson, Inside Energy Peabody Energy, the country's largest coal company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 09 Sanders wins caucuses in Wyoming as Cruz picks up delegates in Colorado By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Put Wyoming in the victory column for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Continue reading
Feb 29 U.S. student apologizes for ‘severe crimes’ in North Korea By Ross Sylvestri Two months after his arrest in North Korea, a U.S. college student confessed to committing a crime against the country in a dramatic news conference held in Pyoungyang on Monday. Continue reading