The Gateway West transmission project is major undertaking by Idaho and Rocky Mountain Power companies that will result in 11 miles of a high voltage transmission line that would run across southern Wyoming and Idaho. The Bureau of Land Management is overseeing the effort, because of much of it will travel across federal land. Walt George of Wyoming’s B-L-M office is the project manager. He says this could be a big project for Wyoming.
Bob Beck moved to Wyoming from Syracuse, New York, where he worked at WAER Syracuse Public Media as a news anchor, editor, and producer from 2023-2026. While at WAER, Beck was awarded the Syracuse Press Club-Best Public Affairs Program for 2025. Bob Beck also taught radio news for the Newhouse School at Syracuse University in New York.