Plague Vaccine Could Bring Black Footed Ferrets Back To Meeteetse
A plague vaccine might help bring one of the most endangered mammals in North America back to Northwest Wyoming where they were discovered. Black Footed Ferrets may be restored to the Pitchfork Ranch near Meeteetse, because their food, prairie dogs, are coming back.
Peabody Asks Judge To Remove Song Lyrics FromLawsuit
The song is called Paradise. Recorded in 1971 by folks musician John Prine. In it he criticized Peabody Energy's mining practices in a Kentucky town called Paradise. (SOUND UP MUSIC). Its now being used as a protest song in another coal mining town, Gillette Wyoming,. In 2013, 2 colorado activists were arrested there for demonstrating at Peabody shareholders meeting. That same day thousands of protestors showed up at Peabody's headquarters in St, Louis Missouri. Both groups were accusing the company of denying healthcare benefits to workers.
Why Jackson’s Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
When the housing shortage in Jackson comes up, Joshua Landon might be the face that comes to mind. When we met outside of my hotel in Jackson he arrived in a beat-up 1997 Chevy Suburban. It was smoking. Heavily.
Jackson Housing Market Puts Squeeze OnTeachers
Housing in Jackson is a problem for seasonal and low-income workers. But, increasingly, it’s also a problem for middle-income earners. Among them, some vital occupations—like teachers. Wyoming Public Radio’s Aaron Schrank reports on Teton County School District’s struggle to recruit and retain top educators.
LNG Proposal Will Test Senator Barrasso’s Ability to Produce
Wyoming Senator John Barrasso has been a leading voice calling on Congress to lift a decades-old ban on exporting U.S. natural gas overseas. It really heated up last year when Russia invaded the Ukrainian peninsula Crimea. Senator Barrasso remembers it well.
Bishop Of Top Coal State Calls The Pope’s Climate Encyclical A “Call To Action”
Pope Francis made international headlines last month by calling on the world to proactively address human-caused climate change.
The document, a so-called encyclical, is one of the most important statements a pope can issue.
Shortly after its release, Inside Energy reporter Dan Boyce sat down with Paul Etienne, Catholic Bishop of Cheyenne.
On Denmark’s Road To Renewable Power
From the roof of the Confederation of Danish Industries building in downtown Copenhagen, Denmark’s energy past and future are within view. Smokestacks from several coal-fired power plants share space on the horizon with a fleet of wind turbines.
Why Is Cheyenne Putting Its Youth Crisis Center In A Jail?
Seventeen year old Robert Bruner has put his mom Jackie through hell--and he’s the first to admit it. Bruner says it all started a few years ago, when he was hit with a serious depression.
“Instead of coping with it the right way: writing stuff down, listening to music, being positive,” he says, “I would smoke weed, snort pills, do whatever.”
They fought a lot. Robert was on probation for drug use, and when, one night, his mom caught him sneaking out to get high, she couldn’t take it anymore.
“So I brought him to the Crisis Center in Laramie.”
Authors Of New Anthology Of Arapaho Stories Hope To Preserve Language
The Arapaho language is one of many indigenous languages considered endangered. But a new book of bilingual Arapaho stories attempts to help the problem by collecting hundreds of songs and prayers into one place. University of Colorado linguist Andrew Cowell discovered a treasure trove of translated stories during his research.
