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Company proposes boosting Wyoming’s energy economy with coal-to-oil plant
The town of Medicine Bow is currently planning for a DKRW proposed coal to liquids conversion facility. The plant would be a financial boom for the state and bring jobs to the county. But this isn’t the first time Wyoming is looking into a project that would add value to its coal so it’s undergoing close scrutiny.

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Avalanche Center to Skiers, Snowmobilers: 'Friend Me'
The Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center has a new friends group that aims to raise the center's profile and to enhance fund-raising from private donors. The center will also soon be looking for even more friends on Facebook. It's all part of an effort to prevent tragedies in the backcountry. Rebecca Huntington has more.

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Despite lots of proposals, no carbon sequestration plants exist in the U.S.

Lack of EPA support from Wyoming’s Congressional delegation could lead to unintended consequences.

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Regional drought blamed for Wyoming moose decline
Big game hunting is big business here in Wyoming, and almost nothing is off limits to hunters, ranging from bison to mountain lions to moose. But a dramatic drop in the state’s moose population is hurting people who make a living from big game. Wyoming Public Radio’s Tristan Ahtone reports the reasons for the decline are complicated.

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Committee seeks to develop a better way to assess and improve education.

Wyoming hunters can, and should, target abundant elk this fall.

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Wyoming is watching debate over federal transportation funding.
Governor Matt Mead says Wyoming will have a difficult time maintaining highways without more federal aid. Congress is debating highway funding right now  with dramatically different ideas about how much money should go to state transportation projects. Patrick Terpstra is following developments from Washington.

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Three Wyoming residents who were witnesses of 9/11 still remember it vividly.
The unfolding horror of 9/11 remains vivid for Teton County residents, who were living in New York City at the time. Wyoming Public Radio's Rebecca Huntington shares the stories of three current Wyoming residents, who watched the surreal events of that day, first-hand.