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The Department of Agriculture is proposing changes to its supplemental food program for women, infants and children, otherwise known as WIC. WIC served about 6.2 million people per month in 2021, including 43 percent of the country's infants.
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In the Mountain West, more than a fifth of homeowners with a mortgage spend at least 35 percent of their monthly income on housing. Nearly 40 percent of renters region-wide spend more than a third of their income on rent.
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Several pantries in the region have seen their number of customers double since the pandemic began. Some folks who never needed food assistance before this summer are coming for the first time.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making a major investment to expand high-speed internet access in rural areas, including parts of the Mountain West.
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The first case of avian influenza was confirmed in Wyoming last week. The highly deadly disease was found in Johnson County in a non-poultry backyard flock. Since then it has also been confirmed in Park County. A raptor program in Cody is taking precautions so their 12 birds don't get infected.
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It's no secret that climate change is making extreme climate events like droughts and sudden downpours more intense and more common. When two extremes occur at the same time, like a heatwave during a drought or a storm surge at the same time as heavy rain, the combination can make the effects worse. But researchers aren't sure what happens when opposite extremes occur at the same time, like a heavy rain event during a drought.
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The time between precipitation events in the West is increasing. That could have negative effects on ecosystems and wildfires.Joel Biederman, a…
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While there are a few smaller meat processors in central Wyoming, in Riverton a new processing plant looks to keep more and business in its own…
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Panic buying has slowed down considerably since this spring, but one thing still lingering is higher demand for meat that's easier for people to cook...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a problem that already existed in Wyoming—a lack of USDA meat processing facilities compared to the number of…