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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending more than $490 million to reduce wildfire risk in the West.
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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline bill went through several big changes during committee hearings before eventually passing the House floor. However, the trust that funds the bill lost all dollars allocated to it.The 988 hotline offers 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained Wyoming based crisis counselors.
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"Grounded: Restoring our world through a Sacred Harmony with the earth and each other" is currently on exhibit at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper. If features the work of 15 Native American artists from several tribes from the Great Plains. It will tour six locations in communities throughout the state before heading out-of-state, including Washington, D.C. and internationally for the next two years.
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Wyoming lawmakers are once again considering banning chemical abortions. The bill does not differ from the same one that was defeated at last year's legislative session. It targets four drugs that are used to induce an abortion in the first trimester.
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A top coal producer in Wyoming is donating money to the University of Wyoming (UW) to help fund research into future uses of coal, which the coal industry and state are hedging their bets that these discoveries will keep the resource from going obsolete.
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The Wyoming House floor will consider a bill that would give the Wyoming governor the right to strike an agreement with tribes on treaty based hunting, fishing and gathering rights.
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Wyoming is currently on of eight states that don't have a minimum marriage age, though a recommended age of 16 exists in state statute. The bill would set the minimum age at 18 with some exceptions.
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Outdoor recreation is booming in Wyoming and requests to build new trails often supersede available funds. A proposed bill would have put millions of dollars toward the effort, but lawmakers voted it down for fear of it being too much money.
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The bill would have let municipalities run their own "ranked choice" elections for nonpartisan local races.
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Senator Lummis laud election of speaker McCarthy; berates DOJ for protecting President Joe Biden
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University of Wyoming launches center dedicated to non-partisan firearms research
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According to research, trans youth are at a much higher risk for depression and suicide than their cisgender peers. It's been found that risk is higher in communities where trans youth are not accepted.
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Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.
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The composer has been lauded for decades over his deeply affective music; director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and more join us to explain why.
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The seat currently held by 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein is safely Democratic. Feinstein has not announced if she will retire, but Democratic hopefuls are already entering the race for her seat.
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Kimmel says he thought he was going to stop; then he didn't.
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The five former officers each face a litany of charges, including second degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.
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Eggs have roughly tripled in price in the last few years. Now a raft of competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food.
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This year's tastefully refurbished Dead Space provides plenty of reasons to revisit the sci-fi horror classic.
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Jordan Harper's hardboiled plot centers on a "black-bag publicist" who works for a prestige crisis management firm, putting out fires and quieting scandals for Hollywood's elite.
The problem solving, the power struggles and the priorities of the 67th Wyoming legislature.
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Wyoming Public Radio will add an additional time slot for National Native News.
In addition to the newscast at 6:30pm, beginning January 23rd, you can hear National Native News at 1:01pm during Here & Now.
In addition to the newscast at 6:30pm, beginning January 23rd, you can hear National Native News at 1:01pm during Here & Now.
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