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Around Wyoming brings you news from around the state, keeping you informed with brief updates of stories you may have missed.

Around Wyoming, Tuesday, April 29

A Powell High School senior has finished her high school career as a drag racing champion. The Powell Tribune reports Kayla Peterson snagged the title of 2024 High School Champion from the Yellowstone Drag Strip in Acton, Montana. She also got a Wally Award, a hard to get trophy named after the National Hot Rod Association’s founder. She’s moving up to a new racing class and taking on a nursing degree at Northwest College.

A Tongue River High School senior’s work will be used to honor Wyoming’s best teachers. The Sheridan Press reports Alex Whitehead won the inaugural design contest for Wyoming finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. His design features mountains and the Wyoming buffalo with the award’s logo in the middle.

A Sweetwater County hospital official will be representing the challenges of rural healthcare as a member of the American Hospital Association’s Pharmacy and Drug Policy Work Group. The Rock Springs Rocket Miner reports Kari Quickenden will join pharmacy leaders from across the nation to search for solutions for challenges in the industry.

And, according to tour provider Antelope Canyon, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is the ninth most popular canyon in the country.

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Ivy started as a science news intern in the summer of 2019 and has been hooked on broadcast ever since. Her internship was supported by the Wyoming EPSCoR Summer Science Journalism Internship program. In the spring of 2020, she virtually graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in biology with minors in journalism and business. When she’s not writing for WPR, she enjoys baking, reading, playing with her dog, and caring for her many plants.

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