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Wyoming Game & Fish DepartmentThe Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Department of Education, and office of Gov. Mark Gordon announced a conservation education initiative aimed at students in upper elementary grades and above in an effort to educate them about the outdoors and introduce them to careers in wildlife. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with the Game and Fish’s Nish Goicolea about the innovative new initiative. -
Wyoming Global Technology SummitHow can technology help address the challenges facing a rural state like Wyoming? This year’s Wyoming Global Technology Summit is bringing entrepreneurs, business founders, policymakers, educators, and leaders together in the Tetons to talk solutions with a focus on leveraging technology for rural growth.
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The U.S. District Court of Wyoming granted a preliminary injunction Friday, Aug. 18, allowing Laramie Faith Community Church Elder Todd Schmidt to return to campus while his lawsuit against the university proceeds. The injunction comes less than two weeks before the start of the fall semester. -
The Wyoming Department of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder recently launched the initiative, which is being introduced in several areas throughout the state to get more preschool and kindergarten students outdoors and involved in nature-based education.
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A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that some Mountain West states are not doing a lot to support and retain teachers of color in their policies and practices.
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Kamryn Michelena, a senior at Arvada-Clearmont High School, joins 16 other students across the country as part of the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)’s National Student Leadership Council for the 2023-24 school year.
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The annual Native American Education Conference will take place at Central Wyoming College in Riverton from August 8-10. The conference helps teachers increase their fluency with Indigenous culture and helps the state achieve the goals of the Indian Education for All Act, which was passed in 2017 and aims to educate all students in Wyoming about the Native American tribes of the region.
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The board convened its first public meeting on Aug. 3 to undergo training on the history of charter schools in Wyoming, board etiquette, and establishing its operating procedures.
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Sheridan County School District No. 2, which serves the city of Sheridan, purchased six housing units on the site of the former Normative Services Academy, a facility for at-risk and juvenile offenders.
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In a tiny town on a lonely stretch of Nevada highway, a drugstore, and everything in it, is almost exactly as it was on the day it closed – more than 4 decades ago.
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Global Engagement Fellow Dilnoza Khasilova was named to Almabase's 50 Under 50 list, which recognizes individuals nationwide for their work in alumni relations and advancement.
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Park County School District #6 is partnering with businesses in the Cody community to create career pathways. The newest partnership is with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
