Taylar Stagner
Tribal/Rural BureauTaylar Dawn Stagner is a central Wyoming rural and tribal reporter for Wyoming Public Radio. She has degrees in American Studies, a discipline that interrogates the history and culture of America. She was a Native American Journalist Association Fellow in 2019, and won an Edward R. Murrow Award for her Modern West podcast episode about drag queens in rural spaces in 2021. Stagner is Arapaho and Shoshone.
She lives in Riverton Wyoming, where she grew up on a cattle ranch with her dog. She loves bad films and video games.
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Back in December, a Riverton man’s death prompted conversations about resources for the unhoused population in Fremont County. Wyoming Public Radio’s Taylar Stagner found that that tragedy galvanized the community to come together and talk about how to fix the problem. Stagner attended the summit for Our Unhoused Neighbors in mid-March. -
Patrick Goggles with the Northern Arapaho housing authority said 20 units is a good start but the tribe needs at least 300 more units to address current housing needs. -
The average hourly wage for caretakers who take care of those with disabilities is around $14 in Wyoming. Employers are struggling with retention while the price of everything is going up. So, it’s getting hard to keep people in these jobs. -
Today, we’re looking back at our stories from 2022. The newsroom picked a couple of our favorites. We’ll hear about how two hospitals in the state cut pregnancy services this year. A team at the University of Wyoming is trying to help return cultural artifacts in museums to their rightful owners. And we look into how rising temperatures can affect the livestock industry. Those stories and more. -
The house sits on top of a hill outside Lander to make sure it gets maximum sunlight. The floor has radiant heating and the roof has solar panels to hopefully help the house produce more energy than it uses. For those who are working on the project, it's the future. -
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In Rock Springs, the mall provided a vaulted ceiling for big echoey resonance for a Christmas music concert. What makes it special is that all the instruments are tubas and euphoniums. The low tones drifted from TJ Maxx to Ross Dress for Less. People listened while getting some holiday shopping done. Tuba Christmas is a series of national concerts featuring the tuba and euphonium. -
State culture fund allocates money to endeavors across the state, including some Indigenous projectsThe Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund has released the names of its biannual funding recipients. The list includes a couple of Indigenous centered projects and other cultural projects from around the state. -
