President Likely To Sign Water Infrastructure Bill Affecting Wyoming

By • 4 hours ago
Fontanelle Dam in southwestern Wyoming
Public Domain / U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

A massive federal infrastructure bill could help Wyoming make more use of the Fontanelle Dam, part of which has never been used. U.S. Senator John Barrasso sponsored the America's Water Infrastructure Act that supports projects for flood protection, repairing old irrigation systems, and upgrading dams.

California University Offers Teaching Fellowship To Native Americans

By • 5 hours ago
Claremont Graduate University

Paying for graduate school can be challenging in the best of circumstances. But one fellowship could help Native American students with financial aid.

Public Hearing Called To Review New Special Education Guidelines

By • 6 hours ago

A public hearing will be held on proposed changes to special education funding. The Wyoming Association of Special Education Administrators (WASEA) called for the meeting because they say more time and information are needed before weighing in on the new Chapter 44 rules.

Is The Western Film Genre Dying?

By • 9 hours ago

Western films are iconic like Stagecoach, The Magnificent Seven and High Noon. But has the Western genre lost its popularity in the modern days of the Avengers and superheroes? Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska asked film critic, Dr. Andrew Patrick Nelson, whether the genre is really dying or just changing?

Second Woman To Head U.S. Forest Service Has Deep Background In The West

By • Oct 11, 2018

Vicki Christiansen was sworn in this morning as Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. She’s only the second female to serve in this role in its 113-year history.

Live Opera Comes To Stay In Wyoming

By • Oct 11, 2018
Opera Wyoming

Friday evening, Casper residents can experience the first performance of the newly created Opera Wyoming.

Museum Minute: The Four Vagabonds

By • Oct 11, 2018
Image from the Cody Firearms Museum, Museum Purchase

  


In firearms history, there are many parallels between firearm production and automobile production. So Ashley Hlebinsky, the curator of the Cody Firearms Museum, was excited to find one lever action shotgun that held significance to two tycoons in the automobile industry.

Western States Seeing First Snowfall Of Season

By • Oct 11, 2018

Areas all across the Mountain West, from Colorado's Front Range to Eastern Idaho, have seen their first real snowfall of the 2018-2019 season in the last week.

Bill Seeks To Repeal Credit Supporting Electric Vehicles

By • Oct 11, 2018
Electric Car
Fleet Karma

Wyoming U.S. Senator John Barrasso has introduced a bill, the Fairness For Every Driver Act, that would repeal the electric vehicle tax credit. The credit has been around since the early nineties and gives buyers up to $7,500 off an electric car.

2018 Fall Membership Drive: Pet Wednesday

By Wyoming Public Media • Oct 10, 2018

Check out slideshow above to see the menagerie of pets who listen to Wyoming Public Radio! Thank you to everyone who posted pictures of your pets on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Pet Wednesday.

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