Kansas City-Based Folk Singer-Songwriter And Banjo Player Kelly Hunt On Wyoming Sounds

By Wyoming Public Media • Aug 6, 2019
Alec Schaffer

Kelly Hunt live on Wyoming Sounds recorded 8/6/19.

Museum Minute: An Epic View Of The West

By • Aug 6, 2019
Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Museum Purchase. 5.79

When you think of epic Western landscapes, what comes to mind is probably those of Albert Bierstadt. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said he stood out as a Western painter because he really brought 1800’s East Coast and European audiences to a scene they otherwise couldn’t imagine. 


Women Hunters And Anglers Offer Hope For Keeping Traditions Alive

By • Aug 6, 2019
Melodie Edwards

We line up in the sagebrush with a truly distracting view of the Wind River Range visible beyond, a bunch of gals pointing arrows at a herd of targets shaped like deer, turkey, even a stegosaurus. Each animal is tacked with several colorful balloons and it's our goal to pop them.

New Wave Of Lawsuits Begins Against Boy Scouts Of America For Alleged Sex Abuse

By • Aug 5, 2019

Hundreds of men are hoping to sue the Boy Scouts of America over alleged sexual abuse. Many of those claims are coming out of Mormon communities because, until recently, the LDS church was a huge sponsor of the organization. 

Albany County Commissioners Sign Deal With Land Use Planner For Pilot Hill Park

By • Aug 5, 2019
Pilot Hill Project

Efforts to create a 5,500-acre state park on the mountainside outside of Laramie called Pilot Hill is moving forward. Albany County commissioners recently approved a contractor to develop a land-use plan. SE Group, will get paid $70,000 to seek public input and then plan out trailheads and trail systems for the park.

As News Deserts Encroach, One City Looks At A New Way To Fund Local Journalism

By • Aug 5, 2019

Many parts of the Mountain West are news deserts -- and it’s getting worse. More than 20 counties in our region have no local newspaper. The ones that are left are struggling. And research suggests news deserts contribute to low voter turnout and increasing partisanship. 

Forest Services Announces Changes To Sage Grouse Management Plan

By • Aug 5, 2019
Bob Wick, BLM

The Trump administration officially released its proposal on how to manage the greater sage grouse across the Mountain West region on August 2.

BLM's Noncompetitive Oil And Gas Lease Sales Costing States Money, Says Report

By • Aug 2, 2019

Much of the public lands leased for oil and gas in our region are acquired through a noncompetitive process with the Bureau of Land Management. A new report says that's not good for taxpayers.

U.S. Climate Crisis Committee Comes To Colorado For Answers

By • Aug 2, 2019

For the first time ever, a congressional committee held a field hearing on the climate crisis. And it happened this week right here in the Mountain West — in Boulder, Colorado. 

Barrasso Pushes To Get Wyoming Natural Gas Sold Overseas

By • Aug 2, 2019
A gas flare, used to burn off flammable gas -- on Highway 59 from Gillette
Cooper McKim / Wyoming Public Radio

House Democrats are taking aim at an issue Wyoming Senator John Barrasso seems to have spent the most time on in the past few years: Exporting American, well - Wyoming energy - abroad.

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