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On this episode, Albany County gave the green light to a long-debated 500-megawatt wind farm. The University of Wyoming is attempting to move forward after some serious budget reductions. As vaccination rates stagnate, new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are emerging, which can threaten those who are already vaccinated. Those stories and more.
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A recently approved wind farm could bring significant tax dollars to Albany County and the state, while helping humanity reduce carbon emissions. But the Rail Tie Wind Project's approval this week came with some stipulations. Wyoming Public Radio's Jeff Victor reports those stipulations represent something of a compromise with the vocal and well-organized movement that fought the wind farm for more than a year. -
This week the University of Wyoming (UW) announced some big plans. After already reducing $42 million, the university had to cut another $13 million. Those cuts will involve the loss of roughly 75 jobs. Along with that, UW announced it's consolidating a number of departments, and shifting science and math programs from the College of Arts and Sciences to the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture. -
Another dry year has left the waterway that supplies 40 million people in the Southwest parched. A prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage. -
Wyoming's mountains sit at the headwaters of some of the most important rivers in the American West, including the Colorado and the Missouri. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Journalist Anne MacKinnon to discuss her book Public Water: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West. The book tackles the fascinating history of how we came to manage all that water, and what other states could learn from us as we face greater droughts and climate change in the future. -
Those living with compromised immune systems are facing a double whammy with the region's low vaccination rates and the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine may not offer them the same protection as their peers. -
As vaccination rates stagnate, new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are emerging and becoming more common. This is concerning to public health officials like State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist, who sat down with Wyoming Public Radio's Ivy Engel to discuss viral mutations and why an unvaccinated population is still a threat to those who are vaccinated. -
The Wyoming Supreme Court has a new chief justice. Kate Fox has been a justice on the court since 2014. She took over for former chief justice Mike Davis this month. Wyoming Public Radio's Catherine Wheeler spoke to Fox about her new role. Fox started by describing what it feels like to be only the second woman to have the position in Wyoming state history. -
After a year off due to COVID-19, the "Daddy of 'em All" finally gets to celebrate its 125th year as Cheyenne Frontier Days returns. General Chairman Jimmy Dean Siler and PR Chairman Mike Smith join us to discuss the two-week event which kicks off next weekend.
