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On this episode, the Wyoming Legislature begins its work next week and a proposal to change the Wyoming Primary Election process could get some interest. COVID surges are impacting staff at some of the state's smallest hospitals. Mask restrictions on the Wind River Reservation are helping student-athletes stay in school. Those stories and a visit with the Meeteetse Chocolatier.
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In Wyoming, the major effects of COVID-19 took hold several months after the initial discovery and rise in cases in other parts of the country. And while the state's hospitals have ebbed and flowed with patients since then, the impact and demands on the healthcare infrastructure has differed from place to place. Wyoming Public Radio's Hugh Cook reports on the situation at smaller hospitals in Johnson and Weston counties. -
The Wind River Reservation is still mandating masks and other COVID protocols. This means basketball season looks a little different this year. Wyoming Public Radio's Taylar Stagner reports on how basketball teams are managing. -
The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame is taking nominations through the end of February. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Scotty Ratliff, a former legislator and a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, to hear why he decided to start a list of Wyoming's most famous and skilled cowboys. -
When the Wyoming legislature begins its work, most of the focus will be on the state budget and redistricting. Any other bills will have to get two-thirds of the body to support them before they can be considered. One bill that could get a look is a priority of the Wyoming Republican Party and others who are trying to keep people from winning a contested primary without over 50 percent of the vote. The bill is House Bill 74. The legislature's Joint Corporations Committee defeated a similar bill late last year and Hulett Representative Chip Neiman wants to try again. He joined Bob Beck to discuss the concept. -
Deadly overdoses from the synthetic opioid fentanyl are a growing problem. The drug is useful for doctors, but now it’s showing up all over. There are ways to test for it, but in some cases, that’s illegal, too. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Madelyn Beck explains. -
Home to just 300 or so people, Meeteetse is nestled between the foot of the Absaroka Mountains and the Badlands. And for the past 18 years, the owner of Meeteetse Chocolatier Tim Kellogg has been making chocolates for the townspeople and tourists. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska visited the chocolatier to see how they fared during the pandemic.
