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On this episode, a debate over the types of books in certain sections of the Campbell County library has convinced two board members not to seek another term. Legislators this year responded to a loophole in Wyoming's stalking law. More people are looking to make the switch to electric cars. But is it a viable option in Wyoming? Those stories and more.
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One bill that fell under the radar this year will make it illegal to use electronic devices such as phones, iPads, computers and GPS tracking devices to harass and stalk individuals. The Wyoming legislature overwhelmingly supported the measure that makes that activity a violation of the state's stalking laws. It took an incident in tiny Upton to get the bill passed. -
Campbell County Library Board and Commission meetings have been venues for some members of the Campbell County community to voice their opposition to books in the library that discuss topics on LGBTQ and sex education aimed at children and teens. -
A University of Wyoming environmental justice scholar speaks with Wyoming Public Radio about the IPCC's latest climate report. -
A local professor is launching a podcast that focuses on missing person cases that the media ignoresA Cheyenne English college professor was amazed by how the Gabby Petito case struck a chord with the nation while there are so many other missing persons in the state of Wyoming. So Renee Michelle Nelson decided to create a podcast focusing on cases from marginalized communities called Unsolved Wyoming (release date June 3). -
Spring break drew a diverse group of young people to Grand Teton National Park for the annual NPS Academy orientation. -
A housing crunch in the West has some looking to public lands as a solution…and a place to live. -
Struggling ranchers protect threatened grasslands by offering carbon credits (and get paid to do it)Ranchers often consider themselves caretakers of their land and it's that kind of thinking that's motivating them to sign up for an innovative new approach called rangeland carbon offsetting. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Birch Malotky who recently reported on the issue for the University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute's magazine. -
On a Wyoming highway, a sound close to what you might hear on the Jetsons is coming from a small car. Patrick Lawson, a Northern Arapaho tribal member, changed the sound with a couple clicks on a screen to an ice cream truck. He smiled and explained that these cars are silent but you can make them sound like almost anything.
