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The Wyoming Department of Health is going around the state asking for input on how to spend its share of the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Juana Summers has been the co-host of NPR’s afternoon news show, All Things Considered, for the past three years. But she got her start interning at a member station, with a drive to cover politics. As NPR comes under scrutiny for alleged political bias, and federal funding for both the national network and its member station newsrooms dries up, Summers says the national-local partnership is more important now than ever.

The Trump administration and Congress are considering how to fund the Older Americans Act. Other sources of more local support are in flux.

Energize Wind River now has access to a roughly $2 million construction grant that was put on hold by the Trump administration earlier this year.

Federal funding freezes have stalled a proposed wildlife crossing project in Fremont County. The agencies involved are still trying to make it happen.

The money would have gone to compensating tribal representatives for their work to better tell the story of Indigenous people in the area.

The funding went towards fixing a leaky roof and installing solar panels. While the roof is complete, the solar project is still in progress.

Wyoming Pathways says uncertainty about federal funding may derail this year’s planned work. This sentiment is echoed by other federally funded groups across the country.

Wildland firefighters have been pushing for permanent pay raises for years. A stopgap funding measure approved by the U.S. House of Representatives and now heading to the Senate would do just that.

With a $2 million construction grant currently on hold, Energize Wind River is searching for other funding sources to make solar a reality for some Eastern Shoshone homes.