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Low morale, staffing woes and health worries are among the top issues shared by hundreds of federal wildland firefighters who responded.

Lawmakers passed a bevy of bills to change and fund education, health and incentivize National Guard and wildland fire positions, among other things.

The organization conducted local conversations across nine western states, including Wyoming. It’s presented as a reflection of rural Americans and their feelings toward the country turning 250.

Respondents to a survey in Colorado expressed interest in trying cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceutical medications and because they had exhausted other interventions.

Wildfire smoke is associated with a growing list of health impacts. New research now ties it to reproductive harm in bulls – a finding with implications for humans.

The federal Rural Health Transformation Program funds come after months of negotiations, which led Wyoming to drop a planned investment fund. Instead, the state will focus on basic care.

Dozens of independent, rural hospitals in Montana, Nevada and Wyoming are eligible for the program, where they could have access to a consistent supply of drugs at wholesale prices.

The state is no longer pursuing a “perpetuity fund” that could have made investments from the Rural Health Transformation Program more sustainable.

The case was in an adult from Fremont County with unconfirmed vaccination status.

Over a decade ago, Luhr got hit by a truck while riding her bike across Grand Avenue in Laramie. Now, the 68-year-old is a powerlifting champion and was just named one of AARP's Senior Planet Sponsored Athletes of the year.