Laramie

Serial Productions has come out with a new podcast series titled, “The Coldest Case in Laramie.” The show focuses on the 1985 murder of a 22-year-old University of Wyoming student named Shelli Wiley. New York Times journalist Kim Barker lived in Laramie when it happened. She opens the podcast by talking about how much that murder stuck with her. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska asked her why she decided to look into the case after years of reporting.

Grady Kirkpatrick talked with project producer Carl Gustafson from Laramie about "MOJA: A Music Saga." It's the story of African-influenced music through seven generations.

UW celebrates 'UW in Scotland' this week. Events include lectures, exhibitions, a film festival, and a fundraiser.

Residents of Orr Hall Dormitory at the University of Wyoming were evacuated early Tues. morning, Feb. 14 after a fire was reported in one of the rooms.

Mindy Uitterdyk helps run the "Letters to Santa" program at the UniWyo Credit Union, which accepted letters to the North Pole this year. It also helps publish them in the Laramie Boomerang on Christmas Eve. She caught up with Wyoming Public Radio’s Will Walkey to talk about it.

The ban punishes him for his specific by-name targeting of an individual student. It does not punish him for the more general anti-trans message.

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel wrote a message to students and staff Monday, Dec. 5, responding to multiple “incidents of concern” on campus. The incidents reportedly targeted the local LGBTQ+ community last week.

Dr. Kent Kleppinger recently traveled to Ukraine, volunteering his talents as a doctor as the war with Russia drags on.

By now, you’ve probably carved your pumpkins, picked out your costumes, and bought your candy. But there’s one other Halloween activity that may still be on your list: a ghost tour.

The Laramie Police Department said its officer left no later than 2014 — but the leaked membership log itself suggests that he joined more than two years after that, in 2016, according to the Laramie Reporter.