The two tribes of the Wind River Reservation are getting more than 450-thousand dollars of federal money for job training for adults and at rise youth. Here’s more from Leslie Stratmoen of affiliate KVOW/KTAK in Riverton…(Click to hear story from Leslie Stratmoen) Photo: Map of Wind River Reservation
Entries from June 25th, 2010
Federal Money Earmarked for Reservation Job Training
By Mick Birge posted Jun 25, 2010 at 4:14AM
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Cody Saddle Bronc Rider Dies at Jackson Hole Rodeo
By Mick Birge posted Jun 25, 2010 at 4:11AM
A saddle bronc rider from Cody has died from injuries he suffered during competition this week at the Jackson Hole Rodeo. Here’s Tom Ninnemann of Jackson Hole Radio…(Click to hear story from Tom Ninneman) Photo: The chutes at Jackson Rodeo grounds
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Man Runs Naked Along I-80; Causes Injuries to Himself and Others
By Mick Birge posted Jun 25, 2010 at 4:08AM
A Utah man attacked several motorists along I-80 in Sweetwater County before being arrested. Three people, including the man himself, were injured. Motorists reported a car swerving on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80, east of Wamsutter at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of the car reportedly ran naked in front of traffic before getting [...]
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Is Tradition Out the Window in Collegiate Athletics
By Keith Kelley posted Jun 24, 2010 at 11:10AM
College athletics was always about tradition. Now, with conferences realigning themselves, and television becomes even a bigger player in college football, tradition is going out the window. For example, with Utah leaving the Mountain West Conference, a lot of history with several teams in the league will end. And who knows what the rivalry with [...]
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Summer weather arrives….finally
By DayWeather, Inc. posted Jun 24, 2010 at 7:41AM
A Summer weather pattern is finally establishing itself across Wyoming this week. This will result in warmer and sunny weather conditions across the state for the next several days and well into next week. There will be some isolated to widely scattered late day thunderstorm activity possible at times, especially on Saturday, otherwise expect the [...]
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WYO Safeway Workers Get Concessions
By Mick Birge posted Jun 24, 2010 at 4:15AM
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Negotiations are paying off for Wyoming Safeway workers. Employees will now have some of the same benefits of those who work the same job in Colorado. The Safeway labor union achieved their top goal – receiving the same pension benefits as their Colorado counterparts. They’ll also get an improved insurance package comparable [...]
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Bark Beetles Making Their Way North
By Mick Birge posted Jun 24, 2010 at 4:13AM
The Medicine Bow and other forests in southern Wyoming are not the only ones affected by the infestation of bark beetles in recent years. Bark Beeltes have made their way north. The beetles have now been discovered in some areas of the Big Horn Mountains. Chris Thomas is a forester with the Big Horn National [...]
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Unemployment Improves in WYO
By Mick Birge posted Jun 24, 2010 at 4:11AM
Unemployment across Wyoming dropped ever so slightly in June. And as Tom Ninneman of Jackson Hole Radio tells us, the unemployment rate was helped by a big increase in hiring last month in the hospitality sector…(Click to hear story from Tom Ninnemann)
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Political Emailing at UW a Big “No-No”
By Mick Birge posted Jun 21, 2010 at 9:17AM
Email is a common part of political campaigning these days, but seeing such politics on the University of Wyoming email system is uncommon… because it’s banned. But Bob Spencer with the Equality State Policy Center says they recently received complaints about email politicking over the system, so they sent a letter to U-W President Tom [...]
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Summer weather, strong late day thunderstorms
By DayWeather, Inc. posted Jun 21, 2010 at 7:28AM
The Summer Solstice arrived at 5:28 MTN time this morning. Summer weather will finally get established across Wyoming this week with temperatures expected to remain steady and warmer than the past few weeks. However, expect some late day thunderstorms, a few of which may be strong in the north and east today and Tuesday. Portions [...]
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