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U of Wyo asks for residents to share monarch butterfly observations
WYOMING — Wyomingites can help track Monarch butterflies as they fly through the state this summer and fall. In 2015, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute started a citizen scientist campaign called the Monarchs and Milkweeds program to better understand where, when and how monarchs travel through Wyoming.
UW’s Wyoming SBDC Network to Participate in NSF Proposal Lab Aug. 8
Small-business owners and researchers will have the opportunity to submit Phase 1 proposals during the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTR Proposal Lab Thursday, Aug. 8. The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, the Montana Innovation Partnership and the New Mexico Federal and State Technology partnership program will participate in...
Weird Al Talks Polkamania On Wake Up Wyoming
Weird Al Yankovic is now 64 years old and he's still cranking out bizarre hits. He called Wyoming's morning talk show Wake Up Wyoming and spoke about his career and his latest video. Wake Up Wyoming is heard on several radio stations around the state, so Weird Al got plenty...
Art events across Wyoming seek to expand access, while building community
Music fills the Thursday evening air — a distant guitar riff, overlapping with a nearby fiddle. Roasting meat perfumes the festive atmosphere and the streets are an explosion of color. Visual and musical artists stationed at assorted downtown businesses build an overlapping cacophony of sights and sounds amid the Casper summer.
Most contested state legislative primaries in Wyoming this year since at least 2010
Wyoming has 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. All contested primaries are Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats. About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries are...
Wyoming Legion Baseball ‘A’ State Tournament Scoreboard: July 27-31, 2024
Powell hosts the 2024 Wyoming American Legion Baseball Class ‘A’ State Tournament from July 27-31. It is an eight-team, modified, double-elimination bracket. The Powell Pioneers are the defending Class A State Champions. It was their first championship since 2010. Six of the eight teams were in last year’s field. Also, thanks to a gate sponsor, there is no fee to attend the games.
Wyoming Legion Baseball Class ‘A’ All-Conference Awards for 2024
All-conference accolades were announced for Wyoming Legion Baseball’s Single-A teams on Tuesday. The lists include first-team and second-team honors for the 2024 season. The head coaches in each district (West and East) voted for the honors. The eight teams in the Northwest and Southwest conferences make up the West All-Conference selections. The nine teams in the East Conference comprise their All-League choices. Congratulations to all the players on the lists.
Wyoming has a Chance to See Northern Lights Tonight
The National Weather Service is saying there is a good chance Wyomingites will see the Northern Lights tonight, July 23. The best viewing times will be between midnight and 3:00 a.m. The best way to view them is by finding a dark place away from light pollution. Then look to...
Game and Fish Commission Approved $102 M Budget; Dubois man awarded EOY
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met last week in Buffalo. The seven-member board approved the annual Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget — a regular task at July meetings. The standard operational budget, which supports the day-to-day work of the department, was approved at $102 million. Game and Fish doesn’t receive state general fund dollars. The bulk of the budget comes from sportspeople.
ASCS Northern Plains Going Three Wide In Wyoming This Weekend
CASPER SPEEDWAY (Casper, Wyo.):. The season’s third stop at the half-mile oval, the tour’s last trip was May 31 and June 1, with Trever Kirkland and series’ points leader Kelly Miller splitting time atop the podium. Revived as a regional tour two years ago, Adam Speckman picked...
Air quality alert issued for Natrona County due to wildfire smoke
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Much of eastern Wyoming is now under an air quality alert until 1 p.m. Wednesday. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Cheyenne stated that Casper and other parts of the state are currently experiencing poor air quality conditions due to wildfire smoke originating from Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation
Washington, DC (WVDN) — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will strengthen American energy security by accelerating the permitting process for critical energy and mineral projects of all types in the […] The post Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.
Wyo. Coaches Association Hall of Fame Inductee David Trembly
One of the members of the 2024 Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame is David Trembly of Dubois. He was the long-time head football coach for the Rams and started at that school way back in 1998. Trembly led the Rams to the playoffs 15 times in his career including a State Championship and undefeated season in 2012. His 6-man football teams made the semi-final round of the playoffs for 3 straight years from 2021-2023.
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