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Please follow our discussion guidelines: https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/topic-of-the-week/2012-02-13/wpm-npr-community-discussion-rules . Wyoming Public Radio is a commercial-free station licensed to the University of Wyoming. Wyoming Public Media programming is primarily news, podcasts, classical and contemporary music. We also air jazz, folk, bluegrass, and unique entertainment programs. Wyo

ming Public Radio is the state's only member of National Public Radio. Wyoming Public Media also administers Classical Wyoming, Jazz Wyoming, and Wyoming Sounds streams of all three channels. Community Discussion Rules

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Some Wyoming lawmakers in a working group are considering reforming the state’s records requests law and public access l...
10/01/2025

Some Wyoming lawmakers in a working group are considering reforming the state’s records requests law and public access laws. It would affect how Wyomingites access public records or view public meetings from any government entity.

Legislators have drafted a bill that would require records to be released within ten days of a request, adjusting fees for record requests and adjusting rules around public comment periods.

The working group was created by the Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee. The topic was a priority of the Committee for the interim, which outlined the issue as follows: “Complaints have arisen in a few areas, including the effectiveness of the ombudsman program, the cost imposed by government entities on records requests, and ignorance and disregard of public records and public meetings statutes by public officials.”

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Some Wyoming lawmakers are considering reforming the state’s records requests law and public access laws. It would affect how Wyomingites access...

A county clerk whose conduct in the 2024 election cycle is under investigation by Wyoming lawmakers opted not to appear ...
10/01/2025

A county clerk whose conduct in the 2024 election cycle is under investigation by Wyoming lawmakers opted not to appear before them on Sept. 29 despite receiving a subpoena to do so, citing a scheduling conflict.

Electeds on the Weston County Clerk 2024 General Election Subcommittee took the rare step of subpoenaing Clerk Becky Hadlock to testify on ballot misprints in three 2024 races, which led to hand recounts.

Hadlock sent the subcommittee a letter on Sept. 25 in which she told lawmakers she would ask members of the county’s hand count committee to attend and give testimony.

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Lawmakers subpoenaed Clerk Becky Hadlock to testify on ballot misprints in three 2024 races, which led to hand recounts. Hadlock told the subcommittee she had a scheduling conflict.

10/01/2025

Season 2, Episode 8 - Coach - El Vedauvoo

One man made me a rock climber: Layne Kopishka. He was my high school swim coach and a P.E. instructor who taught young athletes how to climb on the granite walls of Vedauwoo, in southeastern Wyoming. He pushed us to become more than we were, and in the process, made us what we are today.

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Wyoming Public Media has received a Wyoming Semiquincentennial Grant!To celebrate, we are extending the deadline to post...
09/30/2025

Wyoming Public Media has received a Wyoming Semiquincentennial Grant!

To celebrate, we are extending the deadline to post photos in our Photo Contest “Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes.” Post photos of Wyoming’s beautiful scenery, people, and history through Friday, October 31st.

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Some Wyoming politicians are championing the latest federal oil and gas lease sale in the state, but others are saying m...
09/30/2025

Some Wyoming politicians are championing the latest federal oil and gas lease sale in the state, but others are saying money is being left on the table.

A couple weeks ago, oil and gas companies purchased about $8.4 million worth of federal leases to produce in Wyoming, totaling about 40,000 acres.

Wyoming’s political leaders said this is great for industry, and in turn, great for economies in nearby towns. U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said the success of the sale is thanks to Pres. Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order and recent changes from the GOP spending bill that make it cheaper for companies to produce.

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Some Wyoming politicians are championing the latest federal oil and gas lease sale in the state, but others are saying money is being left on the table.

09/30/2025

Marjorie Merriweather Post #531: Jacqueline Thompson Papers

Marjorie Merriweather Post was born in 1887. The only child of Charles W. and Ella Post, she was close to her father, who made his fortune as a breakfast food pioneer.

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Plaintiffs are making one last effort to ban transgender women from college sororities by appealing a case that began at...
09/29/2025

Plaintiffs are making one last effort to ban transgender women from college sororities by appealing a case that began at the University of Wyoming.

In 2023, some members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma UW chapter launched a federal lawsuit to remove a transgender student inducted just months before. The lawsuit argued the sorority broke its contract with members, who believed the induction of a transgender member at UW went against the promise of a women-only space.

The lawsuit became a national flashpoint in debates about the inclusion of transgender women in female spaces. In June, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was opening an investigation into UW over its decision to allow a trans-inclusive sorority on its campus.

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A federal court dismissed the 2023 case for a second time last month. The case has propelled its participants into the national spotlight.

Wyoming lawmakers on the Reapportionment Subcommittee met on Sept. 25 in Newcastle to hear from constituents about how s...
09/29/2025

Wyoming lawmakers on the Reapportionment Subcommittee met on Sept. 25 in Newcastle to hear from constituents about how seats in the state Legislature are divvied up and explore alternative districting methods.

The meeting came out of a bill passed in the last general session, SF 174, that sought to rectify differences in how the state and federal constitutions carve up legislative districts across the Equality State.

Wyoming’s constitution says counties should have at least one representative and one senator, and that districts should follow county lines.

The meeting came out of a bill passed in the last general session that sought to rectify differences in how the state and federal constitutions map...

More than $70 million is headed to communities across the Mountain West to help reduce wildfire risks.The U.S. Forest Se...
09/29/2025

More than $70 million is headed to communities across the Mountain West to help reduce wildfire risks.

The U.S. Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense grants target areas called the wildland-urban interface, where people live near forests. The number of these areas has grown as more people move to the mountains, said Cody Tully, fuels program manager at the Wyoming State Forestry Division.

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The federal grants are focused on reducing risk in areas where people live near forests.

It was a big week in Wyoming for financial tech enthusiasts, STEM students, gamers and fans of consumer legislation.The ...
09/29/2025

It was a big week in Wyoming for financial tech enthusiasts, STEM students, gamers and fans of consumer legislation.

The Wyoming Blockchain Stampede charged through the University of Wyoming’s campus, and lawmakers on the Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology worked through a slew of consumer tech draft bills and discussions on some futuristic ideas for the state.

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Self-driving cars, right-to-repair laws and crypto tech were center stage for legislators, students and industry enthusiasts alike in Laramie...

The town of Wright will have its air quality monitored for the next year or so. This comes after a national group gave t...
09/29/2025

The town of Wright will have its air quality monitored for the next year or so. This comes after a national group gave the air a failing grade.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) put a mobile testing unit at the Cottonwood Elementary School soccer field, which is downwind of oil and gas operations.

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The town of Wright will have its air quality monitored for the next year or so. This comes after a national group gave the air a failing grade.

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Wyoming Public Radio is a commercial-free station licensed to the University of Wyoming. Wyoming Public Media programming is primarily news, podcasts, classical and contemporary music. We also air jazz, folk, bluegrass, and unique entertainment programs. We broadcast to over 80% Wyoming. Wyoming Public Radio is the state's only member of National Public Radio.

Wyoming Public Media also administers Classical Wyoming, Jazz Wyoming, and Wyoming Sounds streams of all three channels.