Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The University of Wyoming announced three Presidential finalists for the ongoing presidential search Friday. The finalists chosen by the UW search committees are Duane Nellis, president of Texas Tech University; Laurie Nichols, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University and Jeremy Haefner, provost and senior vice…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The Laramie City Council moved to postpone voting on an ordinance that could force some local residents out on the street. “I live with a wife and four kids in an RV,” Arron Lynyrd, Laramie resident, said during the meeting. “I will have to leave.” The original ordinance…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu With the development of financial crisis across the state, the University of Wyoming’s Board of Trustees met to discuss budget appropriations. Although the board did not vote, they discussed tuition increases and remedies for budget shortcomings and dwindling revenue sources. The board asked both the faculty and student senates to provide feed…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The Laramie City council passed ordinance amending the regulations for mobile home parks, manufactured home communities and recreational vehicle parks within Laramie. These alterations to the existing ordinance could increase difficulties for local trailer park residences and owners. “I think this is one of the stupidest ordinances I have ever seen,” Robert…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu Predicted budget shortcomings for the City of Laramie may mean during the 2015 fiscal year it will be receiving $865,023 less than previously planned Traditionally the City of Laramie has relied heavily on state shared hardship funding; however, in light of the recent financial troubles facing the state hardship funding is being…
During a day of remembrance on Nov. 11, holocaust survivor Estelle Nadel came to the University of Wyoming to tell her story of surviving one of the darkest phases of humanity in the 20th century. Nadel, a child survivor of the Holocaust, shared her story to many young college students. Nadel’s story began in Poland,…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu Tuesday night the city council met for public hearings and a work session, with the meeting beginning with concerned citizens asking for reform of the city’s mosquito control program. “Fogging likely effects humans, we need to make it safer for the public,” Christie Palmer, a concerned citizen with a masters in biology,…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The Laramie city council reviewed the 2016 legislative session with the Albany County legislators Monday night. The main area of focus was that of the recent state budget problems and how the decrease of state funding will affect Laramie. For Laramie state shared revenue makes up a large portion of its revenue….
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming’s President, Richard McGinity met with the Laramie City council Tuesday evening, regarding updates with the development of the new engineering building. “We’re here to talk to you about a very exciting project, it involves a new engineering building” University of Wyoming President McGinity said. The New Engineering building is…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The City of Laramie announced a hiring freeze on Friday, which went into effect Monday; this is following the recent state-hiring freeze. The goal of the city-freeze is to prevent later budget shortcomings, City Manager Janine Jordan said. “A hiring freeze will assist the city in meeting the fiscal challenges that…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The Laramie city council approved two motions Tuesday to grant a combined total of over $3 million toward upcoming private and public projects, the construction of Tungsten Heavy Powder and Parts and the continued development of the Imperial Heights Park. Tungsten Heavy Powder and Parts received a $3 million loan grant combination….
The Clean Power Plan was made public August 3rd, and while some see this bill as a historical milestone taking real action on climate change, others see it as an EPA overreach – detrimental to Wyoming’s economy. “The Clean Power Plan is scientifically flawed and if implemented will not achieve minimum reductions. It is in…
