Governor Matt Mead announced last week that part of his budget proposal for the upcoming legislative session includes $21 million dollars for improvements to highway 59 between Douglas and Gillette. The section of highway in question is 170 miles in length and is primarily located in Converse County. According to the 2013 Highway Safety Report,…
Students traveling home for Thanksgiving break over the weekend experienced an odd mix of inclement weather in parts of Wyoming, making for dangerous roads. The National Weather Service reported that several parts of Wyoming received snow ranging from four inches to less than one inch on both Tuesday and Sunday, both of which were key…
The Cowboy Saloon hosted the 13 best bartenders in the state last Friday as they vied for $2,500 and a championship belt buckle in the Wyoming Whiskey Bartender Shootout live drink mixing competition. The competitors advanced to the state finals by placing at regional competitions that were held in Casper, Cody, Lander and Laramie. The…
I sit in class on Tuesday afternoon impatiently tapping my foot, only three more days. I pull up ESPN to check and recheck win-loss records, but that leaves me little solace. So I then pull up the expert opinions; they offer no definitive answers. I go to my default, the Vegas odds, you can’t go…
Casey Terrell reports on the G20 Summit in Australia where Vladimir Putin and President Obama were both in attendance.
One of Wyoming’s major mule deer herds is the focus of a $3 million dollar habitat improvement project that will be completed over the next 10 years. The movement arose after the Wyoming Game and Fish reported that Wyoming mule deer populations have declined by roughly 33 percent of what they were 20 years ago….
I lost a family member this past week. He still walks and talks, lives and breathes, but he is now gone forever. My grandfather may be alive but he suffers from the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and as a family the decision was made this week to put him in a permanent care facility…
This fall, UW began implementing a program to address noticeable disparities in the student experience at the university. The STEP tutoring program offers non-traditional peer tutoring to students in Coe Library. The initiative originated in the Department of Academic and Student Affairs last fall when a gap was noticed in the academic experience at UW….
People from all walks of life gathered last Friday at the Gryphon Theatre to experience a truly unique spectacle in the Laramie Burlesque Troupes Trick or Tease show. The show featured traditional Burlesque acts but also showcased many other forms of creative expression ranging from hula hooping to standup comedy. The performers span all ages,…
I will never forget the first time my grandmother saw my half sleeve tattoo. Her exact words were, “What have you done?! The only people that have tattoos are sailors and felons!” And maybe for our grandparent’s generation, that was true, but now a day’s people are getting tatted up at rates never seen before….
The ability of University of Wyoming students to say whatever they want anonymously over the Internet has reached new levels with the advent of the new phone application “Yik Yak”. It has taken off since its release in late 2013, and is currently the 20th most downloaded social media app in the world, according to…
I am going to take a shot in the dark and say that Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson has not been to Wyoming recently, if ever, and most likely doesn’t know a damn thing about the Gray Wolf besides what she has read from biased court briefings. Furthermore I would say her recent ruling on…
