A second vehicular crash has been reported on Interstate 80. According to a press release by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, preliminary information estimates approximately 21 – 40 vehicles involved in the crash. Additionally, investigation and cleanup has been delayed due to a “fire that is still burning form the crash with a 22,000 gallon tanker of…
Spring storms resulted in a massive car pile up yesterday on interstate 80. The Highway Patrol reported that approximately 40-50 commercial vehicles and 20 passenger vehicles were involved and several people were taken to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Bruce Burrows, public affairs specialist at the Wyoming Department of Transportation, said he did not know how…
Spring storms resulted in a massive car pile up yesterday on interstate 80. The Highway Patrol reported that approximately 40-50 commercial vehicles and 20 passenger vehicles were involved and several people were taken to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Bruce Burrows, public affairs specialist at the Wyoming Department of Transportation, said he did not know how…
Fifty-five percent of Wyomingites believe climate change is happening, but only 42 percent believe it is anthropogenic, or caused by humans, according to a recent Yale study. Only one state, West Virginia, had a lower percent report a belief in climate change and no state had a lower percent report believing that climate change was human-caused….
The University of Wyoming’s Geological Survey Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit is joining forces with the Wyoming Game and Fish to get a clearer picture of Snowy Range’s moose population. Located approximately 30 minutes outside of Laramie, the Snowy Range area is host to a large moose population, and part of the Game and Fish’s recent…
The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Wyoming office in Cheyenne is closing on Friday. The ACLU is an advocate of civil liberties, and according to their website, they are known for litigation, lobbying legislators, organizing grassroots activists and disseminating information about constitutional freedoms. Linda Burt, ACLU of Wyoming’s executive director, said the office is closing…
UW received $250,000 from the Wyoming Legislature to replace its research aircraft, the Beechcraft King Air 200T, last month. Many UW researchers said the current aircraft, which has flown for UW research missions for 38 years, is reaching its capacity. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sets limits at 10,000 flight hours, and the research aircraft…
Wyoming experienced a particularly high number of influenza cases this flu season, with over 4,700 reported influenza cases thus far in the 2014-2015 season. “This has been a severe influenza season,” Wyoming Department of Health Surveillance Epidemiologist Reginald McClinton said. “This is the most reported cases I have seen during my tenure with the Wyoming…
The state of Wyoming is suing the Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in opposition to new regulations on hydraulic fracturing. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, March 24 in the U.S District Court of Wyoming, contends oversight on hydraulic fracturing operations are delegated to the states and not subject to federal…
It’s too early to know if this winter’s unusually warm weather will cause more fires than usual this summer, but officials are urging Wyomingites to be mindful of fire during dangerous dry spells. Lawrence Lujan, public information officer for the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain regional office, said “chainsaws, dragging trailer safety chains, carelessly tossed…
The number of Wyoming residents that purchased health insurance in the federal health insurance marketplace via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) doubled in 2014. Of the 21,092 consumers who enrolled or reenrolled in the 2015 health insurance marketplace, 10,124 (or 48 percent) were new consumers. Enroll Wyoming, a group dedicated to boosting federal enrollment in…
The UW board of trustees is in compliance with the Wyoming Constitution for the first time in a year after recent gubernatorial appointments. Last year nine of the 12 trustees on the board were registered Republicans, violating a state statute permitting only seven members to belong to the same political party. Wyoming law also requires…
