Author: Caleb Nelson
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Todd Bray, President, and co-founder of the nonprofit Downrange Warriors 501(c)(3), opened the evening with a prayer expressing gratitude to live in a country that has assistance and benefits available for veterans despite the imperfections of government entities. Downrange Warriors started five years ago as an extension and expansion of a bible study group. “A…
Dr. Steve Paisley, Director of the University of Wyoming’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC), grew up in western Nebraska on a family farm and ranch. As a young man, he attended the University of Wyoming where he studied animal science. He stayed at UW for his master’s degree as well. Eventually, Paisley pursued…
For the past two years, the University of Wyoming’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC), in conjunction with the Cent$ible Nutrition Program, part of Wyoming’s Nutrition Action Coalition, has donated much of the crop from their potato research program at the university’s farm outside of Lingle to Food Bank of Wyoming. In September 2022,…
Yellowstone Regional Airport (YRA) is holding its first-ever “Santa Fly-In” event on Saturday, November 26th, 2022, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. YRA Airport Director Aaron Buck says, “We wanted to bring the airport and the community together. If it goes well, we hope to continue the event in…
Record-level inflation over the last year hurt many hard-working Wyoming families, forcing difficult financial decisions. In June of this year, when gasoline prices rose to their highest recorded levels, Governor Mark Gordon established the “Gas and Diesel Working Group.” He tasked them with finding solutions to help provide relief at the fuel pump for Wyoming…
Governor Mark Gordon’s leadership in protecting private agricultural lands and migratory big game populations was recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today with the signing of the Wyoming Wildlife Habitat Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Under the MOU, Wyoming and the USDA agreed to invest “technical capacity and resources in the conservation, restoration, management,…
According to research from the popular website GasBuddy, average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the last week. Today, the average is around “$3.84/g,” based on a survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 11.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 42.8 cents…
On October 11th, 2022, the Fifth Judicial District Court, Park County, Wyoming, entered summary judgment in favor of Neil Schlenker, Chris Davidson, Steve Harper, Dalin Winters, Clifford Alexander, J.O. Sutherland, Daniel Greet, John K. Johnson, and Tri-County Telephone Association, together with its affiliated companies, dismissing the class action lawsuit filed against those defendants and pursued…
I Yellowstone National Park’s Northeast Entrance Road (Tower Junction to the Northeast Entrance in Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana) will open to regular visitor vehicle traffic Saturday, Oct.15 at 8 a.m. Reopening this section effectively opens “99% of the park’s roads,” officials state. To put it bluntly, the National Park Service’s reconstruction efforts (along with Oftedal…
The theme for the Wyoming Farm Bureau Foundation Seminar on November 10th is “Innovations in Agriculture Technology” where speakers will present agricultural technology information ranging from drone and satellite use to virtual fencing. The seminar is free and open to the public. Held in conjunction with the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting, the seminar…