As mental health advocates ramp up their suicide prevention efforts, Wyoming’s suicide rate hit a record high last year, new preliminary data illustrates,

For Dan (“Danno”) Hedrick, of Cheyenne, leading support groups for individuals who have lost loved ones to suicide has been his saving grace.

Hedrick’s brother, David, was 42 when he took his own life on Dec. 14, 2011.

Greg Day, who is Eastern Shoshone and lives in Ethete on the Wind River Indian Reservation, recently launched the “Dawn and Jeff I won’t be Silent” foundation in memory of his two deceased children.