In response to declining student test scores, Green River elementary school teacher Brittney Montgomery wants Wyoming to provide free preschool for its young students as a way to prevent learning shortfalls.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Zak Newbury-VanLove can remember earlier this year when he and his husband, Trenton Newbury-VanLove, began to entertain the idea of buying a house.

Out with the old, in with the new-again: That’s the idea behind a new nuclear power project based in Kemmerer. A next-generation nuclear reactor, dubbed Natrium, will be built in the town by 2028—on the (soon-to-be-former) site of the to-be-closed Naughton coal power plant. The effort is a joint venture between the Department of Energy and a company called TerraPower, backed by Bill Gates.

GILLETTE, Wyo. - Brook Goold was happy with her find. The 4-year-old held up the plastic bag containing a headband with red-and-black polka dot ears for her mom to inspect.

“That works,” Penny Goold said, “and you already have your wings at home.”

HONOLULU—Thanks to a dominate second half, the Wyoming Cowboys defeated the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 27-20 on Saturday in the team’s first win on the islands since 1997. With this victory—the Pokes’ sixth of the season—UW is now bowl-eligible for the postseason.

Two organizations are taking a fresh look at the state’s education system, and members of both groups met in Casper on Friday to collaborate and compare strategies.

With inflation at a 40-year high and grocery prices up 13% in 2022, food pantries and hunger relief organizations across Wyoming are serving nearly double the number of clients from a year ago.

LARAMIE, Wyo.—A late night at War Memorial Stadium saw the University of Wyoming Cowboys take down the Utah State Aggies 28-14. The Cowboys dominated throughout the entire game, outgaining the Aggies 529 to 217 yards.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In the 10 years she has been working as a hairstylist, Kristina Gebhardt has never seen prices skyrocket the way they have in the last two years.

Earning a paycheck while receiving on-the-job training and a free college education adds up to a smart way to become a teacher In Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Education and the Professional Teaching Standards Board are addressing the state’s teacher shortage by turning to a new plan to implement an old way of learning: apprenticeships.

LARAMIE, Wyo.— More than 300 Latina youth heard messages of empowerment and the value of education while attending the 22nd annual Latina Youth Conference at the University of Wyoming on Oct. 14-15.

Bomber Bryan, associate broker with Keller Williams Jackson Hole Real Estate, is seeing a 50% decline in real estate transactions in Teton County compared to last year as the housing market slows amid increasing mortgage rates.

Inflation is an equal opportunity offender – and musicians aren’t immune to its consequences. Just ask Dave and Julie Huebner, co-leaders of The Two Tracks, a Sheridan-based folk-Americana band.

Aaron and Mary Durst have always considered themselves to be geeks. They’re into role-playing games like Magic: The Gathering and television shows like “Dr. Who” or “Star Trek.” Plus they love to “geek out” at game and comic book conventions in Denver or Seattle.

GILLETTE, Wyo. ¬– Two months into the school year, students at Twin Spruce Junior High School in Gillette know the drill. Before the bell rings, their cell phones go in the numbered pouches hanging on the wall near eighth-grade English teacher Bridget Graham’s desk. Like other schools in the Campbell County District, Twin Spruce teachers choose whether students can have phones in class. Graham has opted for a no cell phone policy, meaning students turn in their devices before class, but can use them in between and at lunchtime.

CASPER, Wyo. – Wyoming recorded its highest number of drug overdoses since 2012, along with rising rates of mental health issues, as community leaders and stakeholders this week discussed ways to address what they dubbed the state’s “mental health crisis.”

BUFFALO, Wyo.—Amber Murphy shaded her eyes against the early afternoon sun as she swapped stories with her hunting partner, Angie Lebeda, about belly crawls through sage brush and scaling steep cliffs and ravines. The two stood on the clipped lawn of the main ranch house located on the sprawling grounds of the Ranch at Ucross, about 20 miles west of Buffalo in the foothills of the Bighorns.

Strokes and heart attacks rank as the top 10 causes of death in Wyoming. These medical emergencies can strike unexpectedly, explains the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the data demonstrates that rapid medical care can be the difference between life and death. More often than not, the first line of medical intervention lies in the hands of emergency responders: EMTs and paramedics.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--The Wyoming Cowboys recovered after trailing by 14 points in the first half to defeat the New Mexico Lobos, 27-14. Clamping down defensively, the Pokes held the Lobos scoreless for the final three quarters.

Becky Steele, a Cheyenne resident, loves to bake. She’s attending Escoffier Auguste School of Culinary Arts in Boulder, Colo., and has already launched a home-based business, Broadway Cakes and Creations.