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Coastwest Unrest: Our Punk Rock

Guitar-drum duo CoastWest Unrest brings some warm sounds from Las Vegas to chilly Wyoming.

Coastwest Unrest: Our Punk Rock

Guitar-drum duo CoastWest Unrest brings some warm sounds from Las Vegas to chilly Wyoming.
UW creative writing class records their work

To end the fall semester, University of Wyoming Professor Jeff Lockwood’s Creative Nonfiction: The Short Form class recorded their final pieces for our
Wyoming’s little talked about pollution source: trona mines

Wyoming’s biggest export is soda ash, which comes from trona mines in Sweetwater County. Last year, the trona industry produced 17 million tons of soda ash
New Wyoming Travel App Raises Cash for Conservation

More than half the U.S. population uses smartphones and apps. And as the appetite for mobile information continues to grow, some Wyoming entrepreneurs are

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Railroads receive few federal inspections, report finds

A report by the Government Accountability Office finds that the Federal Railroad Administration is only able to inspect about one percent of...

Texas coal export terminal scrapped

Another proposed coal export terminal has folded. Ambre Energy is asking to be let out of a lease agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi, saying...

Wyoming Conservation Corps shuts down

A program that uses students to perform a variety of conservation projects will not accept project proposals for the coming summer. A loss of...

Governor releases plan for plugging abandoned oil and gas wells

According to new estimates from the Governor’s office, plugging abandoned oil and gas wells in Wyoming could cost anywhere from $8 to $32 million....

UPDATE: EPA issues Wind River Reservation state status for air monitoring, rules on res. border

After five years of deliberation, the Environmental Protection Agency has declared the Wind River Indian Reservation its own state for the purpose...

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Must-Cry VIDEO? Watch WestJet Airline's 'Christmas Miracle'

Some Scrooges will say, "Bah humbug, it's just a public relations stunt." But come on, give this video a view and then try to tell us it didn't tug...
Big Jump In Jobless Claims Blamed On Seasonal Factors

Data such as the weekly figures on jobless claims are supposed to be "seasonally adjusted" to account for temporary factors that aren't really...
Mandela Sign Language Interpreter Says He Had Schizophrenic Episode

The sign language interpreter widely criticized as a "fake" for his performance at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa says he suffered...
Baseball Plans To Ban Home Plate Collisions; Good Idea?

It's one of baseball's "most traditional and most violent plays," as NPR's Tom Goldman says. Starting as soon as next season, though, Major League...
French Cafe Charges Rude Customers More

The manager of Le Petit Syrah in Nice imposed a cost on rudeness. Demand "a coffee," and it's $9.50, in dollars. Say "please," and the price drops to...