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June 8th, 2018

Bob Beck

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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Sam Galeotos Is Focused On Wyoming's Future

Cheyenne businessman Sam Galeotos is running as a Republican candidate for governor. He says he’s running because he’s worried about Wyoming’s future. Galeotos is a Wyoming native who sits on the board for Green House Data in Cheyenne.

Earlier in life, he left Cheyenne and had success in the online travel industry. He tells Bob Beck that he’s very interested in growing new businesses in Wyoming.

Faces Behind The Fires: The Meteorologist

Wildfire season is ramping up across our region. There are all sorts of people involved in waiting, watching and fighting them -- people you might not expect. We’re profiling some of them in our series, Faces Behind The Fires. Today, Rae Ellen Bichell introduces us to Makoto Moore in Pueblo, Colorado.

State Board Of Education Member Describes The Process For Developing Ed Standards

Summer break is in full swing, and across Wyoming high school graduates are moving forward. But who determines what it takes to get that diploma? Wyoming Public Radio's education reporter Tennessee Watson reached out to the Sue Belish of the Wyoming State Board of Education, who tells us how statewide standards get created. 

Candidate For Governor Mary Throne Hopes To Get Rid Of Wyoming's Boom And Bust Cycle

Cheyenne Attorney, Campbell County Native, and former State Representative Mary Throne says she is running for governor to hopefully change Wyoming’s thinking when it comes to the economy. She says Wyoming can continue to have a thriving energy economy and not be a boom and bust state. Throne says that lawmakers have made the boom and bust a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Bat-Killing Fungus Arrives In Wyoming, Will Likely Spread

Bats get a bad rap in pop culture, but they save around $3 billion dollars a year in pest services. Now, for the first time, Wyoming is facing its first case of a rapidly-spreading, bat-killing fungus. That fungus is known to cause white-nose syndrome, a disease that's already killed millions of bats across the eastern U.S. and Canada. Wyoming Public Radio’s Cooper McKim reports why just one eastern Wyoming bat with the dangerous fungus is so concerning.

LGBTQ Scholarships, A First For Wyoming

Starting this fall, Wyoming Equality will offer scholarships specifically for LGBTQ students. Melanie Vigil, the vice chair of the organization’s board, spoke with Wyoming Public Radio’s Maggie Mullen about how the scholarships will be the first of their kind in the state. 

Bob Beck retired from Wyoming Public Media after serving as News Director of Wyoming Public Radio for 34 years. During his time as News Director WPR has won over 100 national, regional and state news awards.
Before Wyoming, Cooper McKim has reported for NPR stations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. He's reported breaking news segments and features for several national NPR news programs. Cooper is the host of the limited podcast series Carbon Valley. Cooper studied Environmental Policy and Music. He's an avid jazz piano player, backpacker, and podcast listener.
Maggie Mullen is Wyoming Public Radio's regional reporter with the Mountain West News Bureau. Her work has aired on NPR, Marketplace, Science Friday, and Here and Now. She was awarded a 2019 regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her story on the Black 14.
Rae Ellen Bichell is a reporter for NPR's Science Desk. She first came to NPR in 2013 as a Kroc fellow and has since reported Web and radio stories on biomedical research, global health, and basic science. She won a 2016 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research. After graduating from Yale University, she spent two years in Helsinki, Finland, as a freelance reporter and Fulbright grantee.
Tennessee -- despite what the name might make you think -- was born and raised in the Northeast. She most recently called Vermont home. For the last 15 years she's been making radio -- as a youth radio educator, documentary producer, and now reporter. Her work has aired on Reveal, The Heart, LatinoUSA, Across Women's Lives from PRI, and American RadioWorks. One of her ongoing creative projects is co-producing Wage/Working (a jukebox-based oral history project about workers and income inequality). When she's not reporting, Tennessee likes to go on exploratory running adventures with her mutt Murray.