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In their election last month, University of Wyoming (UW) students chose new leadership to represent them. Members of student government both past and present saw this election as a microcosm of the partisan debates and influences now descending on campus.
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The Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee took on this issue as an interim topic. Testimony from health and state officials paint a picture of decreasing deliveries, difficulty recruiting and retaining OB-GYNs, and closures of labor and delivery units in the state.
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May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). This Sunday, there will be a march in Riverton to honor the day and promote action to address a crisis that’s close to home for many.
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As the spring sun warms the long frozen plains of Wyoming, the University of Wyoming (UW) football team has just wrapped up its spring camp, leaving fans eager and optimistic for the upcoming season.
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In Wyoming, more than 3,239 small businesses opened across the state between March 2021 and 2022. During that time, almost 2,433 others closed. While some economists say that's a positive trend, the owners and employees of the businesses that went under may feel differently. But those numbers didn't stop Chuck and Kay Bybee from fulfilling their dream of owning a record shop.
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The Mexican government has opened an office in Teton County to help people from Tlaxcala with immigration and reunite families across borders.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for information regarding a recent poaching incident in the northeast part of the state.
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The Dyrt, a popular camping app and outdoor company, ranks Wyoming highly among popular campsites.
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Two people announced they are planning to run for the Wyoming House of Representatives seat that includes some of the area between Cody and Yellowstone National Park.
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Weather permitting, Yellowstone National Park’s East Entrance near Cody is anticipated to open on Friday, May 3, with motor vehicle access to Lake Village.
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Travel on the Twentieth Century Limited steam train was a luxury only the wealthy could afford. Passengers included actress Lucille Ball, financier J.P. Morgan and President Theodore Roosevelt.
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It’s about 5:45 a.m. on May 1 at a closed gate leading to an elk feedground in Sublette County. There's 15 minutes until the shed antler hunting season officially opens, as it’s illegal to pick up antlers in much of southern and western Wyoming for the first four months of the year.
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Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students.
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Some cities, like three in Vermont, allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. In these places, noncitizen turnout has remained low, as noncitizen voting is a contentious national issue.
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Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies. NPR's Scott Simon marvels at the menu.
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Jerry Seinfeld has the become the latest in a string of public figures to blame "political correctness" for the death of comedy (among other societal ills). But what does the term actually refer to?
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More than 21 inches of rain fell during the five-day period that ended Friday near the city of Splendora, about 30 miles northeast of Houston, according to the National Weather Service.
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From sparking the imagination to helping with mental health, listen to poems read by NPR readers and see how poetry has affected their lives.
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The singer-songwriter's fourth album is her best yet, with crisp, commanding songwriting, shades of '60s baroque pop and melodies that seem to have existed forever.
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Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.
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Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors questioned her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.
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Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know what's up with that.