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Wyoming makes strides on children’s health but ranks low nationally
Public News Service
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Wyoming slipped five spots this year in an annual report on children's well-being by state, ranking 23rd in the nation. The 2025 Kids Count Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation showed Wyoming has improved on children's health indicators but...
Around Wyoming, Thursday, June 12
Wyoming Public Media
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June 12, 2025
Sheridan has a new public park in honor of a fallen first responder. The Sheridan Press reports Krinkee Park is a simple area with benches and cherry trees. It was originally intended to be used to realign the road, but after Sargent Nevada...
Wyoming lawmaker uses slur for Japanese people before visiting Heart Mountain internment site
WyoFile - Wyoming
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June 11, 2025
Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. On Tuesday, a group of legislators visited Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, which exists to remember...
Wyoming lawmakers step toward bill clarifying corner crossing’s legality
WyoFile - Wyoming
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June 10, 2025
Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. Corner-crossing public land users have had their legal access rights repeatedly affirmed, and on Friday,...
Proposal to tax health insurance would make Wyoming's sky-high health care costs even more unaffordable
The Sundance Times - Wyoming
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Wyoming, with its rugged landscapes and resilient spirit, has always celebrated community and a strong work ethic. Our close-knit towns and entrepreneurial drive define who we are. Yet, looming federal policies once again threaten to assault these...
Cheyenne Superday 2025 Coming Up Later This Month
KGAB - Wyoming
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June 10, 2025
Cheyenne Superday 2025 is slated for June 28 at Lions Park. Here is this year's schedule of events: Welcome to Superday 2025! Saturday, June 28 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM South Lions Park – Cheyenne, WY Schedule of Events: 6:30 AM – Tour de Prairie at...
US fighter pilot claims he encountered a 'wild' rectangular UFO at 30,000ft
Daily Star
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June 14, 2025
A top fighter pilot has told how he encountered a rectangular UFO at 30,000ft. Major Ryan Bodenheimer says the weird object flew alongside his F15 jet at 400 knots. The former member of the US Air Force Thunderbirds display team thought he was on...
New provision in Senate budget bill could put Wyoming public lands up for sale
WyoFile - Wyoming
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June 12, 2025
Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. Senate Republicans will consider mandating a sell-off of an estimated 2.5 million acres of public land,...
Montana-Wyoming All-Star series continues this week
406 Sports - Montana
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BILLINGS — Montana and Wyoming teams will face off again on the basketball court this weekend in the Midland Roundtable Montana-Wyoming All-Star Basketball Series. Girls games are scheduled for 5 p.m. and boys games for 7 p.m. each on Friday, June...
Culture Canvas: Dancing with my father
Bridge Detroit - Michigan
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June 10, 2025
Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! Thanks to BridgeDetroit editors Laurén Abdel-Razzaq and Christine Ferretti for filling in for me last week! I had a great time at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in St. Louis. I...
‘Trades Culture Bootcamp’ begins in Gunnison
Gunnison Times Online - Colorado
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June 11, 2025
Last week, Western Colorado University welcomed four trade school students from Northern New Mexico College for the inaugural Trades Culture Bootcamp (TCB). The seven-day course challenged students to construct a timber frame structure, and helped...
UW Extension Welcomes New Educator Callie Surber
Pine Bluffs Post - Wyoming
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June 11, 2025
Laramie, Wyo. - June 10, 2025 - The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Callie Surber as an extension educator focused on weather and climate resilience. Surber's new position is designed to help agricultural producers throughout Wyoming make...
State BOE takes over Boone County Schools; state of emergency declared for Randolph County
MetroNews - West Virginia
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June 11, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Board of Education will seize full control over Boone County Schools and place Randolph County Schools under a state of emergency. Board members voted Wednesday during their regular monthly meeting after the...
Girls’ Lacrosse Peak Performer of the Year: Love of the game made Cheyenne Mountain’s Abigail Turner one of Colorado’s best
The Gazette - Colorado
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Abigail Turner's lacrosse career began with an unforgettable moment on her seventh birthday. Turner and her family lived in Pueblo and were big supporters of CSU-Pueblo athletics. The lacrosse team invited Turner's family to a game. At halftime,...
A Victory for Sororities: Education Department Rules Sororities Are for Women Only
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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June 11, 2025
It turns out, sororities are for women after all. The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights just affirmed what every sorority woman in America knew the first time she walked into her chapter—a sorority is for women. In a statement...
Homeland Security seeks weapons, drones for LA immigration crackdown
USA Today - Virginia
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WASHINGTON —The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon for help in transporting weapons from Fort Benning in Georgia and another site in Wyoming to Los Angeles, where its immigration crackdown has become increasingly militarized....
Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball adds size with 11 new recruits
Times-Standard - California
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June 11, 2025
The additions continue to roll in for the Cal Poly Humboldt women’s basketball team this offseason, with the ‘Jacks having added 11 players to the program since their season ended in early March. Humboldt went just 9-19 (five games back of a CCAA...
Lower college readiness rates in math among Wyoming Public Schools students in 2023-24 school year
South Kent News - Michigan
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June 11, 2025
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/ There was a decrease in the number of Wyoming Public Schools...
Op-Ed: Will Louisiana lead or lose in the carbon capture race?
The Center Square
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In the race to build a more competitive energy economy, carbon capture and storage is no longer a theory — it’s a race. And in that race, Texas is gaining fast on Louisiana. CCS is vital to the future of heavy industry — cement, steel, refining,...
Around Wyoming, Wednesday, June 11
Wyoming Public Media
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June 11, 2025
Visitors to Kendrick Park in Sheridan will be greeted by a local artist, at least a statue of one. The Sheridan Press reports E. William Gollings was a Western and cowboy artist who lived there for nearly 30 years in the early 1900s. The statue of...