By Bob Beck

By Renny MacKay

Laramie, WY – One in five Wyoming households does not have a bank account or uses other entities for financial transactions. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports.

By AP

Cheyenne, Wyo. – Health care workers and government officials say a growing population of uninsured patients is altering the health care industry.

Representatives from Cheyenne medical clinics and government health providers discussed the challenges at the Laramie County Library on Wednesday.

Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center Executive Director Lynne Weidel says the center will expand next year to offer evening hours. She says uninsured patients made up 64 percent of the center's caseload in 2007. That has grown to 72 percent this year.

By AP

Casper, Wyo. – Three years ago Wyoming Game and Fish Department workers tagged 1,000 walleye at Glendo Reservoir.

Anglers could bring the tags in to department offices for cash rewards ranging from $5 to $100. It was all part of a study to determine how much impact anglers are having on the walleye population.

Fisheries manager Al Conder says anglers are still finding tags, and the data so far has prompted the department to set a limit on the size of walleye that may be kept.

By AP

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Gov. Dave Freudenthal and First Lady Nancy Freudenthal are inviting the public to visit the Governor's Residence in Cheyenne over the holidays.

The residence will be open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and Tuesday, Dec. 15. The residence also will be open on Saturday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 12, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Residence Executive Chef Becky Beavers will serve hot chocolate and gingerbread during the events.

Sinclair, Wy – Authorities are investigating more spills and releases of chemicals at a refinery in Sinclair. John Pfeffer of Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. says 2,300 gallons
of isobutane spilled Monday morning, prompting the evacuation of refinery employees and contract workers. The spill followed a release of an estimated 309 pounds of
hydrogen sulfide at the refinery earlier Monday because of a malfunction in equipment.

By Renny MacKay

Ten Sleep, Wy – A head-on collision that killed a Ten Sleep couple last year is prompting a legal challenge to a state law that says bar owners can't be held responsible for the actions
of intoxicated patrons.
John and Carol Munkberg, of Ten Sleep, died Jan. 28, 2008, in a
fiery crash in Big Horn County. Police say the other driver,
Randall LaBrie, 41, of Malta, Mont., was driving drunk. LaBrie and
his two passengers also died.
Munkberg's relatives sued this week seeking damages from Doug

By Addie Goss

By Bob Beck