7:06 am
Fri December 1, 2006

Your Voice

Wyoming – We ask people on the street about what think of offering incentives to get kids to go to school.

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6:54 am
Fri December 1, 2006

Reporter's Roundtable

Wyoming – Thursday marked National Meth Awareness Day. Two newspaper editors talk about towns with minor meth problems.

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6:52 am
Fri December 1, 2006

HIV Testing

Wyoming – There's a new push nationwide and in state to screen more people for the deadly virus.

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6:39 am
Fri December 1, 2006

Melting Glaciers

Wyoming – A look at how the west's climate is changing and what that will mean.

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6:37 am
Fri December 1, 2006

100 Years of Shooting

Wyoming – The 30 '06 is still around and popular a century after its invention.

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6:32 am
Fri December 1, 2006

Platte River Agreement

Platte County – States and the federal government are getting on board with protecting the Platte River Basin.

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WPR News
9:55 am
Thu November 30, 2006

Albany County Full Up on Flu Vaccine

Laramie, WY – Albany County has received its full shipment of influenza vaccine and will continue to operate flu clinics as scheduled.
Delays in vaccine shipments had prompted the rescheduling of clinics in Casper and Cheyenne.
But last week's arrival of 34-hundred doses of vaccine in Laramie means that clinics there will continue as planned.

WPR News
9:53 am
Thu November 30, 2006

Sheridan Could Host Hydrochloric Acid Transfer Point

Sheridan,WY – Plans are in the works to unload hydrochloric acid from trains into trucks at a site just outside Sheridan.
The site would unload five to ten rail cars a week. Each car would carry 20-thousand gallons of hydrochloric acid at 36 percent concentration.
The company proposing the unloading facility, EMIT, says no one would be in any danger.
But Mayor Dave Kinskey says he's against it.
Hydrochloric acid can produce chlorine gas when it encounters certain metals, such as zinc, iron or copper.

WPR News
9:51 am
Thu November 30, 2006

Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions Up Around Lander

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WPR News
7:41 am
Thu November 30, 2006

Bird Hazard Is A Concern

Laramie, Wy – A new hazard has cropped up for birds crossing oil and gas fields. Wildlife officials and advocates have been discovering dead birds inside pipes called heater treaters. Wildlife officials suspect warmth inside the heater treaters is attracting the birds. Wyoming Audubon head Brian Routledge says the birds can fly in with no problem. Finding enough space to spread wings to get out is another matter.

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