KOWB, AM 1290

Eleven University of Wyoming track and field athletes begin their quest to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships Thursday in Sacramento, CA.

Surprising and saddening news came Wednesday, as former Wyoming wrestler and wrestling coach Steven Suder passed away.

A familiar name and face is returning to Wyoming men’s basketball, as head coach Allen Edwards has hired Matt Wise as his new assistant coach Wednesday.

In Wyoming last year, 7.7 million park visitors spent an estimated $928 million in local gateway regions while visiting National Park Service lands in Wyoming.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded a bridge rehabilitation project in Laramie, cattle-guard work, slide repairs, and several other contracts during its recent meeting.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on MSNBC that the president is "an erratic, helter-skelter, get-nothing-done" leader.

The City of Laramie congratulates Prosecuting Attorney Holli Austin-Belaski for being recognized at the Wyoming Impaired Driving Conference as one of the 2018 Outstanding Impaired Driving Prosecutors.

Pritchard was last heard from on Friday and is not believed to be prepared for the cool, wet weather which has hit the state in recent days.

Storms and torrential rains have ravaged the Midwest, from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.

But cooler, wetter weather will resume on Memorial Day (Monday) according to forecasters.