Karen Snyder

Governor Matt Mead announced recently the state won’t meet an upcoming federal health care reform deadline that would specify whether Wyoming will establish its own health insurance exchange.

The Pavillion Working Group met in Casper Tuesday. The group was established at the behest of the Environmental Protection Agency after private water well testing near Pavillion found chemical contaminants.

Wyoming entreprenuer, W.N. “Neil” McMurry passed away this morning – Thursday, July 19th.

A handful of reports of suspicious activity around the state related to Medicaid, has the Wyoming Department of Health reminding residents to be cautious when giving out personal information. Kim Deti, department spokesperson says in some of the reported incidents scammers made home visits, claimed to be affiliated with Medicaid, and asked for personal information, “and then there’s another set o

The Wyoming Department of Agriculture met with producers, law makers and county officials across the state in a series of meetings on the current impact of drought and fire. Doug Miyamoto, Agriculture Department deputy director says they wanted to get information out as quickly as possible about the situation and hear what producers need...

The local WYDOT district 2 offices presented the annual State Transportation Improvement Program, otherwise known as STIP, Tuesday evening. Local Wyoming Department of Transportation Spokesman, Jeff Goetz, says it’s essentially a project “wish list” for the next six years and “wish” may be the best way to describe it as the department has an 8 percent budget cut to absorb.

The calls to Wyoming’s Poison Center hotline change with the weather. Early warm spring temperatures may be why the regional poison center has already received double the amount of calls over last year. Poison Center Nurse, Joan McVoy, says if your reaching for the bug spray to combat pests like ants be sure and read the label and keep products out of the reach of children...

Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “SNAP”, will be able to use those funds for fresh food purchased at some farmers markets around Wyoming this summer. Kim Porter, for the Wyoming Business Council says the council is offering financial assistance to markets willing to take the steps necessary to accept SNAP vouchers.