Trevor T. Trujillo
UW Associate Professor Heading to Antarctica [AUDIO]
Dr. Kenneth Sims is an associate professor at UW’s department of Geology and Geophysics, and this October he will be going to the icy southern frontier of the world.
Dr. Sims will be visiting and studying Mt. Erebus, Antarctica’s second largest and most active volcano. This wil
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Wyoming Athletes Don’t Medal in Olympics
Brett Newlin, of Riverton, missed earning a medal at the London Olympics. Newlin is a member of the U.S. eight-man rowing team. In the finals Wednesday, the U.S. team placed fourth. Germany won the gold, Canada the silver and Britain bronze. The U.S. team finished the race in 5 minutes, 51.48 seconds.
Man Raising Money to Take Colorado to The Movies
(Photo Saire Elizabeth, Flickr.com)
Jason Cole, a man from Colorado, says he was taking in the media coverage of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, and says he was bothered at the direction it took.
“It really bothered me how quickly we went from this tragic event to immeadiately talking about policies and government, and who’s going to benefit,” Cole said in an interview with KOWB on Thursday.
Laramie Man Killed on Hwy 287
22-year-old Casey Hoehn, of Laramie, died following a three-car-crash on US Highway 287, Monday.
According to an official release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Hoehn was riding as a passenger in a 2004 Dodge Neon in the southbound lane of highway 287, almost a mile from the Colorado border
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Squirrel Creek Fire 100% Contained
The nearly 11,000 acre Squirrel Creek Fire is 100% contained, this according to a release sent by California Interagency Incident Management Team Four Monday night.
The release says that the California Interagency Incident Managment Team transferred command of the Squirrel Creek Fire back to the Medicine Bow National Forrest Tuesday at 6:00 AM
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Squirrel Creek Evacuation Expanded
UPDATE:
Four structures have been lost in the squirrel creek fire, this according to notes given to residents at a private meeting by officials this morning. The notes say that three outbuildings and one residence have been destroyed. Members of the public who attended the meeting tell KOWB that it was said that the residence was a cabin, and was an unoccupied non-primary home...
Wildfire Causes Evacuation Near Woods Landing
A wildfire Southwest of Laramie has caused the evacuation of residents along Fox Creek road near the community of Woods Landing. The fire is said to be over 2,000 acres and is growing rapidly.
According to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, an “Urgent Code Red Evacuation Notice” has been issued for all residents from Jelm Mountain on the south, north along Sheep Mountain and all the way to High
Governor Asks for Drought Disaster Declaration
Governor Matt Mead is asking for an agricultural disaster to be declared for most of the state, due to drought conditions.
According to a press release from the Governor’s office, Mead is asking United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, to issue an agricultural disaster declaration for every county in Wyoming except Teton.
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