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Federal Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for Sunday June 21, 2020 ( 4 items )  

F.E. Warren AFB: 319th Missile Squadron Welcomes New Commander
F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyoming, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Mack took command of the 319th Missile Squadron during a change of command ceremony June 15, 2020 on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Prior to his current position, Mack was the Operations Officer for the 321st Missile Squadron here at F. E. Warren. Lieutenant Colonel James Schlabach, outgoing 319 MS commander, will step into the role of 90th Operations Group D  more

National Park Service: 165 Yellowstone Employees Test Negative for COVID-19 in Third Round of Surveillance Tests
MAMMOTH, Wyoming, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: For the third week in a row after conducting COVID-19 surveillance testing on Yellowstone employees, all tests came back negative. On June 10, health officials from Park County, Montana, tested 165 employees from the National Park Service and concession companies operating in the park. This brings the total number of employee tests completed in the past 17 days to 387. Mov  more

National Park Service: Fossil Butte National Monument Re-Opens Visitor Center
KEMMERER, Wyoming, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fossil Butte National Monument is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and  more

National Park Service: Tourism to Yellowstone Creates $642 Million in Economic Benefits
MAMMOTH, Wyoming, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4 million people to Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,000 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $642 million. "The positive economic impacts of Yellowstone are essential to economies of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho," said Su  more