CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 2 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed John G. Fenn to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Fenn's appointment fills the open seat left by the retirement of Justice Michael Davis. Fenn has served as District Court Judge in the Fourth Judicial District covering Johnson and Sheridan counties since 2007. He was previously a partner in the law firm of Yonkee & Toner, where he practiced from 1993 until 2006. I  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 3 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: The Great Plains Institute's Matt Fry will speak about the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative (WPCI) during a webinar Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 1:30 p.m. The event is part of the continuing Wyoming Oil and Gas Fair Virtual Series organized by the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI). To register for the free online event, go to www.eoriwyoming.org/oil-gas-f  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 2 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has announced the appointment of Brandon Gebhart as Interim State Engineer. Gebhart is currently the Director of Water Development. He is moving into the role due to the resignation of Greg Lanning who is stepping down after serving as State Engineer for two years. Jason Mead will assume Gebhart's duties as Interim Water Development Director. Mead was the Deputy Director of  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 30 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that a Missouri federal court granted South Dakota's request for an injunction on the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Earlier this month, South Dakota joined a coalition of ten states challenging the mandate. In addition to South Dakota, the coalition includes Missouri, Ne  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: A University of Wyoming assistant professor recently contributed to a special issue of the journal BioScience that explores a new paradigm for managing natural resources in the context of rapid ecological transformations. Corrie Knapp, an assistant professor of environment and society in the UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, is a co-author of two papers in the   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: University of Wyoming researchers, in collaboration with others across the U.S., will begin investigating how environments can turn proteins into jack-of-all-trades journeymen. Molecular biologist Thomas Boothby's laboratory is part of a $992,485 National Science Foundation three-tier study that will examine how a special class of proteins changes shape and how the changes help an  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 2 (TNSBook) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: How are ecological communities assembled from species pools? This pressing question underlies a broad array of practical problems in ecology and environmental science, including the restoration of damaged landscapes, management of protected areas and protection of threatened species. A new book, titled "A Framework for Community Ecology: Species Pools, Filters and Traits," that ex  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Mark Gordon has responded forcefully to Friday's release of the Department of the Interior's report on federal oil and gas leasing and permitting. The Governor noted that this unnecessary review was used as an excuse for the Biden Administration's illegal moratorium on oil and gas leasing on Federal lands. The Governor's full statement follows: The Biden Administration's long-awaited revie  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: Governor Mark Gordon welcomed a preliminary injunction issued today by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri that halts implementation and enforcement of a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would impose a vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. Governor Gordon and Attorney General Bridget Hill entered Wyoming in this lawsuit, ch  more