LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 22 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Anna Terfehr, the associate director of scholarships in the University of Wyoming Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, has been named director of the office. She succeeds Debra Hintz, who retired Jan. 31 after leading the office for the past four years. Terfehr, who earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from UW, has held the associate director role during the past four years. Before th  more

NEWCASTLE, Wyoming, Feb. 25 (TNSAwa) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2022: Governor Mark Gordon recognized the selection of Newcastle Middle School Paraprofessional Keeley Anderson as the 2022 Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) national awardee during a ceremony in Newcastle today. The Governor joined Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder at the ceremony, which included U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona appearing  more

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 26 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than any other facility in the world to date. The expansion project will capture up to 1.2 million metric tons of CO2, in addition to the 6-7 million metric tons captured at LaBarge each year. * Estimated $400 million investment fu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Libertarian Party issued the following news release: On Wednesday, February 16, Wyoming House of Representatives Speaker Eric Barlow named the Libertarian Party an official minority party in the state legislature for the first time in state history. This was done when he announced that freshman Libertarian Representative Marshall Burt had been appointed to the Corporations Committee, a distinguished honor rarely given to representatives in their first term. "We are i  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday joined the governors of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming in announcing that they will compete jointly for a portion of the $8 billion allocated in the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the development of regional clean hydrogen hubs. These states are uniquely situated to become a clean hydrogen hub given the presence of high-quality wi  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Colorado issued the following news release: CU Denver's Katharine Kelsey and Brian Buma are principal investigators on a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project, titled, "Collaborative Research: Co-defining climate refugia to inform effective management of mountain headwater systems," will look into how we define "climate refugia" for the Front Range. The work is a collaborative effort with so  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 24 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Funding from the University of Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) will offer organizations in Wyoming the opportunity to incorporate Healthy U chronic disease education programs into their existing structures. WyCOA will award up to six $5,000 mini-grants to organizations that demonstrate a strong capacity to offer sustainable programming with a vision for long-term implementation. Grants will be aw  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A new study from the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) explores Wyoming residents' views on achieving a net-zero carbon energy economy. The survey, conducted on the request of the U.S. Department of Energy, specifically examines the needs, expectations and concerns of Wyoming citizens related to a carbon-neutral future,  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 25 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2022: Today the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate and develop a regional clean hydrogen hub. Together, the states will work to compete for a portion of the $8 billion allocated in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act towards four or more regional hydrogen hubs. "Hydrogen has tremendous potential for energizin  more