CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 25 (TNSPer) -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Darci Phillips to be a District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District serving Sheridan County. Phillips' appointment fills the vacancy left by Judge John Fenn, who was appointed to a seat on the Wyoming Supreme Court. Phillips is currently a partner with Davis & Cannon, LLP, where she has practiced since 2018. Prior to joining the firm she worked for nearly 10  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 1 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Stefan Johansson as Director of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Johansson has served as Interim Director since May 2021. Johansson joined WDH in 2013 and has held several positions with the agency since then, including Policy Administrator and Deputy Director. His advanced education in political economy and public policy and his experience in the age  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Cassie Montgomery Biomanufacturing, or the production of biomaterials, is an emerging economic sector with significant growth potential in states like Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire and Wyoming. Research underway in Auburn University's Department of Chemical Engineering is poised to help these states realize that potential. As part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation EPSC  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 4 (TNSPar) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Biomanufacturing, or the production of biomaterials, is an emerging economic sector with significant growth potential in states like Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire and Wyoming. Research underway in Auburn University's Department of Chemical Engineering is poised to help these states realize that potential. As part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant, assistant chemical engineeri  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 1 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A $600,000 gift from the John P. Ellbogen Foundation will support the Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics at the University of Wyoming. "The Ellbogen Foundation is excited to support the students of Wyoming through the mission of the Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics," says Ellbogen Foundation President Mary Ellbogen Garland. "Promoting and developing strong leadership  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 3 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), majority chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, on Tuesday convened a public hearing to examine Pennsylvania's emergency medical services (EMS) crisis. The committee heard from stakeholder groups about the recruitment and retention of personnel, financial needs, billing constraints, hospital eme  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), majority chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, on Wednesday led an informational meeting to review three programs over which the committee has oversight. "These commissions and institutions perform excellent work on programs and policy matters concerning our military and veteran community acros  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news on March 3, 2022: By Emma Roberts About 23,000 years ago, the Bighorn Mountains of Northern Wyoming resembled the landscape of today's African Serengeti plains. The Miracinonyx, also known today as the extinct North American cheetah, roamed this region among mammoths, saber tooth tigers and even camels. Imagine an ancient Miracinonyx spotting a pronghorn antelope grazing on the ridge a  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming researcher and two colleagues from the University of The Bahamas are gathering data to evaluate community perspectives about forest recovery efforts two years after a devastating Category 5 storm hit parts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and caused mass destruction. Elizabeth Lynch, a UW Department of Anthropology postdoctoral researcher, is leading the project titled "  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 4 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Nuclear Energy Research Center (NERC) in the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) is seeking proposals from UW faculty members currently receiving or pursuing sponsored research for nuclear-related projects. Physical and social science proposals are encouraged for two mini-grant opportunities related to faculty research. The purpose of the proposal prep grants is to provid  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: One of the architects of the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Initiative who led the successful launch of a new University of Wyoming degree program has been appointed as WORTH's inaugural director. Dan McCoy, coordinator of UW's degree program in outdoor recreation and tourism management, was introduced as interim director of WORTH during a kickoff ceremony Wed  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 1 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) seeks public comment on proposed changes to the state's charter school rules. The WDE is currently promulgating Chapter 32 Rules on charter schools. Information on the proposed rules for charter schools is available in the Statement of Reasons and strike and underline versions of the rules are also available for Chapter 32. Comments can be submitted th  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 5 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon sent the Wyoming Senate his list of nominees for numerous state offices, boards and commissions. These nominees are subject to confirmation by the Senate. Note that per state statute, the Investment Funds Committee nominees are appointed by a selection panel and not the Governor. In addition, the Department of Audit director nominee is named by a majority of the Governor, Secre  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 1 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has announced he has begun the process to end Wyoming's COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration effective March 14. "As we see our case numbers and hospitalizations receding, it is time to begin the shift to a new phase. This virus will be with us for the foreseeable future and we should manage it appropriately," Governor Gordon said. "That means being personally respo  more