CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 20 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon's leadership and support in the areas of oil and gas was recognized this week when he was voted the next chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The Governor was officially nominated during a business session of the IOGCC on May 17. He will succeed the current chair, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, in October. The IOGCC is a multi-state government a  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 19 (TNSawa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Wyoming Public Radio (WPR), based at the University of Wyoming, has won three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the categories of hard news, excellence in sound and news documentary. The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence th  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University of Wyoming will allow researchers to work with Wyoming's communities to deal with expected significant and lasting changes in water availability. Through fieldwork and high-performance computing, researchers will quantify how a changing climate in one of the nation's key headwater regions is likely to affec  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 19 (TNSpro) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's College of Business and Wyoming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (WyCEI), in collaboration with Central Wyoming College (CWC), will offer the Entrepreneur Essentials (e2) course starting June 17. In this intensive education program, participants will learn the key frameworks and tools, and answer essential questions, to effectively launch or grow their busines  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming's state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was used by humans to produce red ocher starting nearly 13,000 years ago. That makes the Powars II site at Sunrise in Platte County the oldest documented red ocher mine -- and likely the oldest known mine of any sort -- in all of Nor  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 19 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon is reminding Wyoming homeowners that they may qualify for a partial property tax refund through funding made available by legislation he signed into law in March. The Property Tax Refund Program has a deadline of June 6, 2022, and is open to homeowners who have been Wyoming residents for the past five years that have paid their 2021 property tax in full. Homeowners must also meet i  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 13 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon's K-12 Education advisory group has announced a series of community listening sessions to take input from parents and stakeholders on the state's educational system. Announced in May 2021, the Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE) Advisory Group is developing recommendations for elevating Wyoming's primary and secondary education system into a position of nati  more