KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain Plains Regional Information Office issued the following news release: In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.7 percent in Wyoming, not significantly different from the 7.2-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 24, entitled: "Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Wyoming". The rule was issued by Gregory Sopkin, Regional Administrator, Region 8. * * * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is acting on multiple elements of State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions from t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 28 by Chairman Ajit Pai: Re: Competitive Bidding Procedures and Certain Program Requirements for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction (Auction 904), AU Docket No. 20-24; WC Docket No. 19-126; WC Docket No. 10-90. If you fly for several hours and drive for several hours more, you can visit Ethete, Wyoming. It's a tiny town in the remote reaches of the Wind River Reservation. I visited Ethet  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint challenging a proposed joint venture between Peabody Energy Corporation and Arch Coal. The transaction would combine their coal mining operations in the Southern Powder River Basin, located in northeastern Wyoming. The complaint alleges that the transaction will eliminate competition between Peabody and Arch Coal, which are the two major comp  more

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyoming, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: The 90th Missile Wing hosted its 2019 Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 18, 2020, at the Archer Event Center Complex in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Awards were presented in 13 different categories. Congratulations to the following winners: - Civilian of the Year in Category One, Non-Supervisory Mr. Glenn Robertson 90 MW/PA - Civilian of the Year in Category One, Supervisory Mr. Gilbert Chavez  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Thousands of milk producers across the country, including approximately 500 producers in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming will receive surveys from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), as the agency collects information for the 2020 April Mi  more