http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=section&SECTION_ID=404 News features produced by the Wyoming Public Radio news team. en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:20:09 GMT Public Podcaster 30 no News features produced by the Wyoming Public Radio news team. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581298 For the past several years Wyoming has had one of the highest rates of workplace fatalities in the country. This year industry representatives and state officials have been trying to identify ways to better protect workers. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports on what may change and what won't. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872449/mp3/news/podcast/413/872449.mp3 00:00:00 no PROTECTING WORKERS AGAINST WORKPLACE FATALITIES For the past several years Wyoming has had one of the highest rates of workplace fatalities in the country. This year industry representatives and state officials have been trying to identify ways to better protect workers. Wyoming Public Radio's For the past several years Wyoming has had one of the highest rates of workplace fatalities in the country. This year industry representatives and state officials have been trying to identify ways to better protect workers. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports on what may change and what won't. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581294 In Wyoming , the numbers of those with H-I-V has tripled over the last year. Wyoming health officials have instituted a variety of efforts to test more people for H-I-V and some say this proves the testing is working. But for others, the increase of newly positive cases is troubling. Bob Beck reports. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872447/mp3/news/podcast/413/872447.mp3 00:00:00 no H-I-V NUMBERS IN WYOMING HAVE TRIPLED OVER THE LAST YEAR In Wyoming , the numbers of those with H-I-V has tripled over the last year. Wyoming health officials have instituted a variety of efforts to test more people for H-I-V and some say this proves the testing is working. But for others, the increase In Wyoming , the numbers of those with H-I-V has tripled over the last year. Wyoming health officials have instituted a variety of efforts to test more people for H-I-V and some say this proves the testing is working. But for others, the increase of newly positive cases is troubling. Bob Beck reports. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581293 Following up on the HIV/Aids theme, we hear from a number of women who have tested HIV positive. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872446/mp3/news/podcast/413/872446.mp3 00:00:00 no WOMEN WHO HAVE TESTED HIV POSITIVE TELL THEIR STORIES Following up on the HIV/Aids theme, we hear from a number of women who have tested HIV positive. Following up on the HIV/Aids theme, we hear from a number of women who have tested HIV positive. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581289 Wind could become important in Wyoming as Congress begins debate on climate change legislation. But while renewable energy could find a niche, Wyoming is loaded with extractive industries that could be harmed by such legislation. American businesses are also watching very closely. Some are worried that a new law could bankrupt them with energy costs. But others see a bright future under carbon limits. Julie Grant of the Environment Report has the story. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872442/mp3/news/podcast/413/872442.mp3 00:00:00 no EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION ON WYOMING’S EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES Wind could become important in Wyoming as Congress begins debate on climate change legislation. But while renewable energy could find a niche, Wyoming is loaded with extractive industries that could be harmed by such legislation. American businesses Wind could become important in Wyoming as Congress begins debate on climate change legislation. But while renewable energy could find a niche, Wyoming is loaded with extractive industries that could be harmed by such legislation. American businesses are also watching very closely. Some are worried that a new law could bankrupt them with energy costs. But others see a bright future under carbon limits. Julie Grant of the Environment Report has the story. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581279 Johnson is one of six Counties in Wyoming that don't have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls and arguably, you don't need zoning when the nearest neighbors are a mile away and you've known them since you were born. That's how life was in Johnson Count and how life still is for much of it. Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872440/mp3/news/podcast/413/872440.mp3 00:00:00 no ZONING IN JOHNSON COUNTY Johnson is one of six Counties in Wyoming that don't have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls and arguably, you don't need zoning when the nearest neighbors are a mile away and you've known them since you Johnson is one of six Counties in Wyoming that don't have any zoning. It's a place unfriendly to government controls and arguably, you don't need zoning when the nearest neighbors are a mile away and you've known them since you were born. That's how life was in Johnson Count and how life still is for much of it. Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1581278 Mounted elk and mule deer and antelope are ubiquitous in Wyoming, and across the west. They're in homes and bars. They're for sale in thrift shops, and on display in small-town grocery stores from Saratoga to Smoot. And behind every mounted head there's a process. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. wpr Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/872437/mp3/news/podcast/413/872437.mp3 00:00:00 no TAXIDERMY IN WYOMING Mounted elk and mule deer and antelope are ubiquitous in Wyoming, and across the west. They're in homes and bars. They're for sale in thrift shops, and on display in small-town grocery stores from Saratoga to Smoot. And behind every Mounted elk and mule deer and antelope are ubiquitous in Wyoming, and across the west. They're in homes and bars. They're for sale in thrift shops, and on display in small-town grocery stores from Saratoga to Smoot. And behind every mounted head there's a process. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1578570 In the debate over how to improve the nation's health care system, one idea that comes up frequently is increasing competition among health insurance companies. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports on the level of competition in this state and whether more options for consumers would really improve health care. wpr Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/871116/mp3/news/podcast/413/871116.mp3 00:00:00 no A LOOK AT WYOMING’S HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE In the debate over how to improve the nation's health care system, one idea that comes up frequently is increasing competition among health insurance companies. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports on the level of competition in this In the debate over how to improve the nation's health care system, one idea that comes up frequently is increasing competition among health insurance companies. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports on the level of competition in this state and whether more options for consumers would really improve health care. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1578558 One issue that is interesting in Native American culture is how Native Americans judge those with mixed blood. Karleen Wolfe is half white and half Native American. Her daughter Sydney is only a quarter Sioux and Chippewa. Both struggle to fit in with their Native American friends and family in different ways. In this report on how Native Americans judge the mixed blood among them, Jesse Jacobson explores how a mother and daughter have learned to overcome prejudice and embrace their heritage. wpr Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/871108/mp3/news/podcast/413/871108.mp3 00:00:00 no INTEGRATION STRUGGLE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS One issue that is interesting in Native American culture is how Native Americans judge those with mixed blood. Karleen Wolfe is half white and half Native American. Her daughter Sydney is only a quarter Sioux and Chippewa. Both struggle to fit in One issue that is interesting in Native American culture is how Native Americans judge those with mixed blood. Karleen Wolfe is half white and half Native American. Her daughter Sydney is only a quarter Sioux and Chippewa. Both struggle to fit in with their Native American friends and family in different ways. In this report on how Native Americans judge the mixed blood among them, Jesse Jacobson explores how a mother and daughter have learned to overcome prejudice and embrace their heritage. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1578553 Most local arts organizations face funding challenges no matter the economic environment. And in a downturn - affordable space becomes more important than ever. KUNC's Grace Hood reports on one effort, in Northern Colorado, to give performance arts groups a place to call home. wpr Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/871104/mp3/news/podcast/413/871104.mp3 00:00:00 no ARTISTS DURING A RECESSION Most local arts organizations face funding challenges no matter the economic environment. And in a downturn - affordable space becomes more important than ever. KUNC's Grace Hood reports on one effort, in Northern Colorado, to give performance Most local arts organizations face funding challenges no matter the economic environment. And in a downturn - affordable space becomes more important than ever. KUNC's Grace Hood reports on one effort, in Northern Colorado, to give performance arts groups a place to call home. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1578550 Wyoming's unemployment rate has more than doubled in the past year and the number of people losing jobs in the state is growing by the day. Although the downturn in the economy has impacted a number of businesses, those hardest hit worked in the energy industry, construction and service industry. Over 20 years ago the city Casper saw massive layoffs following the downturn of the oil industry.Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck reports . wpr Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/871102/mp3/news/podcast/413/871102.mp3 00:00:00 no A TIGHT JOB MARKET IN CASPER Wyoming's unemployment rate has more than doubled in the past year and the number of people losing jobs in the state is growing by the day. Although the downturn in the economy has impacted a number of businesses, those hardest hit worked in the Wyoming's unemployment rate has more than doubled in the past year and the number of people losing jobs in the state is growing by the day. Although the downturn in the economy has impacted a number of businesses, those hardest hit worked in the energy industry, construction and service industry. Over 20 years ago the city Casper saw massive layoffs following the downturn of the oil industry.Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck reports .