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, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:19:52 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=1573019 This week Wyoming health officials said that a large amount of H1N1 or swine flu vaccine will soon arrive in the state. It should be enough to let everyone in Wyoming get a flu shot. But only half of parents nationwide say they plan to get their kids vaccinated. Many say they're worried about vaccine side-effects. Julie Grant reports that some government policies may have inadvertently made people concerned about vaccine safety. wpr Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/868574/mp3/news/podcast/413/868574.mp3 00:00:00 no H1N1 UPDATE This week Wyoming health officials said that a large amount of H1N1 or swine flu vaccine will soon arrive in the state. It should be enough to let everyone in Wyoming get a flu shot. But only half of parents nationwide say they plan to get their This week Wyoming health officials said that a large amount of H1N1 or swine flu vaccine will soon arrive in the state. It should be enough to let everyone in Wyoming get a flu shot. But only half of parents nationwide say they plan to get their kids vaccinated. Many say they're worried about vaccine side-effects. Julie Grant reports that some government policies may have inadvertently made people concerned about vaccine safety. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1573014 Each year, about a hundred male drug addicts in Wyoming are moved from prison to a locked facility west of Casper. They spend about 12 months there toward the end of their prison sentence, living alongside other addicts, and looking hard at why they used drugs.This model is called a therapeutic community, or T-C. Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports on life inside T-C's walls, and life once these men get out. wpr Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/868570/mp3/news/podcast/413/868570.mp3 00:00:00 no CASPER DRUG TREATMENT FOR INMATES Each year, about a hundred male drug addicts in Wyoming are moved from prison to a locked facility west of Casper. They spend about 12 months there toward the end of their prison sentence, living alongside other addicts, and looking hard at why they Each year, about a hundred male drug addicts in Wyoming are moved from prison to a locked facility west of Casper. They spend about 12 months there toward the end of their prison sentence, living alongside other addicts, and looking hard at why they used drugs.This model is called a therapeutic community, or T-C. Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports on life inside T-C's walls, and life once these men get out. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1573006 It has been over two years since huge weights pounded the earth in Rock Springs. The so-called "Big Drop" was a state run project designed to collapse old mine shafts in the city. Several families in the area said that the weights started the ground moving and it hasn't stopped. They also say that the project has damaged or destroyed their homes. Now a study is out showing the ground is still moving in this area but Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports there's no proof as to why. wpr Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/868567/mp3/news/podcast/413/868567.mp3 00:00:00 no THE BIG DROP It has been over two years since huge weights pounded the earth in Rock Springs. The so-called "Big Drop" was a state run project designed to collapse old mine shafts in the city. Several families in the area said that the weights It has been over two years since huge weights pounded the earth in Rock Springs. The so-called "Big Drop" was a state run project designed to collapse old mine shafts in the city. Several families in the area said that the weights started the ground moving and it hasn't stopped. They also say that the project has damaged or destroyed their homes. Now a study is out showing the ground is still moving in this area but Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports there's no proof as to why. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1573005 Senators, including Wyoming's John Barrasso, started working on climate change legislation this week. And the lobbyists are out in force. Manuel Quinones reports from Capitol Hill that energy companies with strong Wyoming ties are spending big bucks in Washington. wpr Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/868566/mp3/news/podcast/413/868566.mp3 00:00:00 no ENERGY COMPANIES BLOCK CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BIG MONEY Senators, including Wyoming's John Barrasso, started working on climate change legislation this week. And the lobbyists are out in force. Manuel Quinones reports from Capitol Hill that energy companies with strong Wyoming ties are spending big Senators, including Wyoming's John Barrasso, started working on climate change legislation this week. And the lobbyists are out in force. Manuel Quinones reports from Capitol Hill that energy companies with strong Wyoming ties are spending big bucks in Washington. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1573004 The town of Carbon existed for a little over 30 years - from 1868 until just after the turn of the century. It was in southeast Wyoming, between Medicine Bow and Hanna. It was a vital place, with coalmines, trains moving through, and more than a thousand people living along the tracks. Now, it's a ghost of a ghost town - a remote and vacant spot, overgrown with sagebrush. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. wpr Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/868565/mp3/news/podcast/413/868565.mp3 00:00:00 no CARBON: A GHOST OF A GHOST TOWN The town of Carbon existed for a little over 30 years - from 1868 until just after the turn of the century. It was in southeast Wyoming, between Medicine Bow and Hanna. It was a vital place, with coalmines, trains moving through, and more than a The town of Carbon existed for a little over 30 years - from 1868 until just after the turn of the century. It was in southeast Wyoming, between Medicine Bow and Hanna. It was a vital place, with coalmines, trains moving through, and more than a thousand people living along the tracks. Now, it's a ghost of a ghost town - a remote and vacant spot, overgrown with sagebrush. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1568772 He was a Senator, a Governor and at the end of the day...a rancher. Jackson Hole's favorite son Cliff Hansen has died at the age of 97. Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck has more... wpr Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/866690/mp3/news/podcast/413/866690.mp3 00:00:00 no CLIFF HANSEN He was a Senator, a Governor and at the end of the day...a rancher. Jackson Hole's favorite son Cliff Hansen has died at the age of 97. Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck has more... He was a Senator, a Governor and at the end of the day...a rancher. Jackson Hole's favorite son Cliff Hansen has died at the age of 97. Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck has more... http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1565073 This evening, Laramie will be one of more than 150 locations in all 50 states and around the world to debut "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later." wpr Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/865124/mp3/news/podcast/413/865124.mp3 00:00:00 no 10 YEARS LATER, SHEPARD MURDER, LARAMIE MURDER This evening, Laramie will be one of more than 150 locations in all 50 states and around the world to debut "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later." This evening, Laramie will be one of more than 150 locations in all 50 states and around the world to debut "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later." http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1562223 Big changes could be coming to Wyoming's oil and gas producers. But Wyoming lawmakers and the industry say proposed reforms at the Interior Department go too far. Matt Laslo reports from Washington. wpr Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/863964/mp3/news/podcast/413/863964.mp3 00:00:00 no WYOMING CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ARGUES FOR OIL AND GAS Big changes could be coming to Wyoming's oil and gas producers. But Wyoming lawmakers and the industry say proposed reforms at the Interior Department go too far. Matt Laslo reports from Washington. Big changes could be coming to Wyoming's oil and gas producers. But Wyoming lawmakers and the industry say proposed reforms at the Interior Department go too far. Matt Laslo reports from Washington. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1562213 The town of Wamsutter has been many things. It got its start in the 1860s as a roundhouse, where railroad engines could turn around and head back east. It's been a sheep shearing town and an oil town. Through all of that, it's been a humble, hardscrabble place. Now, the business is natural gas. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. wpr Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/863956/mp3/news/podcast/413/863956.mp3 00:00:00 no WAMSUTTER TRIES TO SURVIVE BOOMS AND BUSTS The town of Wamsutter has been many things. It got its start in the 1860s as a roundhouse, where railroad engines could turn around and head back east. It's been a sheep shearing town and an oil town. Through all of that, it's been a The town of Wamsutter has been many things. It got its start in the 1860s as a roundhouse, where railroad engines could turn around and head back east. It's been a sheep shearing town and an oil town. Through all of that, it's been a humble, hardscrabble place. Now, the business is natural gas. Wyoming Public Radio's Molly Messick has this story. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1562210 The end of September is the unofficial close to the summer tourism season in Wyoming. And despite the nation being mired in the worst economic downturn in decades it seems the state's tourism industry did a lot better than expected. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports wpr Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/.jukebox/media/wpr/863951/mp3/news/podcast/413/863951.mp3 00:00:00 no WYOMING TOURISM DOES SURPRISING WELL THIS SUMMER The end of September is the unofficial close to the summer tourism season in Wyoming. And despite the nation being mired in the worst economic downturn in decades it seems the state's tourism industry did a lot better than expected. Wyoming The end of September is the unofficial close to the summer tourism season in Wyoming. And despite the nation being mired in the worst economic downturn in decades it seems the state's tourism industry did a lot better than expected. Wyoming Public Radio's Renny MacKay reports