Wyoming Business

The agency wants to contract with airlines to provide regular service to airports in the state, similar to how large airlines like United contract with smaller carriers like GoJet to provide regional air service.

Wyoming is known for having a boom or bust economy that largely hinges on the energy market, but the Lander Economic Development Association is hoping to lessen the effects the next bust will have on the western Wyoming city.

University of Wyoming is looking to add a tourism bachelor’s degree program in an effort to help diversify the state’s economy.

More than three decades ago, you were among a group of citizens who advanced the concept of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, believing that conservationists, public land managers, local governments and the varying stakeholders needed to engage in bioregional thinking to save species like grizzly bears. What has worked and what hasn’t?

The Wyoming Legislature is taking baby steps toward considering new taxes in a state known for heavily relying on the boom and bust energy industry for revenue.

In June, legislative leadership hired Denver-based consultants Augenblick, Palaich and Associates to undertake the examination of the school funding model, a process known as recalibration. As part of their review, the consultants have said they will meet with the state’s educators to get on-the-ground input on school finance.

Should officials look at nearby states, such as Utah, which spends significantly less per student than Wyoming? Should those act as a blueprint of how to fund schools here and of how students should be performing on tests?

The University of Wyoming aims to recruit and retain more students as it moves beyond a year dominated by severe budget cuts and staffing reductions, according to a five-year plan approved by the school’s board of trustees.

Kooienga will work with other mental health and family nursing officials in Cheyenne to provide real-life clinical experience for UW nursing students and other aspiring health care professionals.

"This is going to make the program quicker and more convenient for our members, and we can’t wait to show off the new site," said Terri Barr, Made in Wyoming program manager.