CASPER, Wyoming, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- Casper College issued the following news: "Wilderness" is the theme for the 37th annual Casper College Literary Conference. Natrona County and Wyoming writers are urged to save the date for the 37th Annual Casper College Literary Conference, Nov. 7-9. This year's theme will look at wilderness as an idea that shapes our daily actions, how wild landscapes inform artists, and " ... how artists use the natural world as a springboard to explore ideas and create   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 26 -- Laramie County Community College issued the following news: The state of Wyoming will cover the costs of qualified students' manufacturing training at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. Laramie County Community College has been approved for a $78,400 grant for its Manufacturing Program's Precision Machining (CNC) Bootcamps through the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services' (DWS) Pre-Hire Economic Development Grant program. The grant is a part of the  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: A group of state House lawmakers representing primarily rural areas of the Commonwealth has introduced a package of six bills aimed at holding telecommunications companies accountable to their customers. Some of the measures come in response to a series of public input hearings hosted by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) in Tioga, Bradford and Wyoming counties. The lawmakers include Re  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 25 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: The IU McKinney School of Law is pleased to again welcome Professor Sam Kalen to the faculty as the visiting Robert H. McKinney Family Chair in Environmental Law. Professor Kalen is associate dean and Centennial Distinguished Professor of Law at Wyoming College of Law. An expert in energy, public lands and natural resources as well as environmental and administrative law, Professor Kalen f  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 26 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) has honored Steve Barrett, the University of Wyoming's vice provost for undergraduate education and a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Barrett received the NCEES Distinguished Examination Service Award for his dedicated service to NCEES and the engineering profession. He has been serving NCEE  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon will join Superintendent Megan Degenfelder and partners from the State Board of Education and the University of Wyoming College of Education for a Student-Centered Learning Statewide Kickoff event on September 18 in Casper. Nine school districts will take part in the first year of the pilot program. The event celebrates the launch of the RIDE Pilots, part of the "Wyoming's Future   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming had a key court victory this week. Yesterday a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Federal Court issued an opinion validating Wyoming's State Implementation Plan regarding emissions from the Wyodak power plant near Gillette, Wyoming. The Court also upheld EPA's decision to approve the State Implementation Plan for Naughton Units 1 and 2, located near Kemmerer. In 2011 Wyoming submitted its S  more