School Security

Security in our schools has made headlines across the nation, and the same goes for Green River , Erick Pauley has the story

Gov. Mead says Wyoming education must improve

Gov. Matt Mead is calling on Wyoming lawmakers to improve the state's education system. Speaking in his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Cheyenne on Wednesday, Mead says the state's approach to education is bogged down in unnecessary disputes. There's been open friction over the last year between lawmakers and state public schools Superintendent Cindy Hill. Lawmakers say they're anxious to see student test scores reflect the state's heavy investment in public education. Some lawmakers say Hill's office has failed to complete some tasks of the state's ongoing education accountability effort. They say her administration has hindered the work of other boards and panels working on education reform. Mead says the Legislature needs to send a clear message that Wyoming will not accept the current situation.

Gun Show To Take Place This Weekend At Sweetwater Events Complex

While some gun shows had been canceled across the country following the tragic shootings in Connecticut, that is not the case in Sweetwater County. Chad Banks with the Sweetwater County Events Complex says the Up In Arms Gun Show will begin this Friday as scheduled.






The Up In Arms Gun Show will feature numerous exibitors displaying and selling shotguns, rifles, handguns, holsters, knives and more.






Hours of operations are 3 to 7 PM Friday, 9 to 5 PM pm on Saturday and 9 to 3 PM Sunday.

Flu season comes on strong in Wyoming

State health officials are reporting a surge in influenza cases across Wyoming. Clay Van Houten with the Wyoming Department of Health says the number of flu cases is higher than at any point during the bad flu season of 2009-2010. That was the season of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Flu is caused by a virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, tiredness and achy muscles. Getting a flu shot is one way to prevent flu, but health officials point out that a flu shot can take a couple weeks to be effective. Frequent hand-washing and staying home if you've got flu can help keep the virus from spreading. Health officials also recommend lots of rest and drinking lots of liquids if you get the flu.

Thousands without power due to traffic accident

Thousands of Rocky Mountain Power customers went without electricity for almost an hour Tuesday following a traffic accident. The driver of a vehicle that hit a power pole on Tuesday says she hit a patch of ice while trying to avoid oncoming traffic and hit a power pole. Witnesses said they could see sparks shooting into the air after the accident. Officials say about 2,400 customers were without power beginning around noon.

Gov. Mead calls on lawmakers to increase fuel tax

Gov. Matt Mead is urging Wyoming lawmakers to approve an increase in the state fuel tax to help pay for road construction. Mead delivered his third State of the State address to lawmakers at the state Capitol in Cheyenne. The governor says the state needs a steady source of highway funding so the Wyoming Department of Transportation can plan long-term projects. Mead has said a 10-cent increase in the fuel tax would raise about $71 million a year. He says the money would fund state and local government road projects, with out-of-state drivers paying a large share. If lawmakers won't increase the fuel tax, Mead says they should consider dedicating some of the mineral tax revenue that's currently going into state permanent savings for road projects.

Gov. Mead wants changes in state cash management

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is asking lawmakers to approve some fundamental changes in how the state handles its cash flow. In his State of the State address Wednesday in Cheyenne, Mead says he's pushing to drive up the state's accessible cash balance because of projections for slack future energy revenues. Mead wants lawmakers to redirect roughly $130 million in annual state energy revenues that's currently going into permanent savings into the state's "rainy day fund." Mead furthermore wants to redirect some federal coal lease bonus funds into the rainy day fund where it could be spent on state projects and operations instead of on school construction. Mead's also calling for lawmakers to put money that's raised from rebalancing holdings in the Permanent Mineral Trust Fund into the rainy day fund.