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The sound coming from Monday's University of Wyoming football press conference by coach Craig Bohl was about as positive as could be expected. Bohl said the Cowboys are hopeful that junior quarterback Josh Allen will play this Saturday's home game against Fresno State after injuring his right arm at Air Force. As it turns out, it's an AC joint, injury, one that's not great for a quarterback, but not a season ender, either. That's good news for UW for the rest of this season and for Allen, who's...
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — At the University of Wyoming, the trade-off the Mountain West is making for television is apparent. The Cowboys drew more fans to Memorial Stadium for each afternoon game in September against nonconference foes Gardner-Webb and Texas State than they did for the conference opener against Hawaii, which kicked off at 8:15 p.m. Mountain time. The Hawaii game was broadcast on ESPN2 as part of a deal that pays the Mountain West more than $100 million over seven years. The Texas State game was streamed exclusively on Facebook, whi...
Energy companies led U.S. stocks modestly lower Tuesday, erasing the small gains the market made a day earlier. The biggest drop in crude oil prices since October weighed on oil producers and other energy stocks. Disappointing results or outlooks from retailers and other companies also weighed on the market. Utilities and consumer-focused companies like packaged food and beverage makers, restaurant chains, bucked the trend. Investors had their eye on Washington D.C., where the House is expected to vote on its version of a major tax bill this...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening the board was informed by Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps he wants to create a task force to create a policy pursuant to Wyoming statute 21-3-132. The statute gives school boards the option to adopt rules and regulations allowing employees to possess firearms on campus. “Last month we had Sheriff [Steve] Rakness here, we had public comment, and I would like to create a task force to actually come up with a policy to present to you. I have asked for volunteers amon...
WORLAND – With no clear profit or loss statement, and no electronic accounting record, the Washakie County Fair Board addressed budget concerns on Monday, during the November meeting for the planning group. With Chairman Jeff Lapp absent and former Board Treasurer Christy Swing having resigned following the fair, board members David Doyle, Jim Butterfield and Myron Casdorph discussed problems with the budget reporting and the need for a full-time bookkeeper. “Without knowing how much we made, we can’t plan for the repairs we need to do [to t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sale of Uranium One, a Canadian firm with rights to mine U.S. uranium, to a Russian company is in the news again with the Department of Justice signaling it could appoint a special counsel to look into the matter. President Donald Trump and his supporters have criticized the deal and suggested former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be implicated in wrongdoing. A look at the sale of Uranium One to Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom: THE DEAL Rosatom acquired a majority stake in Uranium One in 2010 and bought the...
