Kari Eakins
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WYDOT Installs Web Camera to Monitor WYO 130 Washout Repairs
A temporary web camera is being used to monitor the temporary bridge on Snowy Range Road (Wyo 130) which was constructed after a flash flood washed out a section of the road, killing four members of a Colorado family. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) had the camera installed as an added measure of safety during repairs.
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Man Killed on I-80 When Truck Part Crashes Through Windshield
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Governor Mead Appointed to Co-Chair National Committee
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has been asked to serve as co-chair of the National Governor Association’s (NGA) Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. The committee addresses homeland security, the National Guard and homeland defense, criminal justice and public safety, and veterans’ affairs.
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New Grant Program Manager for Wyoming Business Council
Dave Simonsen is the new Business Ready Community/Community Facilities Grant and Loan Program manager for the Wyoming Business Council. Through these programs Simonsen will be helping provide financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities and assisting communities in preserving former school and surplus government facilities that have existing or future community uses.
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Governor Mead Calls for More Snowmobiles in Yellowstone [AUDIO]
Another advocate for increased winter-use at Yellowstone National Park stepped forward in Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, who sent a letter to the Yellowstone National Park Superintendent, Daniel Wenk, on Tuesday. In the letter Mead expressed his desire for a winter-use plan that allows more people to visit Yellowstone during the winter months.
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Reduced Price Licenses on Sale Today from Wyoming Game & Fish
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Wyoming is First State to Go Google for Government [VIDEO]
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead met with the Google Enterprise President, David Girouard, on Wednesday morning to discuss Wyoming being the first state in the country to go Google. On June 20th, all of the state’s employees migrated to Google Apps for Government according to a release from the Governor’s Office.
Mead says the move will save the state of Wyoming an estimated $1 million a year.