K2 Radio » Report http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Fri, 17 May 2013 23:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Report: Feds' Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing http://k2radio.com/report-feds-warnings-about-sandy-were-confusing/ http://k2radio.com/report-feds-warnings-about-sandy-were-confusing/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 17:33:38 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=284108 WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal review says federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall. But the warnings themselves were confusing.

The gigantic October storm lost tropical characteristics hours before landfall in New Jersey, so the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dropped the hurricane warnings

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-feds-warnings-about-sandy-were-confusing/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Wyoming Juvenile Detention Rates Declines http://k2radio.com/wyoming-juvenile-detention-rates-declines/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-juvenile-detention-rates-declines/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:50:09 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=264015 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A children's charity says Wyoming is locking up fewer juveniles but still ranks near the top of the nation.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday  that the Annie E. Casey Foundation found Wyoming's juvenile detention rate was second-highest in the country, after South Dakota's

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-juvenile-detention-rates-declines/feed/ 0 (Joe Raedle/Getty) Wyoming Releases New School Progress Reports http://k2radio.com/wyoming-releases-new-school-progress-reports/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-releases-new-school-progress-reports/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:04:14 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=194776 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Education says 139 schools and six school districts in the state failed to meet federal education goals last year.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act sets so-called adequate yearly progress benchmarks for schools to meet in order for all students to be proficient in language and math by 2014

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-releases-new-school-progress-reports/feed/ 0 UW President Helped Shape Athletics Report http://k2radio.com/uw-president-helped-shape-athletics-report/ http://k2radio.com/uw-president-helped-shape-athletics-report/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:39:30 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=183141 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan recently had a hand in helping shape a new report calling for more board oversight of college athletics.

The 14-member panel of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges included presidents and board members from universities across the country

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]]> http://k2radio.com/uw-president-helped-shape-athletics-report/feed/ 0 Report: UW Bucks Declining Research Funding Trend http://k2radio.com/report-uw-bucks-declining-research-funding-trend/ http://k2radio.com/report-uw-bucks-declining-research-funding-trend/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:40:11 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=168081 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A new report says Wyoming is among just a handful of states that haven't been cutting research funding at their public universities.

The National Science Board says only seven states didn't cut research funding at their public universities between 2002 and 2010

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-uw-bucks-declining-research-funding-trend/feed/ 0 uwyo.edu New Test Results Due From Wyo. Fracking Zone http://k2radio.com/new-test-results-due-from-wyo-fracking-zone/ http://k2radio.com/new-test-results-due-from-wyo-fracking-zone/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:33:10 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=145912 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey plans to release new test results from a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has linked hydraulic fracturing to groundwater contamination

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]]> http://k2radio.com/new-test-results-due-from-wyo-fracking-zone/feed/ 0 Wyoming Ranked 3rd For Business Climate http://k2radio.com/wyoming-ranked-3rd-for-business-climate/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-ranked-3rd-for-business-climate/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:50:10 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=117855 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is being recognized again as one of the best places in the United States to do business.

The state is ranked third in Pollina's 2012 edition of its Corporate Real Estate's Top 10 Pro-Business States report

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-ranked-3rd-for-business-climate/feed/ 0 Report: Too Little Mental Health Care For Boomers http://k2radio.com/report-too-little-mental-health-care-for-boomers/ http://k2radio.com/report-too-little-mental-health-care-for-boomers/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:08:23 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=106472 WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting older doesn't just mean a risk for physical ailments like heart disease and bum knees: A new report finds as many as 1 in 5 seniors has a mental health or substance abuse problem

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-too-little-mental-health-care-for-boomers/feed/ 0 Survey: High Fuel Prices Slowing Rural Growth http://k2radio.com/survey-high-fuel-prices-slowing-rural-growth/ http://k2radio.com/survey-high-fuel-prices-slowing-rural-growth/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:34:52 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=85639 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Higher fuel prices may be applying brakes to the economy in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Plains states.

A monthly survey index of rural bankers dropped to 57.1 in April from 59

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]]> http://k2radio.com/survey-high-fuel-prices-slowing-rural-growth/feed/ 0 Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images AAA: Motorists Tolls Used For Roads They Don't Use http://k2radio.com/aaa-motorists-tolls-used-for-roads-they-dont-use/ http://k2radio.com/aaa-motorists-tolls-used-for-roads-they-dont-use/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:13:08 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=85046 WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest auto club says tolls are increasingly being diverted to pay for transportation projects and other expenses unrelated to roadways, bridges and tunnels used by the motorists who pay the fees

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]]> http://k2radio.com/aaa-motorists-tolls-used-for-roads-they-dont-use/feed/ 0 Report: Deterrent Effect Of Death Penalty Unclear http://k2radio.com/report-deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-unclear/ http://k2radio.com/report-deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-unclear/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:33:44 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=84982 WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says there is no reliable research on whether the death penalty has any effect on the murder rate, more than 35 years since the Supreme Court allowed the resumption of executions in the United States

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-deterrent-effect-of-death-penalty-unclear/feed/ 0 Chris Livingston/Getty Images Results Show No Air Problems In Pavillion http://k2radio.com/results-show-no-air-problems-in-pavillion/ http://k2radio.com/results-show-no-air-problems-in-pavillion/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:33:45 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=81211 RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality says preliminary results from an air monitoring station in an area several miles east of Pavillion did not reveal pollution levels exceeding federal standards

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]]> http://k2radio.com/results-show-no-air-problems-in-pavillion/feed/ 0 EPA Oil Prices Rise After U.S. Supply Report http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-rise-after-u-s-supply-report/ http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-rise-after-u-s-supply-report/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:26 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=63947 NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are higher Wednesday following government reports that U.S. supplies didn't grow as much as expected last week.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose 25 cents to $98.65 per barrel. Brent crude rose 41 cents to $116

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]]> http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-rise-after-u-s-supply-report/feed/ 0 Report: Electronic health Records Still Need Work http://k2radio.com/report-electronic-health-records-still-need-work/ http://k2radio.com/report-electronic-health-records-still-need-work/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:09:43 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=60916 WASHINGTON (AP) — America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-electronic-health-records-still-need-work/feed/ 0 Report: Wyoming Has Business Friendly Taxes http://k2radio.com/report-wyoming-has-business-friendly-taxes/ http://k2radio.com/report-wyoming-has-business-friendly-taxes/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:04:56 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=60589 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new report says Wyoming has the best tax policies in the nation for spurring job growth.

The Tax Foundation research group in Washington, D.C., released its annual rankings Wednesday

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-wyoming-has-business-friendly-taxes/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle/Getty Images Report: Lack Of Workplace Safety Culture In Wyoming http://k2radio.com/report-lack-of-workplace-safety-culture-in-wyoming/ http://k2radio.com/report-lack-of-workplace-safety-culture-in-wyoming/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:13:44 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=54653 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming says his research points to lack of a "culture of safety" in Wyoming.

Dr. Timothy Ryan says in a report to Gov

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]]> http://k2radio.com/report-lack-of-workplace-safety-culture-in-wyoming/feed/ 0 Michael Smith/Getty Images Encana Mounts Response To EPA Fracking Report http://k2radio.com/ecana-mounts-response-to-epa-fracking-report/ http://k2radio.com/ecana-mounts-response-to-epa-fracking-report/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:30:34 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=50955 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Encana Corp. has gone on the offensive now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has theorized a link between a petroleum industry practice called hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field

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]]> http://k2radio.com/ecana-mounts-response-to-epa-fracking-report/feed/ 0 Wyoming Prosecutors Dispute Critical Report http://k2radio.com/wyoming-prosecutors-dispute-critical-report/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-prosecutors-dispute-critical-report/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:27:59 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=48325 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal and state prosecutors in Wyoming say the laws already on the books are sufficient to deal with offenders who might engage in sex trafficking of children despite a recent national report giving the state a failing grade on the issue

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-prosecutors-dispute-critical-report/feed/ 0 Colorado Regulators Reviewing Wyoming Fracking Report http://k2radio.com/colorado-regulators-reviewing-wyoming-fracking-report/ http://k2radio.com/colorado-regulators-reviewing-wyoming-fracking-report/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:51:40 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=47750 DENVER (AP) — Colorado regulators are reviewing a draft report on Wyoming groundwater pollution and a possible link to hydraulic fracturing.

The director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Dave Neslin, says the commission has been following the case in Pavillion, Wyo

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]]> http://k2radio.com/colorado-regulators-reviewing-wyoming-fracking-report/feed/ 0 State Gleans Economic Data into Compendium [AUDIO] http://k2radio.com/state-gleans-economic-data-into-compendium-audio/ http://k2radio.com/state-gleans-economic-data-into-compendium-audio/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:37:29 +0000 Daniel Sandoval http://k2radio.com/?p=47218 Every year the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division gathers the state's economic data into a compendium called the Wyoming Employment, Income, and Gross Domestic Product Report.

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