Wyoming DEQ reports success in efforts to reduce air pollution emissions By Brendan LaChance on February 25, 2021
“Jackson Hole Airport’s new industrial snowblower purchased with grant funding.”
(Jackson Hole Airport via Wyoming DEQ)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s Air Quality Division said on Thursday, Feb. 25 that “efforts to reduce air pollution in Wyoming are continuing strong this year on the heels of multiple successes in 2020.”
The department has been working with partners across the state “to replace higher-emission diesel vehicles with new ones that are more friendly to the environment.” They offer grant programs which aim to help reduce emissions.
BY Media Release | February 16, 2021
The Scottsbluff Public Schools Board of Education has selected four finalists to interview for the position of Superintendent to succeed Rick Myles who is retiring at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.  The finalists, in order of interview dates, are as follows:
Todd D. Hilyard, ED. S.  â Monday, February 22nd
Todd Hilyard has served as the Superintendent of Schools in Holdrege Nebraska since 2011. Prior to his tenure in Holdrege, Hilyard spent ten years as the Principal at Cozad Middle School. Mr. Hilyard has a Specialist Degree in Educational Administration from Wayne State College, a Master of Science in Educational Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Middle School Education with endorsements in Science and Social Studies from the University of Nebraska Kearney.
Green River Star -
February 3, 2021
Wyoming’s public schools have long been a subject of derision for many Republican state lawmakers who claim they underperform. If such scrutiny leads to the constant improvement of our K-12 system, then I’m all for it.
But that’s not the solution the Legislature is considering. Instead, a committee charged with determining how much the state spends on education wants to cut funding by an estimated $250 million over the next three years.
That’s like complaining of a headache and then “solving” the problem by cutting off your head. If the topic wasn’t so serious, their response.
Propane problems, St. Pat’s in Sept., fishing upside: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
Alabama
Montgomery: Thousands of people showed up at sites from the coast to the Tennessee Valley as Alabama began vaccinating senior citizens against COVID-19. People spent the night in cars waiting for shots in Baldwin County, where health workers began immunizing people early Tuesday. County health workers in Huntsville vaccinated 500 people Monday, although only 300 people had appointments. Other sites opened in cities ranging in size from Birmingham to Rainsville. The state is offering vaccines to people 75 and older after limiting the initial doses to health workers. Alabama is among the Southern states trailing the nation in the rate of vaccinations. In Limestone County, Pat White showed up to get her first of two doses of the Moderna vaccine Monday. She said she misses going to church and has done little other than buy g
She was bundled in a coat, stocking hat, gloves and a face mask and sat on her porch in a wheelchair covered by lap blankets to receive the long line of buses. It was a secret up until the moment her family decked Wood out in her winter gear and insisted on some fresh air.
When the first buses rolled into view and made the sweeping left turn onto her street, Wood was overwhelmed.
“Oh my God,” she cried, burying her face in her gloved hands.
Then she waved like a reigning queen as her subjects came to pay their respects. There were signs pinned to the buses and their horns blared. Some drivers opened their doors to shout their well wishes, and others had people hanging from windows to wave and shout.