By Addie Goss

Laramie, WY – 2008 will go down as the worst year in the past decade for cattle ranchers. That's according to recent analysis by the Livestock Marketing Information Center in Denver. Director Jim Robb says this fall calves fetched the lowest prices since 2002. Plus, he says, "the cost of hay, the cost of fuel, were major concerns of ranchers this last year."

By Peter O'Dowd

By Bob Beck

By Bob Beck

By AP

Cheyenne, WY – The University of Wyoming and the state's community colleges are a good deal compared to college costs in most other states, but not compared to costs a decade ago.

That's according to a new report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The center gave Wyoming and every other state except California a failing grade for college affordability.

By Elsa Partan

Jackson, Wy – Wildlife managers say they're extending the bison hunting season on the National Elk Refuge by three weeks in an effort to thin the Jackson herd.
Hunters have killed about 140 bison of the 1,200-head herd so
far this season. Officials with the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department and the National Elk Refuge say they ultimately want to
bring the herd down to 500 animals.
Officials say the bison population needs to be controlled to
minimize concerns over disease transmission, competition with elk
and habitat damage.

By Peter O'Dowd

By Addie Goss

Laramie, Wyoming – Some might try to blame this week's snowy weather on a cloud seeding program underway in Wyoming. But the scientists running the project say let's wait til the results are in. They're doing the nation's only scientific study on whether cloud seeding increases snowfall and in the process, they hope to banish some misconceptions about seeding the clouds. Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports.

By Bob Beck