AARP Wyoming will host a free paper shredding event from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 27 in the parking lot of the Campbell County Senior Center located at 701 Stocktrail Avenue in Gillette.
AARP updated its national Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard on Aug. 11. The dashboard suggests nursing home residents in the Intermountain West seem to be bearing the brunt of recent infections and death due to COVID-19.
New long-term help is now available for Wyoming residents who are struggling to afford the high-speed internet services they need to stay connected to family members, friends, health care providers, work and so much more. Applications are now being accepted for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a $14.2 billion federal program created late last year as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
While the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) did bring about $1.1 billion into the Cowboy State, the Legislature chose not to invest as much money as AARP Wyoming had hoped into improving broadband and high speed internet in Wyoming.