Wyoming’s Audubon chapters and regional office already offer year-round activities, including field trips, nature talks, “Mindful Birding,” and online classes through Audubon Rockies.
As Wyoming and Cheyenne specifically experience a boom in data center builds, a common concern arises whether the additional energy demand from data centers will result in higher power prices for Wyoming residents. At least two local experts don’t believe that will be the case — at least not directly.
Portions of Laramie will experience a 16-hour power outage on May 8 as Rocky Mountain Power performs maintenance to their system. The outage will run from 4 a.m. until 8 p.m. with around 1,200 customers in Laramie and Albany County being impacted.
The latest release of AARP's Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard shows that both cases and deaths in Wyoming nursing homes fell in the four weeks ending February 14.
According to Wyoming Department of Health data, nearly 2,000 older Wyomingites risk losing services through The Wyoming Home Services Program without a funding commitment from the Wyoming Legislature in March’s session.
AARP Wyoming invites community organizations and local governments across the state to apply for the 2021 Community Challenge grant program, now through April 14. Grants fund quick-action projects that can range from several hundred dollars for small, short-term activities to several thousand or tens of thousands for larger projects. Now in its fifth year, the grant program is part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative, which supports the efforts of cities, towns, neighborhoods and rural areas to become great places to live for people of all ages.