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State Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for 2020-07-05 ( 11 items )  
Bagley, Mukai Named Interim UW College of Engineering and Applied Science Associate Deans (10)
LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 1 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: David Bagley and David Mukai have been named interim associate deans in the University of Wyoming's College of Engineering and Applied Science. Bagley is interim associate dean for graduate education and research, and Mukai will be the interim associate dean for undergraduate education. Bagley will join the college's leadership team and lead in key areas to support graduate education and research endeavor more PR

Bill Daugherty Begins Term as Berea College Trustee (10)
BEREA, Kentucky, July 1 -- Berea College issued the following news release: William S. (Bill) Daugherty was elected in April to serve on the Berea College Board of Trustees for a term beginning July 1. A 1976 Berea College alumnus and recipient of Berea's 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Daugherty is a co-founder and serves as a Managing Partner of BlackRidge Resource Partners LLC, an independent exploration and production company with oil and gas production in Kentucky, Illinois, Texas, Okla more PR

California PUC Issues Final Decision Involving Vineyard Infrastructure - Los Olivos (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 1 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (Case No. 20-06-065): Application of Vineyard Infrastructure - Los Olivos, LLC, doing business as Santa Ynez Trolly, for authority to operate as a scheduled Passenger Stage Corporation between the cities of Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, Los Alamos, Ballard, Buellton and Solvang, and to establish a Zone of Rate Freedom (ZORF). EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION Summary This decision  more PR

Goshen College: 'Place-Based Learning for the Plate' Explores Relationships With Food and Land (10)
GOSHEN, Indiana, July 3 -- Goshen College issued the following news: "How do we integrate places more intentionally into our lives and our lives more consciously into places," is the question at the heart of Joel Pontius' first book, "Place-based Learning for the Plate," which explores 21st century stories of hunting, foraging and fishing for food. The book was co-edited by Michael P. Mueller, David Greenwood and Pontius, assistant professor of sustainability and environmental education at Gos more PR

N.Y. PSC Issues Letter on Alle-Catt Wind Energy (10)
ALBANY, New York, June 30 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the text of the following letter: To: John W. Dax, Esq., The Dax Law Firm, P.C., 54 State Street, Suite 805, Albany, New York 12207 Re: Case 17-F-0282 - Application of Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article 10 for a Proposed Wind Energy Project, Located in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Wyoming Counties, New York, in the Towns of Arcade, Centervil more PR

University of Wyoming Researchers Look for Answers as to Why Western Bumblebees Are Declining (10)
LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 30 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the decline of the Western bumblebee. The two have been working with a group of bumblebee experts to fill in gaps of missing information from previous data collected in the western United States. Their goal is to provide information on the Western bumblebee to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service while it consid more PR

University of Wyoming Summer Course to Explore Criminal Justice, Policing Issues (10)
LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 30 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nationwide protests related to policing, racial discrimination and criminal justice reform have prompted the University of Wyoming's Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology to offer a summer short course for those interested in learning more about those topics. "Current Issues in Criminal Justice and Policing," taught by several department faculty members, will take place online over three weeks July more PR

West Virginia PSC Issues Order Involving Eastern Wyoming Public Service District (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 1 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following order (Case No. 20-0192-PWD-SC): EASTERN WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, a public utility. Investigation of Failure to File Annual Reports. Proceeding Upon Motion of the Commission. PROCEDURAL ORDER On June 29, 2020, a Recommended Decision was issued imposing a civil monetary penalty upon the Eastern Wyoming Public Service District for failure to file its Annual Report for 2019. On the sa more PR

Wyo. Gov. Gordon Appoints Robert Sanford to Be Circuit Court Judge for Second Judicial District (10)
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 30 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Robert Sanford to be a Circuit Court Judge for the Second Judicial District serving Albany County, Wyoming. Sanford's appointment fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Robert Castor. Sanford is an attorney in private practice at Sanford, Britzius & Schiel in Laramie and serves as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer for the United States Air Force reser more PR

Wyo. Gov. Gordon: Public Health Orders Remain Unchanged as COVID-19 Case Numbers Increase (10)
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 30 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming's current public health orders will be extended through July 15 as the number of cases of COVID-19 in the state continues to steadily increase, Governor Mark Gordon announced. Twenty-five percent of Wyoming's total number of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the past two weeks, with 288 new cases confirmed since the current orders went into effect on June 15. New cases of more PR

Wyo. Gov. Gordon: Wyoming Citizens Can Now Use Care19 App for COVID-19 Tracking for Free (10)
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 3 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon in partnership with developer ProudCrowd has made available a free mobile app to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The app, Care19 Diary, is available now for mobile phones and already is in use in North Dakota and South Dakota. Once the app is downloaded, users are assigned a random ID number and the app will create a diary of where an individual has visited throughout the day.  more PR