CASPER, Wyoming, Oct. 17 (TNSMon) -- Casper College issued the following news: Casper College recently received $19,400 from the Blue Envelope Health Fund to purchase automated external defibrillator units. According to John Becker, director of campus security and adjunct instructor, many buildings and other areas did not have an AED unit. However, the cost of one AED unit can run between $1,300 and $2,900. "We simply didn't have the budget to buy the 22 units we needed to allow us to have one more PR

RIVERTON, Wyoming, Oct. 14 (TNSGra) -- Central Wyoming College issued the following news: Central Wyoming College has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Beginning Farmer Rancher Development Program to launch the Wind River Farm Business Incubator: Building the Capacity of Beginning Farmers project in Central Wyoming. The grant was awarded Sept. 1, 2020. The USDA-NIFA announced in September grant investments  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 15 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming faculty chair recently received federal grants to research carbon capture and storage, and water savings at natural gas-fired power plants. Haibo Zhai, the Roy and Caryl Cline Chair of Engineering, Environment and Natural Resources and an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, says the grants are instrumental to his development of a n more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 16 -- The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources issued the following news release: The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will host free COVID-19 testing at the National Guard-Gassaway Armory, 62 John O. Frame Drive, Gassaway, WV, from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Friday, October 16, 2020 and from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Free COVID-19 testing is also available Friday in Berkeley, Cabell, Doddridge, H more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 13 -- The Wisconsin Senate Democrats issued the following statement on Oct. 12 by State Sen. Tim Carpenter: * * * Today, Senator Tim Carpenter issued the following statement regarding the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard on this day in 1998: "Today is the anniversary of a story that shocked our nation 22 years ago, when two men targeted and murdered a young gay man named Matthew Shepard. "On October 12th, in 1998 Matthew Shepard succumbed to the injuries h more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 15 (TNSGra) -- West Virginia University issued the following story: McDowell County--in the southern coalfields of West Virginia--is the second-most at-risk in the nation for an HIV outbreak related to drug injection. Neighboring Wyoming and Mercer Counties follow close behind. All three have some of the highest rates of acute hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the United States. Dr. Gordon Smith, epidemiologist in the West Virginia University School of Public Healt more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has made free, at-home COVID-19 testing available to the state's residents. The saliva test is administered by Vault Health and allows residents to get results at home without needing to visit a healthcare provider. Wyoming has purchased 75,000 tests and could obtain additional tests if needed. The program will supplement currently available testing options that include private he more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon clarified that the role of the Wyoming National Guard in assisting with contact tracing is very limited. Due to the record number of new positive cases of COVID-19 the Department of Health and counties needed urgent assistance, but the Guard members' role is limited to contacting individuals who may have been exposed to COVID-19 based on their contact with someone who has tested po more PR