CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 4 -- Appalachian Power issued the following news release: The seven-county region surrounding Raleigh County Memorial Regional Airport today received certification as an AEROready community. AEROready certification involves a deep analysis of property, labor, education and infrastructure to ensure a region has the capacity to support the aerospace industry. The Raleigh County Memorial Airport analysis included the New River Gorge counties of Raleigh, Fayette, Sum more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 8 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Hart's Wyoming Director of Government Affairs and Public Relations, Robert Jensen, has been elected to the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, effective Jan. 2020. The Greater Cheyenne Chamber is the leading economic development agency and governmental affairs entity for the greater Cheyenne area. All programs, opportunities and initiatives of the Chamber are focused on ec more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Two University of Wyoming faculty members in the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design recently received awards for their service to the Wyoming Counseling Association (WCA) and the counseling profession. Assistant Professor Amanda DeDiego, who teaches at UW-Casper, was named the recipient of the WCA Outstanding Service Award during the association's annual conference Sept. 26-28. Professor more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming Extension educator's publication was selected the national winner by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. "What's in Your Toolbox?." created by Jeff Edwards, won over 107 other entries in national competition. The 20-page, full-color bulletin recommends options for pest management in Wyoming gardens and greenhouses. Edwards, based at the James C. Hageman Sustaina more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 6 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming education assistant professor in the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design will serve on the 30-member steering committee for the EdTech Genome Project. As part of the committee, Barbara Hickman, in UW's College of Education, will join leaders from education and research organizations, including the Society for Technology in Education, the National Education Associat more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 5 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Stefan Heinz recently was named an associate fellow for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Heinz, a professor in UW's Department of Mathematics and Statistics since 2004, and the rest of the class of 2020, will be officially inducted Jan. 6 at the AIAA's 2020 SciTech Forum. "It is truly an honor for me to be recognized as an associate fellow by the A more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 6 [TNSsociologyresearch-Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin journal] -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: People who make plans to avoid or handle temptations may be more likely to achieve goals, such as academic and weight loss goals, according to new research by University of Wyoming psychologists. Proactively planning to manage temptations may be more effective than simply responding to temptation when it arises, say UW Associate Prof more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 5 [TNSgrants-DOE] -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming civil and architectural engineering Associate Professor Jonathan Brant will lead research into improving oil and gas wastewater discharge in Wyoming's Green River Basin with a new grant of about $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. Brant's project was one of four selected recently by the Office of Fossil Energy to receive federal funding for cost-shared resea more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 8 [TNSgrants-HHS] -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) at the University of Wyoming was awarded a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant to address neonatal abstinence syndrome and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. The grant from the Administration for Community Living's National Training Initiative will extend the reach of a pilot training initiative, titled "Project SCO more PR