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Title: Capitol Outlook - Week 4 (2023)
Runtime: 53:28
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Representative Steve Harshman and Representative Ember Oakley discuss Medicaid expansion. Senate President Ogden Driskill discusses the bill introduction process and transparency in the Legislature. Finally, Chief Justice Kate Fox talks about the "Equality Hall" at the Wyoming Supreme Court and the rise of women in the justice system.

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Title: Capitol Outlook - Week 3 (2023)
Runtime: 54:35
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Speaker of the House Rep. Albert Sommers, Senate Minority Floor Leader Sen.Chris Rothfuss and House Minority Floor Leader Rep. Mike Yin join Steve Peck.

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Title: Happy Groomer - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 4:11
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: An unsung hero of a very Wyoming sport, the trail groomer that maintain the Cross Country Ski trails at Happy Jack Recreation area shares his passion for helping people have a good day.

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Title: Capitol Outlook - Week 2 (2023)
Runtime: 29:02
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Senate President Ogden Driskill and Speaker of the House Albert Sommers talk about their plans and expectations for the upcoming Legislative session.

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Title: State of the State/Judiciary 2023
Runtime: 1:19:07
Date posted: 4 years ago
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Title: Capitol Outlook - Week 1 (2023)
Runtime: 28:19
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: An eight-week slate of “Capitol Outlook” begins Friday, January 6 with a thirty-minute interview with Governor Gordon and First Lady Jenny Gordon. Topics include the Governor's education initiative and the First Lady's food initiative.

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UPRISING, Part 2 - Online Exploitation of Children

Title: UPRISING, Part 2 - Online Exploitation of Children
Runtime: 25:52
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Wyoming' top lawman enforcing human trafficking violations says the rise in case numbers constitutes a crime wave.

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A Christmas Tree Adventure - Our Wyoming

Title: A Christmas Tree Adventure - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 5:22
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Cutting down the family Christmas tree is a beloved winter adventure across Wyoming. Find out what happens when this holiday tradition is put into the hands of a 12 year-old.

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UPRISING, Part 1 - Online Exploitation of Children

Title: UPRISING, Part 1 - Online Exploitation of Children
Runtime: 27:45
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: As incidence numbers climb, UPRISING has become a Mountain West leader in combating exploitation of children online. With contributions from DCI agent Chris McDonald.

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Title: Grand Teton Music Festival - 2022
Runtime: 58:46
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Highlights from the GTMF 61st season. This program includes music by Schumann, Brahms and selections from Puccini’s La Bohème.

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How is addiction in Wyoming connected to the mental health crisis?

Title: How is addiction in Wyoming connected to the mental health crisis?
Runtime: 28:19
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Addiction and mental health challenges are deeply rooted in Wyoming’s culture of isolation, wide-open spaces, and generational trauma. In this powerful documentary, Wyoming residents share raw stories of alcohol and drug abuse, family struggles, domestic violence, incarceration, and the difficult journey toward recovery.

From Native American sweat lodge ceremonies to Christian faith-based recovery, to Volunteers of America programs and community mental health centers, this documentary highlights both the devastation of addiction and the strength of those fighting to heal.

Experts, survivors, and families discuss how substance abuse is tied to mental health, trauma, and economic hardship—and how connection, compassion, and community are key to lasting recovery.

"The Lone Wolf," Season 1, Episode 3 of Wyoming PBS's award-winning series, explores substance abuse, tracing the journey of several people who have overcome their addiction, and sheds l...

Title: Gene Gagliano
Runtime: 26:43
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Wyoming has a Poet Laureate, and the job keeps Gene Gagliano busy statewide. Learn more about Wyoming's Poet Laureate Gene Gagliano.

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A Disappearing River: The Underground Mystery of Sinks Canyon

Title: A Disappearing River: The Underground Mystery of Sinks Canyon
Runtime: 6:51
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The Popo Agie River flows through Sinks Canyon State Park, but in a unique way. This episode of "Our Wyoming" explores Boulder Choke Cave where the river disappears before reappearing a quarter mile down the canyon.

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Title: Laramie Main Street
Runtime: 25:38
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Just three cities in America got Great American Main Street recognition this year. Laramie is one of them. "Wyoming Chronicle" visits the Gem City and learns more about the years-long Laramie Main Street Project.

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Wyoming Life Resource Center Grand Opening.

Title: Wyoming Life Resource Center Grand Opening.
Runtime: 22:15
Date posted: 4 years ago
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Title: WPR News Director Bob Beck Retirement
Runtime: 27:18
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: After more than 30 years as the news voice of Wyoming Public Radio, Bob Beck is retiring.

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Title: Restoring Mining History - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 7:16
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The Bureau of Land Management is tasked with maintaining many of the historic mining buildings around the South Pass area - a daunting task. Historicorp, a non-profit organization with expertise in these very matters came to Wyoming to keep alive two of these buildings, the Lemley Mill in Atlantic City and the historic saloon in Miner's Delight.

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Title: 2022 Governor’s Mental Health Summit.
Runtime: 9:00:30
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: There is intermittent audio drop out during the Summit. Turning closed captions on may help.

Title: Jackson Hole Airport
Runtime: 24:51
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Jackson Hole Wyoming Airport boards more passengers than the state's eight other airports combined, but it hadn't had an infrastructure update in 50 years. See what it takes to renovate the only airport in a national park.

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Title: Actors' Mission in Rock Springs
Runtime: 25:32
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: In a town known for coal, trona, trains and energy production, an independent theater company called the Actors' Mission contributes a dose of the finer things.

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Title: Ray Maple as Outlaw Tom O'Day
Runtime: 22:07
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ray Maple from Cody, WY portrays Tom O'Day, a horse-thieving outlaw who rode with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid during the waning days of the Old West frontier.

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Why does Wyoming continue to have high suicide rates?

Title: Why does Wyoming continue to have high suicide rates?
Runtime: 27:47
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Wyoming has the highest suicide rate in the nation. In a state shaped by rugged independence and cowboy culture, many still struggle in silence — but families, law enforcement, and communities are speaking out to break the stigma surrounding mental health.

This powerful documentary shares personal stories of loss, grief, and resilience, including the heartbreaking journey of one family after losing their son, Cole, to suicide. Police officers, mental health advocates, and local leaders highlight the urgent need for resources, connection, and open conversation.

From rural isolation to pandemic struggles, this film reveals how suicide impacts every community — and why reaching out for help is not weakness, but strength.

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🕒 Timestamps
0:37 – Wyoming’s suicide crisis explained
2:22 – A parent’s perspective on loss
3:30 – Remembering Cole: A young cowboy’s story
6:00 – Pandemic isolation & me...

The Citizen and The Constitution - A Presentation of ThinkWy

Title: The Citizen and The Constitution - A Presentation of ThinkWy
Runtime: 1:45:21
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description

Title: Brave Girl - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 8:05
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: "Brave Girl" is about a very strong young adventurer who is just beginning her journey of finding out what it takes to climb the tallest and smallest mountains. Even though she’s only 6, she has an unwavering ambition to climb the biggest mountains in the world, starting with the ones in her backyard in Wyoming. This compelling short film, set in Rock Springs, was created by award-winning Wyoming filmmakers, Mark Pedri and Carrie McCarthy of Burning Torch Productions.

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Dr. Scott Acton - James Webb Space Telescope

Title: Dr. Scott Acton - James Webb Space Telescope
Runtime: 29:23
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Each week we’re treated to amazing photos from the James Webb Space Telescope. Visit with Wyoming astro-physicist Dr. Scott Acton on his 24 year quest to build and launch the telescope.

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Frontier Auto Museum - Wyoming Chronicle

Title: Frontier Auto Museum - Wyoming Chronicle
Runtime: 27:54
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: On display in the 25,000 square-foot facility in central Gillette are the automobiles, with old Hudson models the centerpiece. Also in the collection are unique specimens from numerous “forgotten” carmakers including Chandler, Crosley, Packard and Studebaker.

Each has been restored meticulously and displayed in a coordinated venue featuring wall murals, gas pumps, old-fashioned restorations of store fronts. Neon signs of virtually every description are another museum highlight, along with dozens of unique gasoline pumps and hundreds of distinctive “gas globes” which adorned the tops of old-style gas pumps around the country in the days when individual gas stations had to compete for motorist attention without the help of large-scale advertising.

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Sunrise, Life in a Mining Town - Our Wyoming

Title: Sunrise, Life in a Mining Town - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 9:55
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Visit with John Voight, owner of the historic mining town of Sunrise. Colorado Fuel and Iron mined iron ore in the Hartville Uplift for 80 years. But Sunrise has been mined for much longer than that. Archaeological sites on the property suggest there was mining there 13,000 years ago.

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Title: Alan K. Simpson - Nothing Else Matters
Runtime: 56:56
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Senator Alan Simpson describes his career in the U.S. Senate and his post-Senate life with the help of commentators ranging from former Vice President Dick Cheney to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Simpson (R-WY) was elected in 1979 and faced immediate controversy as the ranking Republican on a subcommittee with oversight of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant crisis. He went on to tackle tough issues like immigration reform, veteran's benefits and the federal Clean Air Act. He rose to become the second most powerful position in the Senate as the majority whip. This program also includes footage and interviews about his current involvement in President Obama's budget reduction efforts. Produced in 2011.

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Star Society Rattle - Lived History, the Wind River Virtual Museum

Title: Star Society Rattle - Lived History, the Wind River Virtual Museum
Runtime: 2:16
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: These are medicine rattles used to connect to the spirit world and are constructed from rawhide, rocks, eagle feathers and magpie feathers. It was the power that these birds possessed that was given to a person like a medicine man. These medicine rattles used spirituality to heal our people. The Star Society Rattle was used in certain songs. The sound represents rain. When the Europeans visited, came and stayed on this continent, at that point in time, slavery was prevalent. European visitors would capture young men and take them overseas where they were sold and used as slaves. Eventually, they devised a way to escape. They would travel at night under stars. The stars and constellations guided them back to our people. During the day, they would stay concealed and would stay in places like caves. Eventually they made it back. The people were happy and there was a celebration. When they were asked how they made their way back, they explained that they used the stars to bring them back h...

Best of Our Wyoming - Wind River Reservation

Title: Best of Our Wyoming - Wind River Reservation
Runtime: 29:54
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: George Abeyta and fancy feather dancing, buffalo re-introduced to the Reservation, a touching Veteran’s memorial, and a study of increasing the number of Big Horn Sheep in the area.

George Abeyta talks about Native American dancing, especially his chosen category of the fancy feather dance.

Since 1885 the Shoshone people have been without buffalo on their land. After decades of effort beginning in the 1990’s a coalition of individuals and organizations led by Jason Baldes have taken the first step in returning the North American Bison to their native lands. Nowhere is this action more culturally and ecologically significant than on the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming.

Fort Washakie, Wyoming is home to a moving memorial to the veterans that have lived in the boundaries of the Wind River Reservation, commemorating the Warrior Spirit of those who have served. Scott Ratliff and artist Jon Cox outline the project and ...

Title: Dan Kirkbride WyoGives 2022
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 4 years ago
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Title: Gene Gagliano WyoGives 2022
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 4 years ago
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Title: Diana Enzi WyoGives 2022
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 4 years ago
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Title: 2021 Governor's Arts Awards
Runtime: 1:18:12
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The 39th annual Governor's Arts Awards.

Best of Our Wyoming - Incredible Wyoming Women

Title: Best of Our Wyoming - Incredible Wyoming Women
Runtime: 29:17
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A woman who blends ranching and fire spinning, an honored Wyoming Legislator, and the birth of an airline industry.

Miranda Bressler, a lifelong rancher whose love of theater, dance, and entertaining drove her to develop a very special and unique skill- Fire Spinning. She talks of her hopes that her passion can open doors and spread joy. Liz Byrd was the first African American woman to serve in Wyoming’s Legislature. Her time there was devoted to furthering the advancement of education and children’s issues, and she earned the respect of her state. Cheyenne was where an industry was born- the very first stewardesses in the world were trained right here in Wyoming.

Best of Our Wyoming - Wyoming to the Core

Title: Best of Our Wyoming - Wyoming to the Core
Runtime: 29:19
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Three stories that underlie the essence of Wyoming. The brave and rugged tie hacks that were the lifeblood of the railroad industry, the storied Capitol Building in Cheyenne where Wyoming earned the title of “The Equality State”, and Steamboat, the turn-of-the-century Bucking Horse whose likeness we encounter every day.

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Egypt Excursion: Wyoming climbers explore Sinai Mountains

Title: Egypt Excursion: Wyoming climbers explore Sinai Mountains
Runtime: 26:29
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Laramie resident and renowned climber, explorer, and writer, Mark Jenkins, embarks on a last minute expedition with fellow Wyoming rock climbers to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in search of unclimbed rock walls. While exploring the harsh and rugged mountains they also find they share a connection with the mountain loving Bedouin people who call this land home.

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Best of Our Wyoming - Pushing Winter Boundaries

Title: Best of Our Wyoming - Pushing Winter Boundaries
Runtime: 25:14
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Three stories of winter sports enthusiasts pushing boundaries and coexisting with our Wyoming wilderness.

Bill Briggs discusses his descent of the Grand Teton; daring ice climbers explore the Hidden Ice World of the South Fork Canyon; and backcountry skiers discuss the growing importance of protecting and conserving the wilderness of Wyoming and beyond.

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Wyoming Symphony Orchestra - The Suffragette Symphony, "Julia Louisa Esther"

Title: Wyoming Symphony Orchestra - The Suffragette Symphony, "Julia Louisa Esther"
Runtime: 28:46
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The Suffragette Symphony titled "Julia Louisa Esther" is an original composition commissioned by the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra from American composer Stephanie Ann Boyd. It was originally commissioned to correspond with the 100th Anniversary of women's suffrage nationwide and the 150th in Wyoming. Produced by the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.

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How is the Cowboy Code impacting the mental health crisis in Wyoming?

Title: How is the Cowboy Code impacting the mental health crisis in Wyoming?
Runtime: 28:20
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: In the West, there is a stigma around mental health that can stop people from getting treatment. Some call it the “Cowboy Code”—a philosophy that proposes you are supposed to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, stuff it inside and move on.

But sometimes the bravest thing you can do is reach out for help.

"The Cowboy Code," Season 1, Episode 1 of Wyoming PBS' award-winning series, A State of Mind, explores this unique stigma and what can be done about it.

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⏱️Timestamps
0:00 – Opening: Joanna Kail introduces A State of Mind
0:52 – Episode title: “The Cowboy Code” / rugged individualism & stigma
3:18 – Monte Bush: the crash — immediate aftermath
5:24 – Community stigma & perceptions of mental illness
7:39 – Rural life, isolation, high altitude, and economic stressors
10:30 – Sherra St. Clair (UW): nurses, stigma, and training
13:04 – Kristi Hann & Wyoming Recov...

Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, Part 2

Title: Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, Part 2
Runtime: 27:20
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park has been “probably the most successful wildlife conservation and restoration effort in the history of this country,” says park Superintendent Cam Sholly during the second of his two-part interview for “Wyoming Chronicle." Sholly also notes improvements in management of bison and lake trout, and he says two new projects involving American Indian tribes this year stand to help the park meet crucial priorities.

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Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, Part 1

Title: Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, Part 1
Runtime: 27:10
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: In the first of a two-part interview, Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly talks about a five-part vision to coincide with the park’s 150th anniversary at the same time Yellowstone is preparing for its first full summer visitation season since 2019.

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Title: Wyoming Chief Justice Kate Fox
Runtime: 26:23
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Presiding over the first majority-female Wyoming Supreme Court, Chief Justice Kate Fox says the distinction is historic and significant -- and she's grateful Wyoming hasn't politicized its Supreme Court appointment process.

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Title: UW Science Initiative Building
Runtime: 28:01
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The University of Wyoming is aiming to become a nationally recognized "R-1" research university in the sciences, and the new $100 million Science Initiative Building on campus in Laramie is the crowning achievement in the capital construction plan to reach the coveted R-1 status. The facility was dedicated in March, and professors Greg Brown and Mark Lyford say there's nothing else like it in the Mountain West. Now the challenge is implementing the research and "active learning" programs the building makes possible.

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Title: Torrington Bread Doctor - Our Wyoming
Runtime: 5:58
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Meet Ezdan Fluckiger, a doctor and baker in Torrington, Wyoming. International baking instructor Marda Stoliar helped Ezdan develop the artisan bakery in Torrington and became part of the family.

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Dr. Alexia Harrist, Wyoming Public Health Officer

Title: Dr. Alexia Harrist, Wyoming Public Health Officer
Runtime: 27:44
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Gov. Mark Gordon has lifted Wyoming's statewide public-health emergency order tied to coronavirus. Dr. Alexia Harrist, the state health officer who consulted with the governor in the decision to end the state of emergency after a full year in effect, says the state has entered a "new phase" of the COVID pandemic --- but not a permanent end to it. COVID, she says, could be with us for a long time.

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Title: Nature WY: Insect Habitats
Runtime: 6:41
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Think like an insect, and compare the ability of habitats to support insect life.

Title: Nature WY: Sit Spots
Runtime: 6:18
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Head outside, slow down and become a keen observer using your senses in your own sit spot.

Title: Nature WY: Collecting Insects
Runtime: 7:03
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Explore what makes an insect an insect, collect your own, and marvel at insect diversity.

Title: Nature WY: Macroinvertebrates
Runtime: 7:16
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Collect and identify macroinvertebrates and learn their connection to healthy waterways.

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