Hannah Habermann

2 days ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

Last year, the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in Buffalo received $25,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities tobetter tell the story of the area’s Indigenous peoples through its exhibits. The museum has already spent $5,000 on creating a list of items in its collection that would fall under the project. The remaining $20,000 was terminated by the Trump Administration at the start of April.

3 days ago | ksut.org | Hannah Habermann

Climbing ropes are super strong, but the nylon they're made of degrades over time. Since your life depends on them as part of the sport, ropes eventually need to be retired, every 10 years at a minimum and every year if they're used frequently. But that doesn't mean they have to go to a landfill. While some old ropes end up as rugs or art pieces, the Teton Climbers Coalition (TCC) is passing the material along to Indigenous-led projects focused on land stewardship and conservation.

6 days ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hannah Habermann

If shoppers switched 5% of their grocery budgets to local foods, it could add roughly $36 million to the state’s GDP. According to a new study from the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension, that would more than double what the local food sector currently brings in. Anders Van Sandt is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW and is the author of the recently released study. “When we buy local, that dollar stays in the economy,” he said.

6 days ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Hannah Habermann |Kamila Kudelska |Melodie Edwards

About 2,000 people live in Kemmerer, which is in the corner of southwest Wyoming, where the mountains meet the desert. It is known for a few things – the original JCPenney store, ancient fossils and consequently, the fossil fuel industry. But, in late 2021, the company TerraPower, founded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, announced their plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. While there is some push back with the project, the hope is to create ‘greener’ energy and jobs for former coal workers.

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Hannah Habermann

Climbing ropes are super strong, but the nylon they're made of degrades over time. Since your life depends on them as part of the sport, ropes eventually need to be retired, every 10 years at a minimum and every year if they're used frequently. But that doesn't mean they have to go to a landfill. While some old ropes end up as rugs or art pieces, the Teton Climbers Coalition (TCC) is passing the material along to Indigenous-led projects focused on land stewardship and conservation.