Melodie Edwards
Reporter at Wyoming Public Radio
Host and Producer at The Modern West Podcast
The Modern West podcast host/producer, Wyoming Public Radio reporter, co-owner of Night Heron Books & Coffeehouse. Mom to amazing twin teenage girls.
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4 days ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Melodie Edwards
Wyoming is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. There’s only five homes for every 10 low-income renters in the state, and while rent increased 32% between 2010 and 2021, the income of Wyoming renters only went up 18%. In the president’s 2026 discretionary budget request, the Trump administration is proposing to scrap several programs that offer pathways to home ownership in rural communities, potentially exacerbating an already worsening housing shortage in the state.
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1 week ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Chas Sisk |Hannah Habermann |Jenna McMurtry |Kamila Kudelska |Melodie Edwards | +1 more
Today on the show, a new film follows a group of Native youth on their journey into adulthood. As Wyoming battles a housing crisis, the Trump administration is proposing to eliminate several programs that specifically help rural communities access affordable housing. And tariff uncertainty is hitting craft beer brewers. Those stories and more.
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2 weeks ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Melodie Edwards
The 137-year-old University of Wyoming (UW) Lab School closed its doors for good this May. That’s because UW declined to renew an agreement with the Albany County School District #1 to house the school on its campus; the Albany County School Board opted not to find a new home for it; and lawmakers didn’t pass a bill to rescue it. The UW Lab School specialized in a curriculum of hands-on learning and outdoor education. For many years, it also served as a teacher incubator for UW’s education program.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Melodie Edwards
National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sitesThe Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to post signage at all sites across the country by June 13, asking …
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3 weeks ago |
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Melodie Edwards
The Hot Springs School District is the latest to approve a plan to adopt a four-day school week starting next year, according to the Thermopolis Independent Record. It follows a trend that’s now worked its way into over half of Wyoming’s school districts. Of the state’s 48 school districts, 26 now have alternative schedules. But the model has pros and cons. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards discussed those with the chair of the Wyoming State Board of Education Mark Mathern.
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Last but not least...the final installment of our series The Burn Scar. Find out how one family chooses to face the realities of the climate crisis that ravaged their lives. You can even binge all five now!
Ariel makes the trip out to see the new construction of her family home. But it's nothing like the one that burned down in the Marshall Fire. Her feeling of solastalgia is long gone. It's the final episode of #TheBurnScar. Listen now: https://t.co/4QxLNoYJvR https://t.co/1Z3sjkboLu
A little extra Christmas cheer for your travels.
Listen to a conversation with The Burn Scar's producer Ariel Lavery and The Modern West host Melodie Edwards. "I just needed to record this," Ariel says. "I just needed to somehow remember the feelings of visiting the site, being there." Check it out now: https://t.co/HbsPXeIY12 https://t.co/cSqIxe6xJk
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