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Episode 2: A Gun at Newcastle High School
Alexis talks about what it was like to be a mom with a kid in a locked down school, while also being the reporter relaying important information to the community as it was being released by the school district. We also talk again about the ongoing battle to educate the community about Wyoming's open meetings and public records laws, and about the rise of grassroots politics in Weston County...Believe it or not, the two are related. We even take advantage of winter's refusal to let the spring sports season begin by teasing a different kind of sports story that will be in this week's NLJ, and to wrap things up Alexis lets you know what she's "Over" in our weekly OVER IT segment (Bob just whines about his miserable NCAA bracket.)
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Top of Main Podcast Sunshine Week
Bob and Alexis discuss some challenges local boards have recently faced when it comes to adherence with the open meetings and public records laws in Wyoming, but we express optimism in the direction most local officials are taking when it comes to transparency.
We also take a little time to celebrate the achievements of some of the community's young women (wasn't it just International Women's Day?) after the Lady Dogie hoops team took third at state and the Newcastle/Upton wrestling squad secured one of the state's first-ever women's wrestling championships.
We wrap it up with our Over It segment and express a little hope that politics will give us all a break for just a little while...
Check us out at newslj.com to keep tabs on this story, or for more news from Newcastle, Weston County and the Black Hills of northeast Wyoming!
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