More from Addie Goss
Basque Radio
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From: Addie Goss
Through much of the last century, French and Spanish Basques herded sheep, alone, in northern Wyoming's mountains. For company, they listened to an AM Basque radio program ...
No Faith in Zoning
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From: Addie Goss
Landowners in Johnson County, Wyoming, live with a kind of paradox. They hate to see their neighbor's ranches turned to subdivisions. But their belief in private property ...
A Long Way from Baghdad
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From: Addie Goss
A profile of the one Iraqi student at the University of Wyoming
Migrating with Antelope
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From: Addie Goss
Pronghorn antelope trek 340 miles each year, the longest land migration in the lower 48. But the route is filling in with homes and oil and gas wells. Some hope to create ...
Tree Rings Reveal Worse Droughts are Due
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From: Addie Goss
Ancient trees reveal the West has over-allocated its water. Climate change could only make things worse.
Ahead of Laura Bush's Visit, A School's Facelift
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From: Addie Goss
Fresh paint, watered plans, electricity: U.S. money helps spruce up a Malian school ahead of the First Lady's visit.
Uranium Bust Town May Boom Again
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From: Addie Goss
Some say rising uranium prices could revive a Wyoming ghosttown. But remaining residents don't buy it.
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Piece Description
A thousand members of the Wyoming Army National Guard leave in mid-April for Fort Hood, Texas, and soon after for Kuwait and Iraq. There’s a lot to do before they go: everything from drafting a will to finding people to care for their children, their aging parents, or their pets. There’s also more training to do. Here, we take a spin in a Humvee, clear a room of bad guys, and hear from soldiers about how they're preparing to leave.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:A deadline is fast approaching for about a thousand members of the Wyoming Army National Guard. In mid-April they leave for Fort Hood, Texas...and soon after for Kuwait and Iraq. As Wyoming Public Radio's Addie Goss reports, there’s a lot to do before they go: everything from drafting a will to finding people to care for their children, their aging parents, or their pets...and there’s also more training to do.
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