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VIRUS OUTBREAK-WYOMING
Wyoming Democrats postpone presidential vote count 3 weeks
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Democratic Party is postponing its presidential selection vote count by three weeks and will accept mail-in ballots only to avoid disruptions from potential coronavirus restrictions. State party spokeswoman Nina Hebert said Monday participants might not be able to drop off ballots if Wyoming enacts a stay-at-home order like one announced Monday for Denver. Party officials previously canceled in-person caucusing set for April 4. Now they are canceling drop-off voting. Voters must already be registered as a Wyoming Democrat to get a mail-in ballot now. Ballots must be received the party by April 17 and will be tabulated on or about April 25.
INMATE SUICIDE
Wyoming medium-security inmate dies in suicide
TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming prison inmate is dead in an apparent suicide. Wyoming Department of Corrections officials say they will investigate the death Saturday of 48-year-old Jeffrey Robert Brown at the state medium-security prison in Torrington. Brown was serving a 20-to-30-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder. A judge sentenced Brown in 2009 for slitting his wife's throat in a dispute at a home in Glendo the previous summer. Brown surrendered to law enforcement authorities two days later.
ATV CRASH-CHILD KILLED
ATV crash kills 11-year-old in southwest Wyoming
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — An 11-year-old has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southwestern Wyoming. The crash happened Saturday evening near a two-track road east of Rock Springs. Sweetwater County sheriff's officials say the 2013 Honda ATV driven by the unidentified boy or girl went off the road for unknown reasons and overturned. The victim wasn't wearing a helmet and was pinned for several minutes. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
AP-US-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TRIBES
Tribes take measures to slow spread of new coronavirus
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American tribes across the country are pressing the federal government for more resources to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. In the meantime, tribal leaders are suspending travel off reservations, closing casinos and hotels, instituting curfews in some places and strongly urging their citizens to protect the elderly. Tribes recently were included in a federal funding package for epidemiology, infection control, education and other things. But tribes say the $40 million is not enough. The federal Indian Health Service says it's talking with tribes to determine how best to dole out the money.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COAL
Amid pandemic, US coal industry seeks lower taxes, royalties
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The lobbying arm of the U.S. coal industry is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty relief, tax cuts and other breaks to help companies ride out the financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. National Mining Association President Rich Nolan made the request in a letter sent this week to the White House and the leaders of the House and Senate. Even before the current economic upheaval, the coal mining industry was in sharp decline as utilities across the nation switch to cleaner-burning natural gas and renewable energy sources.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SOCIAL DISTANCE POWWOWS
Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus
(Information from: Indian Country Today, https://indiancountrytoday.com/)
People across Indian Country are organizing online and social-distancing powwows and posting videos of healing dances to offer support during the coronavirus pandemic. Indian Country Today reports community song and dance have always been a part of health and prayer for Native Americans. And now they're putting a digital spin on these traditions. Jingle dress dancers are sharing videos on YouTube and Facebook from Montana, Arizona, the Dakotas and elsewhere. And Facebook groups like Social Distance Powwow are connecting dancers, vendors and others. In Wisconsin, jingle dress dancers and singers performed outdoors on the Bad River Reservation over the weekend. Community members watched from their cars.
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