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    09/05/24

    Best of the West: National Recovery Month; rural energy projects; air quality in schools; Great Salt Lake; hiring teachers; and rebuilding sage grouse habitat

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    08/29/24

    Best of the West: Leading the microchip revival; collaborating on rural education; green cement; Paralympic Games; recharging aquifers; largest solar array on the continent; EV charging stations

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    08/22/24

    Best of the West: Reimagining hydropower; new rules for geothermal; hiring wildland firefighters; Alzheimer’s research; solar cells; rare ocelot sighting

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    08/15/24

    Best of the West: Clean power outpaces coal; opening the country’s largest direct air capture facility; a historic water agreement; closing the employment gap; and Smokey Bear turns 80

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    08/08/24

    Best of the West: The future of small farms; building grid infrastructure; a resilient state park; Perseid meteor shower; Indigenous medical training; Alaskan heat pumps; and 3D printing houses

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    08/08/24

    Year in Review: The Heat Beneath Our Feet

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    08/01/24

    Best of the West: Building rural broadband; carbon capture coalition; fighting drought; Wyoming mental health initiative; BYU medical school; wildfire recovery funds; honey for computers

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    07/25/24

    Best of the West: Staying prepared for disaster; climate investments; Sundance festival; electric buses; Nevada electric vehicle boom; Mongol Derby

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    07/19/24

    LISTEN: Western Governors discuss the importance of bipartisanship at WGA’s 40th Anniversary celebration

    CATEGORY: Podcasts, WGA News
    07/19/24

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon speaks about his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbonizing the West, in a new WGA video

    CATEGORY: Energy, Environmental Management, WGA News
    07/18/24

    Best of the West: Meet the Olympians from the West; hydrogen-powered ferries; buffalo restoration; Oregon fighter jet; Spanish-language interpreting; more efficient devices; Oklahoma housing

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    07/11/24

    Best of the West: Building a climate-ready workforce; western tech hubs; solar canals; storing nuclear waste; Meta in Wyoming; Colorado nuclear energy; studying microplastics; housing firefighters

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    07/09/24

    Highlight video from WGA’s 2024 Annual Meeting

    CATEGORY: WGA News
    07/03/24

    WGA submits bipartisan policy strategies to support America’s cyber workforce

    CATEGORY: WGA News
    06/27/24

    Best of the West: Addressing the physician shortage; mental health rebounds; the first class of American Climate Corps; a fix for Teton Pass; and riding with Cherokee history

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    Building Resilient and Affordable New Developments in the West

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    Best of the West: Introducing newly elected Western Governors; Training the semiconductor workforce; Rebuilding Teton Pass; California water security; Drought-resistant crops; Fighting homelessness
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