State renames resource center

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Department of Health has renamed the facility in Lander formerly known as the Wyoming State Training School. The new name for the facility is the Wyoming Life Resource Center.

The center has programs for people with disabilities and specialized medical and therapeutic needs, including people with intellectual disabilities and brain injuries.

Dr. Brent Sherard is director of the state health department. He said the new name better reflects the broad range of services the facility offers.

Police search for driver in hit-and-run

CHEYENNE - Police in Cheyenne are looking for a driver of a vehicle that struck and injured a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend.

Police said 32-year-old Jong Park of Cheyenne was riding his bicycle northbound on College Drive about 9 p.m. on Sunday when he was hit from behind. He suffered a broken left leg and other injuries.

Police said the driver fled the scene without stopping to check on Park. Police don't have a vehicle description. Park's bicycle was equipped with reflectors, a heading and a flashing taillight.

USFS closes 2 campgrounds

BIG PINEY - The Bridger-Teton National Forest has closed two campgrounds near Big Piney because of flooding issues on access roads.

Greg Clark is ranger on the Big Piney district. He said the Sacajawea and Middle Piney Lake campgrounds are both closed.

Clark said the road flooded about 300 feet below the Middle Piney dam. He said vehicles now can't make it to the lake.

The Sacajawea Campground is closed because a culvert below the entrance to the campground is plugged with debris. Clark said that raised the risk that the road could wash out.

Community colleges seek recognition

CHEYENNE - A government commission said Wyoming should change its constitution to recognize the state's community colleges and set standards for investing in them.

The Wyoming Community College Commission on Tuesday approved nine recommendations for changing the state's community college system.

The commission said the constitution's current failure to mention community colleges means that there's uncertainty about how the state should invest in them. The commission's recommendations will go to a state task force studying the community college system.