Trustees approve tuition Increase

LARAMIE -- The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees on Friday voted to increase tuition by $5 per credit hour for resident undergraduate students and proportional increases for nonresident undergraduates and all graduate students.

It marks the first resident undergraduate tuition increase since the 2006-2007 academic year.

The increases would be for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years. However, federal stimulus funds provided to UW through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to defray the cost of the tuition increase next year.

"Even with these increases, UW tuition levels will continue to be among the lowest of public land-grant universities," UW President Tom Buchanan said in a media release.

Resident undergraduates now pay $94 per credit hour. That will increase to $99 in 2010-11 and $104 in 2011-12. Nonresident undergraduate tuition will increase from $358 per credit hour this year to $376 in 2010-11 and $394 in 2011-12.

Resident graduate students now pay $183 per credit hour. That will increase to $192 in 2010-11 and $201 in 2011-12. Cost per credit hour for nonresident graduate students will jump from $523 this academic year to $549 in 2010-11 and $575 in 2011-12.

Buchanan said the money raised by the increases will offset funding that was lost when budgets were cut this year.

Brooks & Dunn coming to CFD

CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Frontier Days has announced all but two of its 2010 night show performers.

Leading this year's lineup is Brooks & Dunn. The duo will play on the first Saturday, July 24. They will be performing in Cheyenne as part of their last concert tour. The group has decided to call it quits after 20 years of making country music.

Other groups playing in Cheyenne include Alan Jackson, Sugarland, Aaron Tippin and Clay Walker.

Sugarland will perform Friday, July 30, and Jackson on Saturday, July 31.

Tickets go on sale Dec. 5 and can be purchased over the Internet at http://www.cfdrodeo.com.

No liquor license for ski area

POWELL -- Park County Commissioners have turned down a request for a liquor license from Sleeping Giant Ski Area managers, saying they were concerned about drunken driving and selling alcohol in a family friendly environment.

Sleeping Giant Ski Area Executive Director Ham Bryan said the decision is a mistake that will hurt the slope's business.

Commissioner Jill Shockley Siggins said the ski area had been pitched to the public as a family ski area, and that makes alcohol sales inappropriate.

Deputy County Clerk Wardi Reber said the ski area should be granted a license, and that she can't remember ever going to a ski area that doesn't offer beer or wine.