Expiration of Wyoming nursing program nears.

Expiration of Wyoming nursing program nears. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Laramie County Community College Laramie County Community College is a community college in Laramie County, Wyoming. Its main campus is in Cheyenne, and there are three additional campuses: the Albany County Campus in Laramie, the Eastern Laramie County Campus in Pine Bluffs, and the Francis E. officialssay ending a state program intended to reduce the nursing shortage inWyoming will have drastic consequences on its nursing school. The Wyoming Investment in Nursing program that started in 2003 willexpire in 2011 unless state lawmakers extend it during their budgetsession that starts in February. School President Darrel Hammon says the college would lose $353,000in state money if the program is allowed to expire. The program offers loans and grants to students accepted intonursing programs at the University of Wyoming UW is a national research university prominent in the fields of environment and natural resource research, specializing in agriculture, energy, geology, and water resource related fields. and community colleges inWyoming. The program also brings instructors to the schools.