Barrasso comes to HEM

Wyoming U.S. Senator (R) John Barrasso came to Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School to meet with students and faculty of the school at 8:30 a.m. on May 1.

The meeting was held in the HEM gym. where the senator first spoke about the Hathaway Scholarship and how the funding came about. The Hathaway scholarship was created to provide an incentive for Wyoming students to prepare and pursue after high school education within the state of Wyoming.

In 2005, state lawmakers created a scholarship fund with a $400,000,000 permanent endowment. It's residual income funds scholarships for qu...