suicide prevention

CFD has teamed up with Garth Brooks in promoting a new suicide awareness and prevention campaign built around the most cowboy role in the rodeo arena, the pick-up man.

Governor Gordon visited the Central Wyoming Counseling Center on Tuesday to learn more about the organization's suicide prevention lifeline and the texting services that accompany it.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and this week is also National Suicide Prevention Week. According to the Wyoming Department of Health, a new Wyoming-based suicide prevention lifeline is now available.

Wyoming also was the only state not to have its own suicide hotline.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention lists Wyoming, as of 2016, as 3rd highest in the nation for suicides per state.

Riverton, Wyoming-based rock band 'Drones Over Yellowstone' released a unique rock cover of rapper Logic's ode to suicide prevention, 1-800-273-8255.

The event, which is free and open to the public, was created to spread awareness about mental health and suicide prevention among military veterans and current service members.

The hospital trained over 200 medical staff members in suicide screening, triage and prevention in less than 10 weeks.

Those who would like to fund the organization through lift ticket purchases but cannot attend can call the ticket office Saturday and purchase a lift ticket for the next person in line.