After months of quiet discussions with an oil company, Wyoming offici- als announced Monday they are considering a massive land buy that one lawmaker said would be the biggest government purchase since Alaska. If completed, the transaction could entail dipping deep into the state’s savings funds.
CHEYENNE – A local man who was found guilty of child endangering and disarming a peace officer was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Laramie County District Court.
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has selected three finalists to be the university’s next president.
CHEYENNE – After months of working with Cheyenne LEADS, TBC Manufacturing Inc. will relocate its 32-year-old tool and die manufacturing company from Fountain, Colorado, to Cheyenne.
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CHEYENNE – After discussing it at length earlier in the week, lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday morning that has divided officials from the city of Cheyenne and Cheyenne Frontier Days.
CHEYENNE – By a 15-15 vote, members of the state Senate rejected a bill amendment that some lawmakers argued would have negatively impacted the voting ability of Wyoming’s elderly population.
CHEYENNE – Last year, Taco John’s revamped its branding and opened a new Midwest support center. Now company executives hope to carry that positive momentum into 2020.
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CHEYENNE – Lawmakers got their first chance to propose changes to the state’s roughly $3 billion budget for the 2021-22 biennium Wednesday, but there is a long road ahead before any final decisions are made on such amendments.
CHEYENNE – A bill that would allow security planning to be discussed during executive session, and a bill that would separate the Wyoming Guardian ad Litem Program from the State Public Defender’s Office were unanimously approved Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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- UW recruiters stop in Cheyenne, focus on attracting in-state students
- District Court roundup: Man sentenced for child endangering, other charges
- UW announces finalists for presidency
- Colorado company to relocate family-owned business to Cheyenne
- Committee advances liquor license bill dividing city, CFD over police deployments
- Don't let Big Tobacco win, start taxing e-cigarettes
- Lange: Civil laws that punish sexual assault must walk a fine line
- Changes to commercial flight times are too restrictive
- Drake: Science, not emotion, should rule Wyo. abortion debate
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- Ask lawmakers to support three bills that protect babies
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Aug. 28, 1963 was a long day of speeches. So when it came to the last one on the lineup, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, one 19-year-old attendee was inspired – but he was also somewhat preoccupied by how he was going to get through the large crowd and find his ride home. Read more
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PARK CITY, Utah – Carey Mulligan has given some of her best performances as women who refuse, sometimes quietly and sometimes not, to accept the circumstances that life has dealt them. We met some of those characters for the first time here at the Sundance Film Festival: Think of her as the … Read more
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By day, you’ll find Kevin Ramler planning all the programming for the Wyoming State Museum. But by night, you could find him rehearsing with his band, making a terra cotta mug or even brewing his own beer. Read more
When the music started, it began to make sense. Three young ballet dancers stood at the front of the studio in their standard uniform of pink tights and a solid-colored leotard, their hair wound tightly into a bun. But the upbeat sound of Americana music flowed through the speakers freely – … Read more
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Saying Merritt Wever delivers a tremendous performance in the Netflix limited series "Unbelievable" is pretty much like saying Merritt Wever stars in the Netflix limited series "Unbelievable." In other words, obvious. Read more
The snow falls straight down; an unusual occurrence in these parts. Thanks to the lack of wind, the woods are peaceful and hushed. Even the sound of traffic on nearby Highway 230 is muffled. Snow comes down at a rapid rate. With 12 inches of new fluff already on the trails, it is a winter wo… Read more
Dear Joan: My dog, Wanda, is taking chemo for lymphoma and fortunately, she’s doing great. I’m trying to get her on nice trail walks several times a week, and this raises a question. Read more
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Opening up mom’s china cabinet or kitchen cupboard can be like walking into a gallery. Not all dishware is factory-made – much is handmade by potters who are artists just like anyone with a painting hanging at your local art show. Read more
Families aren’t perfect – they’re beautiful and messy and complicated all at once, and one of the best ways to exhibit that mix of love and dysfunction is through art. Read more
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Guy Ritchie’s latest British gangster yarn, “The Gentlemen,” opens with a bartender pulling a beer tap printed with a logo reading: “Gritchie’s English Lore.” It’s oh-so-appropriate branding for this return to roots for Ritchie, who burst onto the scene in the late ’90s with the rollicking L… Read more
It’s turning into a great snow season. Snow is piling up in the high country and powder has been plentiful. As the snowpack increases, the potential for avalanches also rises. While knowing what to look for when skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in the backcountry is important, the first … Read more
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Nora (Awkwafina, the comedian, rapper and movie star – “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians”) lives at home in Flushing with her grandma (Lori Tan Chinn, “Orange Is the New Black”) and her dad (BD Wong, most recently, “Mr. Robot”). She’s struggling to figure stuff out, or how … Read more
Oscar-nominated documentary “The Cave,” about a doctor who works in a subterranean hospital in war-torn Syria, debuts commercial-free at 7 p.m. tomorrow on the National Geographic Channel. Read more
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the billion-dollar brainchild of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and Ariel Investments co-CEO and president Mellody Hobson, has acquired a vast collection known as the Separate Cinema Archive, comprising more than 37,000 film posters, scripts and exhibitio… Read more
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One of the tragic, practical challenges of this era in music is assembling a posthumous album for an artist who barely made it into his or her 20s. The teams behind Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, Avicii and Juice Wrld have already, or soon will, confront the job of deciding what to do with the demo… Read more
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A woman is at the helm of the James Bond film franchise, but 007 will never be a woman as long as she’s in charge. Read more
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In the dance world, it’s often said that ballet is the foundation of all genres. If you want to learn jazz, tap or even hip-hop, you’ll be better off with the basics of ballet in your toolbox. But when it comes to musical theater, performers typically consider their singing or acting experie… Read more
After turning in the first two greatly beloved, operatically souped-up action opuses in the “Bad Boys” franchise, everyone’s favorite gearhead maximalist auteur Michael Bay is no longer behind the camera for the third, “Bad Boys for Life” (though he is in front of it, briefly). Not to worry … Read more
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Megyn Kelly is finally speaking out about the movie “Bombshell,” which explores sexual harassment at her former employer, Fox News. And she’s assembled others who were victims of that harassment to tell their stories with her. Read more
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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the progr… Read more
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POWELL — Whether or not novel coronavirus itself makes its way to Wyoming, experts say businesses across the greater Yellowstone ecosystem wil… Read more
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JACKSON – A former federal wildlife health chief says the National Elk Refuge’s plans to reduce feeding are “likely to fail” and it’s doubtful… Read more
