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Home Ownership Takes a Massive Hit in Colorado
As we have come to learn here in Colorado, it’s getting exceedingly difficult to find affordable housing prices. The average rent, for example, is extremely high, sitting at $1,594. That’s the fifth highest average in the entire country. Not to mention, we’re also the 9th worst state in...
Colorado brewery to take over SweetWater's Fort Collins taproom, brewing operations
SweetWater Brewing Co. will shutter its Fort Collins brewery this summer, but beer will continue to flow in its sprawling building. Breckenridge Brewery will take over the space at 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. in early August, according to a news release from Breckenridge Brewery. SweetWater will shutter its Fort Collins operations around the same time, ensuring there is no interruption in business as the brewery changes hands, Andrea Green, a publicist representing the two breweries, confirmed Tuesday. ...
Aerial Mosquito Control Spray Planned
The City of Laramie Mosquito Control has scheduled the aerial application of Dibrom for control of adult mosquitoes in rural areas adjacent to the City for Friday July 26th, 2024, starting around 6:30 pm. Backup dates have been set for Saturday the 27th through Monday the 29th if weather conditions arise delaying the application. This application is targeted to control both nuisance and vector mosquitoes, including Culex tarsalis, which can that transmit West Nile virus (WNV).
Man shot, injured, Wednesday after Aurora gas station argument erupts in gunfire
AURORA | An unidentified man was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after he got into an argument with another man at a south Aurora gas station, and a third man pulled out a gun and shot him, according to Aurora police. Officers were called to the Shell gas station at...
Albany County Sheriffs Office and Laramie Police Search for Missing Professor
The Albany County Sheriffs Office and Laramie Police Department are now actively engaged in the search for a man last seen two weeks ago. ACSO wrote in an earlier statement that no one has seen or heard from Nash Quinn since July 8, and attempts to contact him were unsuccessful.
Smoke Relief Coming Soon To Wyoming
Enough with the smoke already. Wednesday and Thursday of this week both come with air quality alerts. There is a lot on fire north, in Canada, and that smoke now covers most of the United States. The smoke has stayed with us due to the lack of any real wind...
Weird Al Talks Polkamania On Wake Up Wyoming
Weird Al Yankovic is now 64 years old and he's still cranking out bizarre hits. He called Wyoming's morning talk show Wake Up Wyoming and spoke about his career and his latest video. Wake Up Wyoming is heard on several radio stations around the state, so Weird Al got plenty...
Art events across Wyoming seek to expand access, while building community
Music fills the Thursday evening air — a distant guitar riff, overlapping with a nearby fiddle. Roasting meat perfumes the festive atmosphere and the streets are an explosion of color. Visual and musical artists stationed at assorted downtown businesses build an overlapping cacophony of sights and sounds amid the Casper summer.
Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation
Washington, DC (WVDN) — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will strengthen American energy security by accelerating the permitting process for critical energy and mineral projects of all types in the […] The post Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.
21-Year-Old Gillette Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
A Gillette man was sentenced to 125 months' (a little over 10 years) in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and carrying firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, on Feb. 28, a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) Trooper conducted a traffic...
Hazy, hot days prompt advisories for Gillette
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Haze from Canadian and area wildfires along with high temperatures have prompted the National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, to issue multiple alerts for Gillette. An air quality alert remains in effect today as wildfire smoke continues to sit in the atmosphere, causing poor...
Third time’s a charm: Casper filmmaker snags third Emmy
CASPER, Wyo. — Casper videographer and filmmaker Anthony Stengel has snagged his third regional Emmy award for a documentary he produced for Wyoming PBS. “3 years. 3 Emmy’s. We’re just getting started,” he said in a social media post on Monday night. “We weren’t able to...
Critically Endangered Black-Footed Ferrets See Breeding Boom Under Trial
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s dedicated team of black-footed ferret conservationists are helping rewrite the narrative of recovery from extinction, one litter at a time. Following last year’s record number of kits born, program-wide in over a decade, CMZoo’s conservation team is celebrating its own record year, and trying something new.
Glow-in-the-dark monster trucks coming to Colorado
DENVER — A new glow-in-the-dark live tour will bring monster trucks back to Colorado this weekend. The Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party is stopping at Ball Arena in Denver for the first time. Three performances are planned on Saturday and Sunday. The tour brings fan-favorite Hot Wheels...
Family forced to cancel funeral service due to mistake at cemetery
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Valerie Baskerville’s brother, David Baskerville, was supposed to be laid to rest last month at Olinger Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge. The day before his funeral, Valerie said the cemetery made them cancel services. “They called the day before the services and said...
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