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The Mayor’s Minute from Mayor Patrick Collins – July 26, 2024
I hope you are all having a great Cheyenne Frontier Days. I love this week. It allows Cheyenne to put its best foot forward. I have met so many visitors to our city who are raving about the way you all have treated them. Thank you for being the most amazing ambassadors. I can tell you it is really making a difference with our visitors.
Cheyenne Frontier Days Performance 1&2 Updates
It's the best time of the year; it's time for The Daddy of Em' All! Known as a bucket list rodeo for fans and athletes alike, this memorable rodeo promises some of the best completion of the PRCA season. With the qualifying rounds of slack in the books, the rosters are officially set, leaving fans and athletes eager to see who will advance to the semi-final round of completion. In each performance four athletes will advance to the semifinals, we've recapped a few of the quickest times and most impressive scores from the first two performances.
Cheyenne Frontier Days Parade Features World’s Largest Collection Of Wagons
Two hours before the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade Thursday, Franklin Favero had already scoped out the best seat on the streets. It’s the same spot he’s picked for the past 15 years. “Sometimes (the parade) stops right here because of going around the corner,” the local resident explained....
Billings Police report two stabbings less than an hour apart Friday evening
BILLINGS, Mont. - Billings Police Department (BPD) says they have received reports of two separate stabbings incidents that occurred less than an hour apart on Friday evening. BPD responded to the first incident at 9:03 pm involving a 51-year-old man who had been stabbed in his arm in the 700 block of N 25th St.
Idaho ends Boulder-Arrowhead/Big Sky softball's World Series dream in region title game
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Eagle, Idaho blanked Billings' Boulder-Arrowhead/Big Sky majors softball team by a 10-0 margin in four innings Friday in the winner-take-all title game of the Little League Softball Northwest Region Tournament, ending the Montana state champion's hopes of going on to the Little League Softball World Series next month.
The Shocking Wyoming Destination Thrillist Listed as a ‘Must-Visit Small Town’
It's always great to see Wyoming towns make a national list, especially when those towns aren't named Jackson, Cheyenne or even Casper. We have so many beautiful places that don't get the shine they deserve. That's why it was nice to see a list by travel website, Thrillist, which listed...
Kroger/Albertsons proposed merger temporarily blocked by Colorado judge
CASPER, Wyo. — The controversial proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons is temporarily on hold after a Denver District Court judge granted a preliminary injunction and canceled an Aug. 12 hearing on the matter. According to industry publication Progressive Grocer, both companies agreed to the delay. Instead...
2,577 horses rounded up in BLM North Lander horse gather
CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to control horse populations in the North Lander Complex is complete, with 2,577 total horses rounded up. According to a BLM Facebook post, the creatures were gathered from BLM-managed public lands and adjacent private lands where they had moved outside of the complex.
Seed money awarded to projects using big data to help Wyoming wildlife
The University of Wyoming reports that four innovative projects that aim to use technology to help Wyoming wildlife have received seed funding from the University of Wyoming’s new WyldTech Center for Wildlife, Technology and Computing. While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, Director of Institutional Communications for UW, Chad...
Keyton Hayden Earns 2023-24 WyoPreps Boys Rodeo Athlete of the Year Honor [VIDEO]
The first WyoPreps Athlete of the Year award for Boys’ Rodeo, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming and Wyld Gear, goes to Gillette’s Keyton Hayden. He capped an outstanding high school rodeo season with an all-around title and competed at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs last week.
Rep. Hageman Votes Yes On Interior Appropriations Bill That Blocks Buffalo And Rock Springs RMPs, Delists GYE Grizzly
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman is voting in favor of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2025 – a bill that is extremely favorable to the needs of Wyomingites. Four amendments offered by Representative Hageman were included in the final bill, as well as language to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear.
Johnson County’s first, first lady: First lady Jennie Gordon on family, agriculture and growing into a role she never expected
It was all hands on deck at the Merlin Ranch east of Buffalo. A crew of about 16 had assembled on a sunny, late-May morning to brand and vaccinate the ranch's cattle. It is hard, dirty, physical work, and it is deeply satisfying for Wyoming's first lady Jennie Gordon. "It's...
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