Cheyenne News

Government officials plan to haze a large herd of migrating bison back into Yellowstone National Park this week. Nationally known fundraising expert Penelope Burk will be the keynote speaker at the Wyoming Philanthropy Days in June at Little America in Cheyenne. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

Some of Wyoming’s forests, including the Medicine Bow National Forest, are seeing a let up of the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation. Les Koch, Forest Health Specialist with the Wyoming State Forestry Division says the reason the  infestation is declining in some areas is because they have run out of trees to kill. Read More...

Wyoming Game and Fish spokesman Al Langston says with the  the warmer weather,  boating interest is on the upswing and with that interest, boaters are asked to take special precautions to make sure their boats are not carrying Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS).  Langston says it is extremely important for boaters follow proper precautions to insure they will not be transporting AIS into Wyoming waters. He says the  Drain, Clean, and Dry process is still the best method to keep AIS from spreading.

Watercraft inspections will again be conducted thi

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) during debate on a bill that would delay a hike in student loan rates for a year, said he was disappointed with the majority party’s plan for paying for the bill. A University of Oregon led project to create an atlas of Yellowstone National Park is done. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

Cheyenne’s drinking water meets or exceeds all EPA  and local water requirements according to a new report from the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities, according to BOPU spokesman Clint Bassett. Read More...

Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce President and C-E-O Dale Steenburgen says the latest available year over year retail sales figures for Cheyenne–for February–show an increase of an eye-popping 18.9 percent compared to February 2011. Steenburgen says industrial development showed strong growth, and home sales also showed improvement. Read More...

A potential hazardous material spill near Granger on Friday evening was averted when  a semi rig pulling two tractor trailers filled with flammable petroleum  overturned, according to Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Dick Blust. Read More...

The Cheyenne City Council Finance Committee on Monday voted against a proposal to conduct a city personnel study that would look at several areas, including employee compensation and staffing. Despite the committee vote, however, the proposal still goes on to the full city council Monday night.

Councilman Jack Spiker, who joined councilman Don Pierson in voting against the proposal, says conducting the survey is pointless because the city simply doesn’t have the money to implement many of the likely recommendations he thinks the report would put forward, including raises for city employees. Read More...

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead is criticizing a federal proposal to reduce the amount of public land in Wyoming available for possible oil shale development. Amy Richards has details. A hydrologist hired by several environmental groups is recommending putting a tracer in fracking fluids in the Pavillion area to find out whether the fluids are getting into the local water supply. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. Read More...

The Cheyenne Police Department will join the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department, the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the USAF/90th Security Forces Group from FE Warren AFB this Saturday to honor all Wyoming Peace Officers who have died in the line of duty.

May 13 –19, 2012 is recognized as “National Police Week” across the country as law enforcement a