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Press Release – The Rockpile Museum is pleased to announce a free Mexican folkloric dance performance on August 12th! With support from Black Hills Energy, the Museum will host Las Angelitas Unidas y Los Rayos del Sol, a nonprofit folkloric dance group from Cheyenne. The mission of Las Angelitas is “Sharing culture through music and […]

Press Release – Approximately 72 pounds of marijuana was interdicted on August 3rd by a Wyoming State Trooper with assistance from a Cheyenne Police Department K-9 team. The State Trooper was monitoring a construction zone near mile post 365 on Interstate 80 eastbound near Cheyenne, Wyoming when the Trooper stopped a 2016 Hyundai Accent for […]

Press Release – Saturday, August 19th will be the final day that the City Pool will be open for 2017. After that date, Campbell County Parks and Rec will no longer have the lifeguards necessary to staff the City Pool. There will not be an evening session (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) from August 14th […]

Press Release – Due to the projected education funding shortfall, the legislature is reassessing Wyoming’s school funding model. This winter, they will make decisions that will impact students and Wyoming’s economy. Over the last six years, school budgets have been cut by approximately $171 million, $71 million of which has been lost in the last […]

Press Release – Stage 1 fire restrictions will go into effect Aug. 1, 2017 on all of the National Forest System lands in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, as well as the entirety of the Laramie Peak unit, Medicine Bow National Forest. Previously, only the portion of the Laramie Peak unit within Albany County had been […]

Sunday, July 30 – 8:30 p.m. 3,020 acres – 100% contained Over the next 72 hours the forecast shows chances for isolated thunderstorms every afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will remain in the 90-95 degree range with minimum relative humidity values between 15-25 percent. There are currently 42 people assigned to the fire. Crews continue […]

Press Release – The Black Hills National Forest will hold a Moon Walk program north of Hill City on Saturday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. This 3/4 mile round trip hike on a two track road with little elevation gain will take place on the south side of Sheridan Lake near the campground.  Participants will be […]

Press Release – Incident: Lightning on July 24, started both the Buffalo and Stallions fires. The Buffalo Fire is in Powder River County, 31 miles southwest of Broadus, MT; it has spread into Campbell County, WY.  The Stallions Fire is in the Bittercreek area of Campbell County, 45 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming and within […]

Press Release – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., made the following statement on the future of the repeal and replacement of Obamacare: “Under Obamacare, premiums have more than doubled since 2013, and in Wyoming, we have only one insurer, some of the highest premiums in the country and thousands of folks currently paying millions in Obamacare […]

Press Release: Incident: Lightning on July 24, started both the Buffalo and Stallions fires. The Buffalo Fire is in Powder River County, 31 miles southwest of Broadus, MT; it has spread into Wyoming. The Stallions Fire in the Bittercreek area of Campbell County, 45 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming. The fires are within 3 miles […]