CHEYENNE — Laramie County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 42-year-old man known locally for harassing and “hexing” business owners on June 20 for trespassing. On the day of Joshua Hayden-Ali’s arrest, Deputy Aaron Veldheer responded to a disturbance in progress at the Safeway supermarket at 700 South Greeley Highway. The description of the man matched that […]
CHEYENNE — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg had his bags packed to visit Cheyenne in March to share updates on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Those plans were nixed, though, when he received a call that the Francis Scott Key Bridge had collapsed in Baltimore the night before he was due to arrive […]
CHEYENNE — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg had his bags packed to visit Cheyenne in March to share updates on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Those plans were nixed, though, when he received a call that the Francis Scott Key Bridge had collapsed in Baltimore the night before he was due to arrive […]
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, located in South Dakota, passed a resolution calling for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Palestine. The Tribe announced on Wednesday that tribal council of the Tribe voted to pass the resolution on June 4, 2024. Key Points of the Resolution: Call for Ceasefire: The Tribe demands that the United States […]
CHEYENNE — After weeks of review and discussion, the Cheyenne City Council approved a spending plan for the next fiscal year without comment Monday night. The council also discussed plans for new construction projects, policies and fees at its regular meeting. 2025 fiscal year budget The first public hearing at Monday’s meeting was about the […]
Jun. 7—CHEYENNE — An infestation of tiny black bugs invaded downtown Cheyenne in a single night, with swarms of them clinging to the walls of office buildings, churches and homes. Best Pest Control exterminator Derek Fulfer said he received more than 30 calls on Friday, starting at about 7 a.m., and was booked throughout the […]
Jun. 5—CHEYENNE — Cheyenne Fire Rescue is seeking $836,325 from the City Council to buy approximately 2.74 acres of empty land at the northeast corner of Powderhouse Road and East Carlson for the future construction of a new fire station. John Kopper, the city’s fire chief, presented the request at a council Finance Committee meeting […]
May 31—CHEYENNE — In 2020, Michelle Aldrich was the only new face elected to serve on Cheyenne City Council. This year, she has announced she will seek another four years serving the residents of Ward 3, which covers primarily the south-central and southeast part of the city. She told the WTE that she believes Cheyenne […]
May 30—Carolyn O’Dowd will never forget the Post-It notes. Thousands of them, literally, that she helped her daughter, Cheyenne O’Dowd, write during Cheyenne’s senior year of high school back home in Pennsylvania. Each one, with the same message: “You are beautiful, in your own little way, ” and each carrying her signature butterfly-doodle, as a […]
Cheyenne, a US supercomputer once ranked 20th in the world and with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM (plus a few maintenance issues, including water leaks), was recently auctioned off by US General Services Administration (GSA). After a tussle between 27 bidders, Cheyenne went for a respectable $480,085, plus the costs of dismantling […]
May 10—CHEYENNE — Last week, Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins proposed a $147.6 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This week, city departments began presenting their reasoning for their proposed budget adjustments. Cheyenne Police Department began on Thursday, followed by Cheyenne Fire Rescue and Community Recreation and Events on Friday. Other departments will present their […]
May 8—CHEYENNE — Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins and City Treasurer Robin Lockman presented the city’s proposed $147.6 million annual budget for fiscal year 2025 to the Cheyenne City Council during a work session Wednesday. The budget overview meeting was the first of multiple sessions to inform the governing body of the proposed budget so they […]