May 2—CHEYENNE — Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins this week announced a proposed $147.6 million city budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The budget will be presented and discussed at several public meetings over the next six weeks, possibly amended and then approved by June 10. “This was a really tough budget,” […]
May 1—CHEYENNE — At nearly every intersection in downtown Cheyenne, you’ll likely see a missing person flyer posted on one of the utility poles. The flyers are just one of the efforts Saul Mejia is taking to find his son, 27-year-old Nathan “Nate” Mejia, who has been missing for more than a month now. Nate […]
May 1—CHEYENNE — Layne’s Chicken Fingers, a Texas-based chicken shop, may be coming to Cheyenne. The company announced in late April its intention to expand to the capital city, and possibly Laramie, as well. Michael Hickerson worked at the original Layne’s in College Station, Texas, while he was attending school at Texas A&M University. While […]
Apr. 20—CHEYENNE — Cheyenne Day of Giving will be supporting 16 local agencies this year, adding two new organizations as it continues its mission to channel community support to local charities. Life Choice Pregnancy Care Center and Recover Wyoming are the two new organizations that will be newly supported by the 19th annual Cheyenne Day […]
Apr. 19—CHEYENNE — The aunt of a man whose arrest was filmed and published online, and later featured in body camera footage released by the Cheyenne Police Department last week, was arrested at the Laramie County Governmental Complex Wednesday afternoon. Nadia Gauna was arrested at 2 p.m. in the courthouse, at the same time her […]
Apr. 16—CHEYENNE — Cheyenne’s Old Chicago location south of Dell Range Boulevard closed suddenly on Sunday without prior notice to employees or the public. SPB Hospitality, the company that owns the national restaurant chain, told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in an email that the decision was influenced by things like real estate, new restaurant decisions […]
Apr. 15—CHEYENNE — A Dutch Bros Coffee shop is is expected to open in Cheyenne this summer on Pershing Boulevard after plans for a location on Dell Range Boulevard fell through in 2022. The new coffee shop will be the first in Wyoming for the Oregon-based company, which has more than 800 shops across 17 […]
Apr. 10—CHEYENNE — Everyone knows Wyoming earned its nickname as The Equality State because it was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1890. What might not be as well known, however, is the existence of a historical society, known as the Cheyenne Pioneer Club, that has preserved the stories of […]
Apr. 10—CHEYENNE — Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne received a $5,000 donation Wednesday from a grant initiated by a Charter Communications employee. Travis Burkett has volunteered with Meals on Wheels for more than a decade. Through the Spectrum Employee Community Grants (SECG) program, employees at Spectrum, a Charter Communications brand, may apply to provide a […]
Apr. 4—CHEYENNE — Thirty-three Cheyenne students have qualified for the national competition sponsored by the National Speech and Debate Association in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. Students from the three main capital city high schools competed against each other and schools from across the state last month to clinch a spot at the biggest stage […]
Apr. 3—CHEYENNE — Next week, Cheyenne City Council members will discuss annexation of more than 900 acres southwest of the Interstates 25 and 80 interchange, adjacent to Roundtop Road. In November 2023, the council approved a development agreement for Project Cosmo, a years-long project that proposes a multi-billion-dollar data center project in south Cheyenne. Across […]
Mar. 28—CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s state tree — the cottonwood — can be found lining the streets of its capital city and towering over older parks. Now, many of the historic trees are dying and being removed. Currently, the city is in the process of removing 13 cottonwoods from Holliday Park. Last year, more than 30 […]