Entries from August 31st, 2009

Benjamin to Start the Season at QB for the Pokes

By Keith Kelley posted Aug 31, 2009 at 3:26PM

Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen has announced the depth chart for the season. Junior College transfer Robert Benjamin will get the nod at Quarterback to start the year. Christensen says that Benjamin just gives them the best chance to win. DAVE CHRISTENSEN 1 Austyn Carta-Samuels is second on the depth chart, while senior Karsten [...]

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Just Who Will Be UW’s QB

By Keith Kelley posted Aug 31, 2009 at 11:00AM

Just five days separate Wyoming football players and fans from the start of the Dave Christensen era in Laramie. But just who will get the starting nod behind center for the Cowboys. Will it be JUCO transfer Robert Benjamin, who has played nearly all of fall camp with the number one’s. Or will it be [...]

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August ends cooler, September off to a good start

By DayWeather, Inc. posted Aug 31, 2009 at 10:22AM

The last day of August will bring slightly cooler temperatures and scattered showers and thunderstorms to Wyoming before some drier, more stable air will move into Wyoming by mid week. Warmer and drier conditions are expected by mid to late in the week.  However, precipitation chances will increase by the weekend as some of the [...]

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Autopsy Sets Three Men Free

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:57AM

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities in Campbell County have released three men arrested for manslaughter after an autopsy revealed the alleged victim died of a heart attack. The three men were released Friday before they were scheduled to make a court appearance on charges of involuntary manslaughter. The three men were arrested this past Thursday [...]

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Cheney: Americans Not Happy about Health Care Proposals

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:50AM

VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY TOOK HIS TURN TO WEIGH IN ON THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE. HE SAYS UNREST AT TOWN HALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROVE THAT AMERICAN’S AREN’T HAPPY WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PROPOSALS…8.31.09 CHENEY CHENEY MADE HIS COMMENTS YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY.

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Cheyenne man dies from heart attack/not fall

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:42AM

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a cardiac arrest appears to be the cause of death for a Cheyenne man who died while on Quandary Peak in central Colorado Friday morning. Authorities identified the hiker as 44-year-old Kevin Joseph Gill of Cheyenne. He died Friday morning after collapsing just below the 14,265-foot summit. Gill was [...]

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Fire Danger now “High” in Northwest WYO

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:39AM

 Fire danger in northwest Wyoming has elevated to “High” as the summer comes to a close.  The story from Tom Ninneman of affiliate KSGT in Jackson…8.31.09 NINNEMAN

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Cash Available for Seniors/Disabled

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:32AM

Cash is available to those in the 65-plus set and people with disabilities – and it’s worth up to 900 dollars for married couples. The payments are targeted to those with lower-incomes, and Kim Deti with the Wyoming Department of Health says there’s no doubt those folks need a little extra financial help this year…8.31.09 [...]

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Enzi says Health Care Reform Must Be Done Right!

By Mick Birge posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:07AM

Wyoming senator Mike Enzi is the ranking member of the senate’s health committee. On Saturday, he gave the Republican Conference weekly radio address. Enzi says the country needs health care reform, there’s not doubt about it. But, he says reform has to be done right…8.31.09 ENZI Now democrats say republican proposals to health care reform [...]

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Public Zone Reconfiguration for National Weather Service Cheyenne

By DayWeather, Inc. posted Aug 27, 2009 at 9:38PM

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne will be making changes to its forecast products in southeastern Wyoming beginning October 1,  2009. The National Weather Service will be making these changes in hopes of taking into account southeastern Wyoming’s diverse topographical and climatological diversity. In a new release from The National Weather Service in Cheyenne: The [...]

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