20 billboards reminding motorists of Cheyenne’s new cell-phone ordinance are going up all over town…((Click here for comment from Rick Kaysen) Mayor Rick Kaysen says the penalty for using a cell phone while driving is a misdemeanor and a fine of up to $750. City traffic workers started installing the signs on Monday. All 20 [...]
Entries from November 25th, 2009
Cell Phone Ordinace; Signs All Over
By Mick Birge posted Nov 25, 2009 at 9:13AM
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City Officials Concerned Over Lack of Revenue
By Mick Birge posted Nov 25, 2009 at 9:09AM
The numbers don’t look good right now, and that has some city officials concerned as the fiscal year moves forward. Poor sales and use tax numbers are one of the big factors why revenues are over 800 thousand dollars below forecast for the fiscal year for the city budget. City councilman Patrick Collins says the [...]
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Good travel weather expected through Friday
By DayWeather, Inc. posted Nov 24, 2009 at 8:24AM
With the exception of a few snow flurries late tonight and early on Wednesday in far northeastern Wyoming expect good weather for holiday travelers across Wyoming and surrounding states through Friday as high pressure briefly builds over Wyoming. However, travelers should keep an eye on the weekend as a storm system will bring colder temperatures [...]
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Police: “Lock Your Presents Out Of Site.”
By Mick Birge posted Nov 24, 2009 at 6:35AM
Don’t become a victim on Black Friday. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, which kicks off the Christmas shopping season, and is generally one of the busiest shopping days of the holiday shopping season. Lt. Mark Munari with the Cheyenne Police Department says while you are searching for some of the best deals in [...]
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Bomb Threat Evacuates Cheyenne Day Care
By Mick Birge posted Nov 24, 2009 at 6:24AM
It was a scary moment for a Cheyenne day care yesterday. About 20 kids and staff from a day care on the eastside of the city were evacuated due to a bomb threat. Sgt Rob Dafore, with the Cheyenne Police Department says the owner of the daycare received a message on her cell phone around 11am [...]
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Jackson Airport Travelers Told To Get To The Airport Early
By Mick Birge posted Nov 24, 2009 at 6:19AM
If you’re planning to fly out of Wyoming’s busiest airport this Thanksgiving weekend, you’ll want to give yourself a little extra time getting there…(Click here for comment from Ray Bishop) That’s Jackson Hole Airport manager Ray Bishop. He tells affiliate KSGT it might also be a good idea to have someone take you to the [...]
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Fee is Fair According To One City Councilman
By Mick Birge posted Nov 24, 2009 at 6:16AM
The Cheyenne City Council has been looking into whiter or not the five dollar fee being charged to city residents for curb recycling is accurate. City councilman Patrick Collins says after of couple of weeks of looking into the numbers, he says it seems about right…(Click here for comment from Patrick Collins) Collins says the [...]
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Not Everyone Would Go To Cody
By Mick Birge posted Nov 24, 2009 at 6:11AM
If Eleutian Technology moves its headquarters to Cody as planned, the company will maintain an office in Ten Sleep. Company spokesman Brian Holiday (pictured on left) says less than 10 people will remain in Ten Sleep if the move its made. He says some jobs now in Ten Sleep will have to make the move. [...]
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Ryle Gets 15 Years; Casper Man Gets 25 In Separate Sentences
By Mick Birge posted Nov 23, 2009 at 9:35AM
Former Wyoming state trooper Franklin Ryle has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping a truck driver in what prosecutors say was an aborted murder plot. In a federal courtroom in Cheyenne on Friday, federal judge Alan B. Johnson called Ryle’s plan as half-baked. The 42-year-old Ryle pleaded guilty in July to charges [...]
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Tickets for 2010 “Daddy of ‘Em All” Now On Sale
By Mick Birge posted Nov 23, 2009 at 9:28AM
Alan Jackson heads another all-star night show lineup at next summer’s Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo and Western Celebration. Tickets for the Alan Jackson show and others including Brooks and Dunn, Sugarland and more officially go on sale December 5th. CFD is also offering several ticket packages that include both night shows and rodeo events. For [...]
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