Entries from June 30th, 2010

Warm with gusty afternoon thunderstorms

By DayWeather, Inc. posted Jun 30, 2010 at 9:57AM

Temperatures soared across Wyoming on Tuesday with highs breaking 100F in Worland and Greybull. Temperatures will remain very warm to hot across the state through Friday before cooling down over the Fourth of July weekend. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms will be more common for the rest of the week. Watch out for strong wind gusts near [...]

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UW to Start on New Indoor Tennis Facility

By Keith Kelley posted Jun 29, 2010 at 2:10PM

Construction will begin in mid-July on a $2.75 million addition to the Inddor Tennis Facility at the University of Wyoming. The new addition will be adjacent to the existing indoor court on the east side of campus. This addition will expand the current layout from two indoor courts to six indoor courts, and will also [...]

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Summer weather continues

By DayWeather, Inc. posted Jun 29, 2010 at 9:56AM

Warm temperatures will again be found over all of Wyoming for the next several days as high pressure builds into the Rockies.  Temperatures will warm into the 80s and 90s on the plains with 70s and 80s in the mountains.  Expect only a few isolated late day thunderstorms over Wyoming’s mountains today and Wednesday.

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California Man Gets 60 Years In Prison For His Role In “Craigslist” Rape in Casper

By Mick Birge posted Jun 29, 2010 at 4:37AM

(CHEYENNE, Wyo. – AP) A judge has sentenced a man to serve 60 years in prison for using Craigslist to arrange the rape of a Casper woman. District Judge David Park in Casper on Monday sentenced 28-year-old Jebidiah James Stipe, of Twentynine Palms, Calif. Stipe pleaded guilty last month to sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and [...]

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Concerned Citizen Helps Cheyenne Police Nab 2 Burglars

By Mick Birge posted Jun 29, 2010 at 4:34AM

A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WHO NOTICED TWO MEN CASING A HOUSE IN HIS NEGHBORHOOD,  HAS HELPED THE CHEYENNE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARREST TWO CHEYENNE MEN FOR BURGLARY. SGT ROB DAFOE SAYS THE WATCHFUL NEIGHBOR NOTICED A CAR WITH TWO MEN APPROACH A HOME AND THEN LEAVE WHEN NOBODY CAME TO THE DOOR.  DAFOE SAYS THE NEGHBOR THEN NOTICED THE [...]

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511 Notify Available For Those Attending “Daddy of ‘Em All!”

By Mick Birge posted Jun 29, 2010 at 4:31AM

WYDOT’s new 511 Notify system will be able to help those attending this year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days. By calling 511, you can get parking information and road closures for the USAF Thunderbird show.  You can also get information about the status of all Frontier Park parking lots and Park-n-Ride throughout the duration of the Daddy [...]

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Indian Settlement Blocked By GOP Filibuster; Barrasso Amendment

By Mick Birge posted Jun 29, 2010 at 4:27AM

A $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians inlcuding those on the Wind River Reservation here in Wyoming has been caught in a Senate filibuster.  Here’s Leslie Stratmoen of affiliate KVOW/KTAK in Riverton…(Click to hear story from Leslie Stratmoen) Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso has filed an amendment some says could kill [...]

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Warm with a few thunderstorms this weekend

By DayWeather, Inc. posted Jun 25, 2010 at 1:41PM

Expect a fairly good weekend of weather across Wyoming. Temperatures will be warm but not hot and there will be just a smattering of afternoon and evening thunderstorm activity Saturday and Sunday. Expect highs in the 70s and 80s with lows mostly 40s and 50s. The best chances for thunderstorms will be late afternoon and [...]

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Cheyenne Hospital Expanding Outpatient Services

By Mick Birge posted Jun 25, 2010 at 4:20AM

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is growing.  The CRMC Board of Trustees last night voted to expand outpatient services at the downtown Cheyenne Hospital. According to a news release from the hospital, the decision comes after months of careful analysis, which included input from physicians, employees, volunteers, local officials and community members. The board had considered [...]

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First Lady Sworn In as Federal Judge; House Speaker First To Have 200 Friends

By Mick Birge posted Jun 25, 2010 at 4:17AM

Wyoming is proud of its history as being a state of firsts. It was of course the first state to give women the right to vote. It was also the first state that had a woman governor in Nellie Tayloe Ross. Yesterday another first for Wyoming.  Current First Lady Nancy Freudenthal was sworn in as [...]

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