News across Laramie County
Wyoming high school football scoreboard (Week 4)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Here’s a look at the high school football scores from this week across Wyoming. Scores including local schools (in Laramie County) are in bold. Only varsity-on-varsity games involving Wyoming schools are listed below. Thursday, Sept. 24 Class 1A 9-man Friday,…
Cox Ranch annex, 5th Penny continuation ready for final city approval
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The City of Cheyenne is one vote away from incorporating into the city the 1,250-acre Cox Ranch property, most of which was purchased for the purpose of developing a data center. Other city business includes advancing the development of the Hitching Post…
Laramie County gas prices rise as state average climbs
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Laramie County gas prices rose 5 cents over the past week to an average of $4.26 per gallon Monday, according to AAA data. Wyoming’s statewide average sits higher at roughly $4.49 per gallon, up 2 cents, while the AAA national average remains at $4.47 per gallon.…
Trump orders plans to unlock isolated public land, revise river-trip permitting
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile President Donald Trump last week ordered federal land managers to boost public access to public lands, including to landlocked checkerboard parcels and to Western whitewater rivers. The order, titled Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage,…
Unsettled weather brings rain chances, cooler temps to Cheyenne
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Rain showers and cooler temperatures return to Cheyenne today as an unsettled weather pattern moves across southeast Wyoming. The capital city faces a 30% chance of showers after noon under mostly cloudy skies, according to the National Weather Service in…
Laramie County health and food inspections (9/18/26–9/24/26)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department inspects restaurants, bars, convenience stores, delis, grocery stores, bed and breakfasts and more. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year. According to the department, there are two types…
Laramie County weekly arrest report (9/18/26–9/25/26)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Here are the week’s compiled arrest logs for law enforcement agencies in Laramie County. The logs represents law enforcement contact with suspects who were arrested, and the recommended charges against them. The arrest log is not a comprehensive document and may…
Warm weekend ahead in Cheyenne before storm brings chance of rain, cooler air
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cheyenne residents can expect warm, pleasant late-September weather through the weekend, but an incoming Pacific storm system promises to bring cooler temperatures and scattered rain chances to kick off the workweek. According to updates from the National Weather…
What will ‘super’ El Nino bring to landlocked, parched Wyoming?
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile What does the “super” El Nino weather pattern gathering strength near the equator in the Pacific mean for landlocked Wyoming thousands of miles away? For starters, less-than-average wind this winter. Additionally, between now and late spring, the…
Meet Project Wrangler: Korean solar company returns to Cheyenne pitching 140MW farm
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Belvoir Ranch has long been identified as a potential site of energy developments, and its owner, the City of Cheyenne, appears to be nearing a deal to make another possible. Prospective developer Hanwha Renewables has identified an area on the ranch for a…
(OPINION) The Mayor’s Minute with Patrick Collins (9/25/26)
Cap City News publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cap City News or its employees. Letters to the editor can be submitted by emailing editor@oilcity.news. One of the attributes of Cheyenne that I…
Encore Electric hops on landscaping duty at Boys & Girls Club for volunteer event
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Wyoming sits on a 5-acre campus, a lot of that consisting of fields and outdoor recreation space. As grateful as the club is to have such a large property, maintaining that much area to a standard safe for Cheyenne kids to play…