News across Greater Cheyenne
In win for Cheyenne Audubon, city rejects Business Park zoning for parcel near bird habitat
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An ordinance to rezone a 74-acre parcel in far-east Cheyenne to Business Park, controversial to a dedicated group of bird enthusiasts who said any commercial or industrial development in the area would harm important habitat nearby, failed its second Cheyenne…
Tigers Travel to Face Cheyenne Central
CHEYENNE — The Rock Springs Tigers will remain on the road Friday when they travel to face Cheyenne Central, searching for their first win of the season. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m., with TRN Media’s pregame coverage beginning at 5 p.m. Fans can listen to the game on 97.9 FM…
Bally’s gambling facility moving into defunct Old Chicago after getting permits from city
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Bally’s Corporation, a popular nationwide gambling company, is coming to Cheyenne. Besides the company’s Thunder Plains horse racing track and facility making continuous progress and approaching opening races sometime next year, the company will soon open an…
Laramie County Sheriff’s Office accepting candy donations for annual Trunk-or-Treat event
CHEYENNE, Wyo —The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office recently announced that it is accepting candy donations for their annual Trunk-or-Treat event. “With Halloween right around the corner, members of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office are gearing up to participate in several…
Charges filed against 18 individuals on Wind River Indian Reservation
CHEYENNE, Wyo — The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it has filed charges against 18 individuals on the Wind River Indian Reservation, for a variety of crimes. A release from the DOJ says that these charges came as a result of a recent surge of resources to the…
Cheyenne PD arrests Colorado man after slow-speed chase through golf course, town
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A slow-speed chase Monday night led Cheyenne police officers through a golf course and across town before they could arrest a fleeing suspect. The man they were after, a Colorado resident, is being charged with 10 different offenses. 48-year-old Gust Martinez, a…
Cheyenne mom charged with felony child abuse for neglecting premature son
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A young Cheyenne mom was charged with one count of felony child abuse after medical staff at two different hospitals became concerned that she was not meeting the medical needs of her young son, who was born premature and was at special risk of developing a…
Grand Teton National Ballpark? Visitors call it a field of nightmares.
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile MOOSE, WYOMING—The news shot around Grand Teton National Park’s Jenny Lake on Sunday like the crack of a well-hit baseball echoing off the walls of Cascade Canyon. The Trump administration and Major League Baseball are scouting the park for a…
Trial date set for 78-year-old charged for 2025 sexual assault
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Laramie County District Court has scheduled the jury trial start date for David Jackson Jr., a 78-year-old Cheyenne man prosecutors said was responsible for the Nov. 2025 sexual assault of a woman he picked up from a park. Jackson, who currently pleads not…
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Cheyenne Clerk more than halfway through counting Microsoft annexation referendum petition votes
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The City of Cheyenne Clerk’s Office is now over halfway through counting signatures on a referendum petition for the July 13 annexation of 3,500 acres that Microsoft purchased and plans to develop into a data center campus over the next 20 years. The Cheyenne…
Cheyenne accepts climate plan after clarifying it is not policy guide
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The City of Cheyenne avoided adopting “Prospering Together: Laramie County’s Path to a Sustainable Future,” a policy guide city staff commissioned to be drafted to comply with Environmental Protection Agency grant conditions and to make recommendations for how…