Cheyenne News Staff
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Artwork Available of UW’s 1943 NCAA Basketball Championship
This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. As part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of March Madness, the NCAA and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) have commissioned paintings by renowned sports artist Opie Otterstad of each of the head coaches who have won an NCAA Men’s Basketball title.
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Several Wyoming Football Players Receive Honors
College Sports Madness released its 2012 All-Mountain West Conference Football Teams on Thursday and seven Wyoming Cowboys were honored. Three Cowboy seniors earned First Team All-Conference recognition from College Sports Madness. Senior center Nick Carlson, senior wide receiver Chris McNeill and senior defensive tackle Mike Purcell were each named to the First Team.
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Laramie County Sheriff’s Department Investigating Beating [AUDIO]
Another suspect in a double slaying and arson in Hudson last year has pleaded guilty to his role in the crimes. Doug Randall has the details. The Laramie County Sheriff's Department is investigating a reported beating and abduction that occurred Thursday evening. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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Animal Shelter’s Home 4 the Holidays Adoption Event
Saturday December 8, 2012 the Cheyenne Animal Shelter is hosting a Home 4 the Holidays Kick-off Event. Home 4 the Holidays is a national adoption drive hosted by the Helen Woodward Adoption Center with over 4,000 participating shelters and rescues.
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SkyWest to Continue Flights Between Gillette and Salt Lake City [Audio]
Campbell County commissioners have signed off on a $1.7 million dollar deal to keep SkyWest Airlines flying between Gillette and Salt Lake City. A live auction event next week in Casper is part of a three day natural resources rendezvous and convention
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Lawmakers Want Answers From the Department of Education [AUDIO]
State lawmakers say the Wyoming Department of Education has missed a deadline to submit a written response to a report detailing numerous failures by the agency on implementing education reforms. Doug Randall has the details
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CFD Wins Large Outdoor Rodeo Award Again
Cheyenne Frontier Days received the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year Award for the fourteenth time at an award banquet held last night in Las Vegas. PRCA rodeo contract personnel, judges, clowns, stock contractors and contestants vote in October on the finalists for this award
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UW’s Luke Ruff Receives Academic Honor
University of Wyoming senior free safety Luke Ruff was named Thursday to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Football First Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). It is the first time in Ruff’s career that he has earned First Team Academic All-America honors. He is the first Wyoming Cowboy to earn the honor since Trenton Franz in 2004.
A native of Castle Rock, Colo., Ruff has achieved a 3.60 cumulative grade-point average in civil engineering. In November, Ruff was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 7 First Team for the third consecutive year. By earning First Team Academic All-District honors, Ruff became eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
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Governor Mead Urges Public Participation in Energy Strategy
Governor Matt Mead is asking that the public participate in public meetings via the internet or in person over the next two days. The focus of the meetings is the energy strategy. Governor Mead be
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New U.W. History Book Out [AUDIO]
A proposed $1.8 Billion oil pipeline running through Wyoming from North Dakota to Oklahoma has been scrapped. Amy Richards has a report. The history of the University of Wyoming is the subject of a new book published this month. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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State Lawmakers Plan to Draft a Lottery Bill [AUDIO]
Governor Matt Mead has instructed the Wyoming Attorney General to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to halt an in-situ uranium mine in Sweetwater County. Some Wyoming Legislators say they plan to draft a bill to bring a lottery to the state. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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Unlikely Legislature Will Approve Medicaid Expansion [AUDIO]
A memorial service at Casper College honored the victims of a grisly murder-suicide that happened on campus last week. Some key Wyoming lawmakers say they see little chance the legislature will move to expand the Medicaid program, now that Governor Matt Mead has recommended against it. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.