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Carpenter, WY · Municipal
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One statewide project aiming to investigate the Wyoming State Amphibian at Labonte Lake
Laramie, Wyo. - The City Parks Department and the University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute are collaborating to set minnow traps within Labonte Lake to collect Western Tiger Salamander larvae. Senior Project coordinator, Mason Lee, says they hope to find salamanders staying within the water rather than migrating. "And what we...
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City Council rejects proposal to set aside up to $10M for stormwater needs
CHEYENNE — Members of the Cheyenne City Council rejected a resolution this week that would have established a mechanism to set aside up to $10 million from the city’s general fund reserves for stormwater infrastructure. The resolution would have allowed the city to consider transferring excess general fund balances to its stormwater runoff management system account when reserves exceeded 365 days of operating expenditures. The city’s existing policy requires a minimum of 120 days of operating expenditures to remain in reserves. City Attorney John Brodie said at an Oct. 20 Finance Committee meeting that his office worked with Councilwoman Michelle Aldrich, sponsor of the resolution, and the city Treasurer’s Office to establish the mechanics of the resolution, which would use an existing stormwater account created nearly two years ago. City officials approved the city’s stormwater runoff management fee in December 2024. It would have charged property owners 24 cents per 100 square feet of hard surface area. The proposal faced significant public opposition and a legal challenge from local business owner Brian Tyrrell, who argued at the time that the fee was unconstitutional. Subsequently, members of the City Council voted 7-3 on March 23 to repeal the fee before it
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Cheyenne rejects flood mitigation funding mechanism despite 1985 storm repeat worries
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A proposal to amend the City of Cheyenne’s General Fund policy, allowing transfers of up to $10 million to a stormwater runoff management account, failed a City Council vote Monday. Policy proponent Councilor Michelle Aldrich said the policy could slowly raise money to avoid major infrastructure problems in the future, while others on the council called it a “coffee can” account with purposes mysterious to the public.
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Cheyenne finalizes deal to use old F.E. Warren Golf Course for CFD parking
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Mary Kay Hill, Board of Directors chair for Cheyenne Frontier Days, has called the Park N’ Ride experience the least attractive part of the annual event. However, the ordeal is slated to become a lot easier after the City of Cheyenne and F.E. Warren Air Force Base agreed to an easement allowing the base’s defunct golf course to be used as a new parking lot.
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Planning Commission endorses new construction rules, postpones data center regulations
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A series of updates to the City of Cheyenne’s Unified Development Code that would enforce stricter quiet hours for construction projects and mandate a buffer between temporary labor housing and buildings like schools, among other changes, will go to the Cheyenne City Council for review after earning Planning Commission support Monday. New standards specific to data centers, meanwhile, were delayed another two weeks.
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Wyoming's Historic role in women's suffrage takes spotlight in Laramie with rededication of courtyard
Laramie, Wyo. - The Louisa Swain Foundation is celebrating the Wyoming Women's History House's 25 years in Laramie with a rededication of the gardens and courtyard. The rededication honors trailblazing women who shaped the Equality State from the first woman to cast a ballot to local leaders building communities from the ground up.
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Cheyenne updates investment policy to add stocks and ETFs to portfolio
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The City of Cheyenne has updated its investment policy, allowing the city to invest in equities like stocks. It is now one of multiple Wyoming cities to expand its portfolio since the State of Wyoming Legislature moved to allow the policy in 2025. Despite state law...