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For 20 years, a quarter of a penny on each dollar spent in Goshen County has helped pay for storefront signs, repaved parking lots, firefighters’ breathing gear and a share of larger buildings. On Tuesday, voters decided not to continue it. The quarter-cent economic development tax failed by 96...
A small Laramie County farm that has spent months fighting to stay out of Cheyenne city limits is one step closer to being forcibly annexed, despite changes to city ordinances intended to accommodate agricultural operations. The Cheyenne Public Services Committee on Monday recommended moving forward with several ordinances aimed at...
The project combines natural gas fuel cells with carbon capture and permanent underground storage.
Three Wyoming meat processors are getting a collective $908,216 in federal money to expand their operations, giving local ranchers more options for getting their beef and other meat products from pasture to market. For two of the processors, the money means more than simply increasing production. It will help them...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Cheyenne Frontier Days board of directors announced that Chief Executive Officer Tom Hirsig will be stepping away following the 2027 Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration, concluding a remarkable period of leadership that has helped strengthen and advance the Daddy of ’em All. “Tom’s leadership, vision,...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — As a part of a nationwide initiative to support meat processing operations, the United States Department of Agriculture is distributing $908,216 in grant funds to three Wyoming meat processors. One of those businesses, Cheyenne’s Home on the Range Meat Processing, gets $169,112. More than $57...
BAE Systems Inc. Space & Mission Systems has acquired the Danfoss Power Solutions (US) Co. facility in Weld County, with plans to add hundreds of jobs. The company, a Broomfield-based subsidiary of British defense contractor BAE Systems PLC, in early October paid $30 million for the 130,000-square-foot facility at 4120 Specialty Place, according to public records.
Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently announced that processors in 40 states would receive $57 million through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. This includes over $908,000 for three Wyoming processors to expand their capacity and create new and better markets. According...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — After months of work by the Cheyenne Planning Commission, a handful of code changes affecting large construction sites have entered the municipal process. Passing the Public Services Committee 2–1 on its second reading, the ordinance introducing the changes will advance to the Cheyenne City Council.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Laramie County voters have lent their support to retaining a 2% lodging tax that applies to hotels and other short-stay operations and the Fifth Penny optional retail sales tax. In Tuesday’s election, the 2% lodging tax received 22,232 votes in favor to 7,985 votes against.
A former steer roping competitor and CFD winner, Tom Hirsig has served as CEO at Cheyenne Frontier Days since January 2015.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The City of Cheyenne’s Public Service Committee has voted to recommend ordinances to forcibly annex and zone a handful of properties in south Cheyenne completely surrounded by city territory, including the WY Fresh farm. Also recommending local code changes to allow the farm to continue operating, the decision is set up for a final City Council vote next week.
