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• Cheyenne Least Expensive City for Business

  Staff Writer | July 07, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  The 2006 Cost of Doing Business Survey by the Kosmont-Rose Institute, ranked Cheyenne, Wyoming as the least expensive city in which to do business. The survey looked at 398 cities in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The Institute compared data such as fees, taxes, costs and business incentives provided by the community or government institutions. The most expensive city to conduct...

• Breath Alcohol Ignition Device Will Save Lives

  Staff Writer | July 06, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  The Casper Star Tribune reported that Wyoming legislators have passed a law that may reduce injury and death in alcohol-related car accidents. Currently punishments for those convicted of DUI may include fines, jail time, and the loss of driving privileges. Studies show that of those convicted of DUI who lose their driving privileges, 50-70 percent continue to drive. This law passed Saturday...

• Cheyenne Developer Envisions Retail/Residential Mix at Cathedral Commons

  Staff Writer | June 28, 2006 7:39 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  Developer Bill Abernathy has plans for a new development that would mix retail and residential uses, the first of its kind in Cheyenne. The development, an eight-acre property at Yellowstone Road and Gardenia Drive, would include retail businesses, upscale lofts, underground parking, outdoor patios and landscaping. A landscaped buffer would mitigate the impacts of the retail area on...

• Forest Service accepts responsibility for fire resulting from prescribed burn in Shoshone National Forest, Fremont County, Wyoming

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2006 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  The Shoshone National Forest scheduled a "prescribed burn" or "controlled burn" of National Forest properties in and around Fremont County , Wyoming in approximately mid-May, 2006. The controlled burn became uncontrolled -- and several residences on private property were partially or totally destroyed. Other residences/buildings were burned on Forest Service lease lands. The controlled burn...

• Justice Department to Review Deaths Linked to stun guns

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2006 7:06 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  According to a recent article in USA Today, the Justice Department is reviewing the deaths of 180 people that died after being shocked by a stun gun. The study was proposed after law enforcement authorities expressed concern about the growing number of deaths linked to these products. The review could take up to two years to complete, but in the meantime several police departments across the...

• Early Vioxx Study Results hidden by Merck?

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2006 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

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• Metal-Laced County Roads Blow Tires And Minds

  Staff Writer | April 20, 2006 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  If you've blown some tires recently driving along Geary Dome Road near Casper, you're not alone. Natrona County paved the road with gravel from the demolished Amoco refinery site in Casper, but Amoco failed to remove bits of metal from the crushed concrete. The bits of metal are ruining tires, and the county is now trolling the road with a magnet donated by Amoco, trying to pick up the bits of...

• Wildlife Values Changing

  Staff Writer | April 13, 2006 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  Attitudes about use and management of wildlife are changing, according to an article in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle by Eric Keszler of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. He cites a study conducted by Colorado State University documenting the nation's shifting attitude from "utilitarianism" (traditional values supportive of hunting and fishing) to "mutualism" (values advocating animal rights). ...

• Rock Springs Urban Renewal

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 7:43 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  Rock Springs' new Urban Renewal Commission is working to revitalize downtown Rock Springs. Read the entire article from Rock Springs City News here.

• Wyoming Network, Inc. buys Lonetree Internet Services

  Staff Writer | February 20, 2006 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  Wyoming Network, Inc. has been hosting and designing websites since 1998. In 2005, more than a million people visited the network of community websites operated by Wyoming Network around the state. These sites offer news, sports, weather, community events, local movie theater times and more.The acquisition of Lonetree Internet Services by Wyoming Network, Inc. creates one of Wyoming's largest...