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According to a report by CBS News, a petition to delay a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants has failed. In June, the Cheyenne City Council agreed on this ban, but because of a petition drive by opponents to get the issue before voters in November the ban was delayed. Opponents needed to get signatures from 10% of Cheyenne's registered voters. According to the city clerk's office, the...

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Through a new program called LEADS M.E. lines of credit will be provided to help qualifying small business owners. This program will allow county business people, unable to receive financing through other means, to receive up to 5,000 credit lines. Interested parties will be required to submit a business plan and complete the required applications and forms before funds would be released.

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The debate over methane water continues as citizens of Wyoming living in the Powder River Basin claim the state government is unwilling to shield them against pollution from coal-bed methane water. The Powder River Basin runs along the Montana - Wyoming border and is the greatest single supply of coal mined in the U.S and officials estimate that it contains over 800 billion tons of coal....

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A professor of ecology, Stephen Jackson, at the University of Wyoming is calling upon the state to be an innovative leader in the development of technology to limit global warming. Wyoming can be the forerunner in the effort to protect the environment because of their wealth of renewable energy resources and the ability to use carbon dioxide sequestration, a process that keeps carbon dioxide...

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The Associated Press reported a Wyoming resident and nine other employees of Union Pacific Corp. are suing Union Pacific for their use of employee' Social Security numbers. According to officials, a company laptop, stolen in May of this year, contained the Social Security numbers of 30,000 current and former Union Pacific workers. The lawsuit could eventually include all of these employees....

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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...

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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...

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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). ...

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

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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...

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J. Kyle Bachus is a founding partner of Bachus & Schanker, LLC. Mr. Bachus graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. degree and from the University of Florida College of Law where he was awarded a Juries' Doctor Degree. Mr. Bachus is licensed to practice law in both the Federal and State courts in the State of Colorado and the State of Florida.Mr. Bachus actively litigates cases...

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The attorneys at Bachus & Schanker, LLC fight every day to level the playing field for individuals and their families. At Bachus & Schanker, LLC, our team of trial lawyers provide innovative and aggressive legal representation for the victims of motor vehicle collisions, semi-truck and other commercial trucking accidents, drunk driving victims, product liability, insurance disputes, insurance...

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