CHEYENNE – In 2012, a national regulation change shifted the way homelessness is addressed in the United States. And while the data showed improvements on the issue, the numbers weren’t telling the whole story, according to Robert Marbut, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on…
CHEYENNE – When the folks at F.E. Warren Air Force Base heard about a polar plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Wyoming, it didn’t take much to rally the troops.
CHEYENNE – Two weeks into the Legislature’s budget session, some lawmakers, including a few top leaders in the Capitol, are eyeing a big change to the state’s budget sessions.
CHEYENNE – A number of changes to the city’s parking ordinances will go before the Cheyenne City Council on Monday night. And the hope is the adjustments will create a manageable parking program that can “address chronic abuses and loopholes within the system.”
CHEYENNE – Two weeks into Wyoming’s five-week legislative session, members of the House and Senate advanced separate versions of the state’s roughly $3 billion budget for the 2021-22 biennium Friday night.
CHEYENNE – Growing up poor, Robert Short had to hunt for sustenance. By the time he was 15, he already knew how to butcher an elk that would feed his family so they wouldn’t go hungry. He also knew how to clean, load and shoot a gun.
CHEYENNE – Despite opposition from the two main railroad companies in Wyoming, a renewed effort to require two-person crews for trains on all major railroads in Wyoming won approval in a House committee meeting Thursday night.
After months of quiet discussions with an oil company, Wyoming officials announced Monday they are considering a massive land buy that one lawmaker said would be the biggest government purchase since Alaska. If completed, the transaction could entail dipping deep into the state’s savings funds.
CHEYENNE – A local woman who smoked methamphetamine in front of her infant child was sentenced Thursday morning in Laramie County District Court.
CHEYENNE – At around 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16, a man entered Sportsman’s Warehouse on East Lincolnway, gathered merchandise and passed the point of sale without paying.
Los Angeles police say at least four people are connected to Wednesday's shooting death of rapper Pop Smoke at a Hollywood Hills home, law enforcement sources told The Times. Read more
How often do you get to hear Andrew Lloyd Webber and ABBA songs performed in the same night? Cheyenne Little Theatre Players’ latest show will include vignettes from several of Broadway’s most famous musicals – but don’t expect even the most earnest of subject matters to be taken seriously. Read more
In a darkened warehouse in North Hollywood, Whitney Houston stood before a small audience, dressed in a fringed orange body suit, and told off an unfaithful lover in her lithe but growly 1999 R&B jam “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay.” Read more
Comedians can be heroes too. That’s what American comic Brad Williams became when he helped raise money to send Quaden Bayles, a 9-year-old from Australia who was bullied at school for his dwarfism, to the happiest place on Earth: Disneyland. Read more
Some scientific concepts are best learned outside the classroom. OpenStage Theatre’s latest production, “Constellations” by Nick Payne, uses a stage play to exemplify Quantum Multiverse Theory. Read more
Miriam Fried has performed with countless orchestras around the world. In 1971, she claimed top honors in the Queen Elisabeth International Competition – the first woman to ever win the prestigious award – and she’s maintained her legacy as an equally accomplished recitalist, concerto solois… Read more
There are stars, and then there are icons whose light never dims. Carole King is the latter. She’s so iconic that the musical based on her life, “Beautiful,” ran for six years on Broadway and is now on its second North American tour. That tour is stopping at The Lincoln Center in Fort Collin… Read more
You can learn a lot sitting in a coffee shop alone. Read more
Tove Lo has never been one to shy away from provocation. And she isn’t stopping now. Read more
When the sun hits it just right, something special happens. A sense of childlike wonder seems to take over as the rays dance through the glass, adding a sparkle to the already dazzling artwork. Read more
Artists look at themes more creatively than other people. Take the Cheyenne Artist Guild‘s current “Love of Red Show.” The only requirement was that the artists submit a work including some hue of red, and the results are astoundingly diverse. Read more
Southern Fryed has played in eight states throughout its 12-year history. But 2020 is the red dirt country band’s year to come home. Read more
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What happens when you put six-plus comedians on a bus and tell them to tour the country? You get a show that’s produced the likes of icons such as Amy Poehler and Julia Louis Dreyfus. Read more
The opening moments of “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet,” now streaming on Apple TV+, put the spotlight on the video game industry’s inferiority complex. Read more
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Ava DuVernay’s (“Queen Sugar,” “Selma”) second series for OWN is an anthologized love story about Evan Fisher (Alano Miller, “Jane the Virgin”) and Gently James (Xosha Roquemore, “The Mindy Project”). He’s a successful tech engineer and would-be entrepreneur in Los Angeles, … Read more
In case any of this year’s nominees are in need of inspiration, here are 10 great Oscar acceptance speeches from years past. Read more
Two of Amy Mahaffy’s biggest loves are represented in the product she sells: cats and handmade jewelry (so much so that she has to check for cat hairs when working at her home studio). Read more
Film is a universal language. Movies transport us, they educate us, and they challenge us to change our perception about various aspects of the human experience. Read more
Aug. 28, 1963 was a long day of speeches. So when it came to the last one on the lineup, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, one 19-year-old attendee was inspired – but he was also somewhat preoccupied by how he was going to get through the large crowd and find his ride home. Read more
Mary Helen Schmidt’s love of acting began when a director told her to sing the ABCs like she was really excited. Then, like she was really angry. Read more
Adam Pally is sick of playing maniacs. The New York native made a name for himself as the walking trainwreck Max Bloom in “Happy Endings” and the sweet but immature Dr. Peter Prentice on “The Mindy Project.” Now, he’s ready to settle down. Read more
PARK CITY, Utah – Carey Mulligan has given some of her best performances as women who refuse, sometimes quietly and sometimes not, to accept the circumstances that life has dealt them. We met some of those characters for the first time here at the Sundance Film Festival: Think of her as the … Read more
Etching is an art form with roots dating back to 1513. Originally, it wasn’t necessarily artistic, but rather a means of placing designs on metal armor during the Renaissance period. Read more
By day, you’ll find Kevin Ramler planning all the programming for the Wyoming State Museum. But by night, you could find him rehearsing with his band, making a terra cotta mug or even brewing his own beer. Read more
When the music started, it began to make sense. Three young ballet dancers stood at the front of the studio in their standard uniform of pink tights and a solid-colored leotard, their hair wound tightly into a bun. But the upbeat sound of Americana music flowed through the speakers freely – … Read more
“Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” was a revolutionary book when it came out in 1992. Its author, relationship counselor John Gray, based the work on his belief that most common relationship problems for heterosexual individuals are a result of fundamental psychological differences be… Read more
At more than 400 pounds, Orlando native Robert Richardson II said he saw “The Biggest Loser” as a last chance to take back his life. Read more
Saying Merritt Wever delivers a tremendous performance in the Netflix limited series "Unbelievable" is pretty much like saying Merritt Wever stars in the Netflix limited series "Unbelievable." In other words, obvious. Read more
The snow falls straight down; an unusual occurrence in these parts. Thanks to the lack of wind, the woods are peaceful and hushed. Even the sound of traffic on nearby Highway 230 is muffled. Snow comes down at a rapid rate. With 12 inches of new fluff already on the trails, it is a winter wo… Read more
Dear Joan: My dog, Wanda, is taking chemo for lymphoma and fortunately, she’s doing great. I’m trying to get her on nice trail walks several times a week, and this raises a question. Read more
The 2020 Grammy Awards are shaping up to be the night of the new kids, with Lizzo (above), Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading in nominations. Read more
Opening up mom’s china cabinet or kitchen cupboard can be like walking into a gallery. Not all dishware is factory-made – much is handmade by potters who are artists just like anyone with a painting hanging at your local art show. Read more
Families aren’t perfect – they’re beautiful and messy and complicated all at once, and one of the best ways to exhibit that mix of love and dysfunction is through art. Read more
Like most kids, Nizar Ibrahim grew up loving animals – especially those from the Jurassic period. Read more
If you’re only into heartwarming tales of innocent romance or families reunited, this musical is not for you. Read more
Guy Ritchie’s latest British gangster yarn, “The Gentlemen,” opens with a bartender pulling a beer tap printed with a logo reading: “Gritchie’s English Lore.” It’s oh-so-appropriate branding for this return to roots for Ritchie, who burst onto the scene in the late ’90s with the rollicking L… Read more
It’s turning into a great snow season. Snow is piling up in the high country and powder has been plentiful. As the snowpack increases, the potential for avalanches also rises. While knowing what to look for when skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in the backcountry is important, the first … Read more
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Nora (Awkwafina, the comedian, rapper and movie star – “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians”) lives at home in Flushing with her grandma (Lori Tan Chinn, “Orange Is the New Black”) and her dad (BD Wong, most recently, “Mr. Robot”). She’s struggling to figure stuff out, or how … Read more
Oscar-nominated documentary “The Cave,” about a doctor who works in a subterranean hospital in war-torn Syria, debuts commercial-free at 7 p.m. tomorrow on the National Geographic Channel. Read more
"If you need this book," Carmen Maria Machado writes on the dedication page of her new memoir, "In the Dream House," "it is for you." Read more
Dwayne Johnson is “in pain” after the passing of his father, wrestler Rocky Johnson, who died Wednesday at age 75. Read more
Leslie Jones is 52 and doesn’t mind you knowing it. She doesn’t mind screaming it in your face. Especially if you’re in the front row at one of her stand-up shows. Read more
Many people grow up never venturing beyond their own small section of their home state. Dennis Davis is not one of those people. Read more
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the billion-dollar brainchild of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and Ariel Investments co-CEO and president Mellody Hobson, has acquired a vast collection known as the Separate Cinema Archive, comprising more than 37,000 film posters, scripts and exhibitio… Read more
You have questions. I have some answers. Read more
One of the tragic, practical challenges of this era in music is assembling a posthumous album for an artist who barely made it into his or her 20s. The teams behind Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, Avicii and Juice Wrld have already, or soon will, confront the job of deciding what to do with the demo… Read more
CHEYENNE – As the temperatures drop, the arts activities in Cheyenne are heating up – and thankfully they’re all indoors. Read more
A woman is at the helm of the James Bond film franchise, but 007 will never be a woman as long as she’s in charge. Read more
Tucked behind the striking storefront of Presidential Barbershop, through the bustling main room of chatting customers, across the floors thumping along to booming hip-hop beats, and around the corner is a state-of-the-art recording studio that most Cheyenne residents have never heard of. Read more
In the dance world, it’s often said that ballet is the foundation of all genres. If you want to learn jazz, tap or even hip-hop, you’ll be better off with the basics of ballet in your toolbox. But when it comes to musical theater, performers typically consider their singing or acting experie… Read more
GILLETTE – Campbell County commissioners hope that they’ve found a good partner in the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. Read more
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the progr… Read more
POWELL — Whether or not novel coronavirus itself makes its way to Wyoming, experts say businesses across the greater Yellowstone ecosystem wil… Read more
