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Cheyenne River Youth Project kicks off 11th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam today

Cheyenne River Youth Project kicks off 11th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam today

July 8, 2025: The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam was represented at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival, with two CRYP youth artists painting alongside RedCan headliner Hoka Skenandore on...

Around Wyoming, Wednesday, July 9

Wyoming has a little-known connection to one of the first Mount Everest climbs. WyoFile reports an American expedition had 19 members, seven of which were from Jackson. They were meant to simply make it to the summit of the mountain in 1963. But,...

Celebrate Statehood Day with new Wyoming Capitol exhibits

Celebrate Statehood Day with new Wyoming Capitol exhibits

Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. When the Wyoming Capitol restoration was completed in 2019 and the building reopened to the public, an...

Finance Committee approves just under $1 million for 15th Street Railcar Experience

Finance Committee approves just under $1 million for 15th Street Railcar Experience

CHEYENNE — Members of the Cheyenne City Council’s Finance Committee voted Tuesday to accept a $987,050 bid for exterior restoration and transportation of three railcars to 15th Street. City Engineer Thomas Cobb brought two Vintage Rail Restoration...

Sheridan Wyo Rodeo Week starts with Boot Kick-off

Sheridan Wyo Rodeo Week starts with Boot Kick-off

The energy level in Sheridan, Wyoming is getting kicked into gear for the beginning of Sherdian Wyo Rodeo. “Ninety-five years and going here,” said Shawn Parker, Sheridan County Travel & Tourism executive director. The first day of a week-long...

Wyoming man arrested on suspicion of starting several wildfires near Maybell after lighting fireworks

Wyoming man arrested on suspicion of starting several wildfires near Maybell after lighting fireworks

DENVER — A Wyoming man was arrested this week on arson charges for allegedly igniting at least three wildfires after lighting fireworks near Maybell, deputies with the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The first incident was reported to...

Food Bank of the Rockies plans new hunger relief center

Food Bank of the Rockies plans new hunger relief center

AURORA, Colo. (July 8, 2025) — As more families face tough choices between food and other essentials, Food Bank of the Rockies plans to open a 270,000-square-foot distribution center this winter to meet rising demand across Colorado and Wyoming....

Wyoming with eight named Preseason All-MW by Athlon Sports 2 hours

Wyoming with eight named Preseason All-MW by Athlon Sports 2 hours

LARAMIE, Wyo. (July 7, 2025) – The 2025 Athlon Sports All-Conference teams were announced, and eight Wyoming Cowboys were named to the Preseason All-Mountain West Team. EightCowboys were named to the preseason All-MW team by Phil Steele in June....

Man arrested for allegedly starting multiple fires in Moffat County

Man arrested for allegedly starting multiple fires in Moffat County

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A man is behind bars after allegedly starting multiple wildland fires. On July 6, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Craig Regional Dispatch received a report of a wildland fire along U.S. Highway 40 near milepost 75. The...

Food Bank of the Rockies expanding reach with new facility

Food Bank of the Rockies expanding reach with new facility

Fourteen million children in the United States are not always sure when they will have their next meal. In Colorado and Wyoming, that's the reality for one in seven children. According to Food Bank of the Rockies, food insecurity rates in the...

'Mr. 82' forever: Cheyenne community remembers Journey Emerson

'Mr. 82' forever: Cheyenne community remembers Journey Emerson

Almost a year after Journey Emerson died in a head-on collision near Lame Deer, his family hosted an inaugural memorial softball tournament in his honor — drawing dozens of community members to the field at People’s Park to remember the...

Restoring the Heart of Cheyenne’s Skies: The 1960 Terminal Revival

Restoring the Heart of Cheyenne’s Skies: The 1960 Terminal Revival

The former Cheyenne airport terminal, built in 1960 and vacant since 2018, is now the focus of a long-term preservation and redevelopment effort. Known for its distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof, the building is being targeted for restoration...

From Food Truck to Café: Ranch Eats Expands with a New Rustic Space in Downtown Cheyenne

From Food Truck to Café: Ranch Eats Expands with a New Rustic Space in Downtown Cheyenne

What started in a garage with a single food truck and a whole lot of hustle has grown into one of Cheyenne’s most beloved culinary ventures. Ranch Eats, the locally-owned business led by Troy and Mikaela, is officially opening the doors to its...

Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo officially starts

Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo officially starts

Casper, Wyo. - The 2025 Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo is here! While the carnival is one of the biggest carnivals at a county fair in Wyoming, there is lots more to the fair that you can see! All throughout the week there will be open and 4-h...

Wyoming ranked 25th in average VA home loan amount in Q1

Wyoming ranked 25th in average VA home loan amount in Q1

Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia With $378,160 in home loans issued, Wyoming ranked 25th in average loan amount for VA home loans in the first quarter of...

Wyoming’s Least Favorite Insect Is Revealed

Wyoming’s Least Favorite Insect Is Revealed

My grandpa was not a fan of spiders, and he passed that dislike on to me. He would tell me stories of how he would trap tarantulas in mason jars. Where he grew up, when tarantula mating season rolled around, the males actively sought out their...

Support Food Bank of Wyoming on WyoGives Day

Support Food Bank of Wyoming on WyoGives Day

Casper, Wyo - Nearly 90,000 people in Wyoming are experiencing food insecurity — but Food Bank of Wyoming believes that, together, we can change that. On July 16, WyoGives Day, Food Bank of Wyoming invites all Wyomingites to join in supporting...

Wyoming landed one of crypto’s biggest names. Here’s what that means for the state.

Wyoming landed one of crypto’s biggest names. Here’s what that means for the state.

Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. After years wooing the cryptocurrency and digital asset industry, Wyoming’s efforts were rewarded last...

Replanting of crops follows hail at Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center 2 hours

Replanting of crops follows hail at Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center 2 hours

Hail pummeled crops in the Scottsbluff and Mitchell area on June 29, as a thunderstorm moved from the west to the east. “The hail came in well before Scottsbluff in a swath of about four and a half to five miles wide,” said Colby Goatley,...

Wyoming Newspaper Reveals Local Wind Farm Concerns

Wyoming Newspaper Reveals Local Wind Farm Concerns

Wyoming's newspaper, The Platte County Record Times, is working on several long articles over the next few months regarding proposed wind turbines near the town of Chugwater. I spoke with Marie Hamilton, a reporter from the PC Record-Times,...

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