KGAB 650AM » Cheyenne News http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Craig Johnson: New Book and Longmire- Season 2 [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/craig-johnson-new-book-and-longmire-season-2-audio/ http://kgab.com/craig-johnson-new-book-and-longmire-season-2-audio/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:52 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=232743 Wyoming author Craig Johnson talks about his books, the TV series Longmire, and what it is to be a writer in Wyoming.

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]]> http://kgab.com/craig-johnson-new-book-and-longmire-season-2-audio/feed/ 0 Facebook Police Looking For Unregistered Sex Offender http://kgab.com/police-looking-for-unregistered-sex-offender/ http://kgab.com/police-looking-for-unregistered-sex-offender/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:37:44 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=264201 Cheyenne Police are looking for a 48 year old white male on a felony warrant for failing to register as a sex offender, according to police spokesman officer Dan Long.

Kenneth Jamison is described as being 5'11 and weighing around 205 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes

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]]> http://kgab.com/police-looking-for-unregistered-sex-offender/feed/ 0 Kenneth Jamison (Cheyenne PD/facebook) Council Committee Votes For Change in Raises http://kgab.com/council-committee-votes-for-change-in-raises/ http://kgab.com/council-committee-votes-for-change-in-raises/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:18 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=264159 The Cheyenne City Council Committee of the Whole Wednesday night voted for a change in Mayor Rick Kaysen's budget proposal on employee pay raises.

The Mayor is asking for a 2.25 percent raise for all city employees in his fiscal year 2014 budget

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]]> http://kgab.com/council-committee-votes-for-change-in-raises/feed/ 0 Cheyenne City Hall (Doug Randall/tsm) "Neighborhood Night Out" Meeting Next Week http://kgab.com/neighborhood-night-out-meeting-next-week/ http://kgab.com/neighborhood-night-out-meeting-next-week/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:53 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=264026 A spokesman for the Cheyenne Police Department is urging anyone who is interested in being a "Neighborhood Night Out" block captain to attend an organization meeting next week.

Officer Dan Long says this year's Cheyenne Neighborhood Night Out is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9th

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]]> http://kgab.com/neighborhood-night-out-meeting-next-week/feed/ 0 (Jon Green/TSM) Sheriff's Department Joins On-Line Crime Reporting System http://kgab.com/sheriffs-department-joins-on-line-crime-reporting-system/ http://kgab.com/sheriffs-department-joins-on-line-crime-reporting-system/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:17 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=264084  

The Laramie County Sheriff’s Department now provides residents in the County a computer based system to report an incident or past crime on-line. Spokesman Gerry Luce says the system dubbed “Coplogic” will allo

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]]> http://kgab.com/sheriffs-department-joins-on-line-crime-reporting-system/feed/ 0 (Doug Randall/TSM) Laramie Homicide Suspect Appears in Court http://kgab.com/laramie-homicide-suspect-appears-in-court/ http://kgab.com/laramie-homicide-suspect-appears-in-court/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:42 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=232512 A man accused of second degree murder in a Laramie stabbing incident from this weekend has made his initial appearance in court.

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]]> http://kgab.com/laramie-homicide-suspect-appears-in-court/feed/ 0 Albany County Detention Center Work Underway On Cheyenne Prairie Power Station http://kgab.com/work-underway-on-cheyenne-prairie-power-station/ http://kgab.com/work-underway-on-cheyenne-prairie-power-station/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:21 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=263984 Company officials broke ground on the new Cheyenne Prairie Generation Station Project on Campstool Road Wednesday morning.

The new station, a joint project of Black Hills Power and Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power, will be a natural gas powered facility

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]]> http://kgab.com/work-underway-on-cheyenne-prairie-power-station/feed/ 0 (Doug Randall/tsm) Laramie Man Dies in Auto Crash http://kgab.com/laramie-man-dies-in-fatal-auto-crash/ http://kgab.com/laramie-man-dies-in-fatal-auto-crash/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:42:23 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=232437 A Laramie man is dead after a fatal collision on I-80 just west of Laramie.

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]]> http://kgab.com/laramie-man-dies-in-fatal-auto-crash/feed/ 0 Andrew Malone, Flickr Twenty-Four UW Students to Receive EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowships http://kgab.com/twenty-four-uw-students-to-receive-epscor-undergraduate-research-fellowships/ http://kgab.com/twenty-four-uw-students-to-receive-epscor-undergraduate-research-fellowships/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:06 +0000 Chet Yoder http://kowb1290.com/?p=232385 Twenty-Four University of Wyoming undergraduate students will have the opportunity to participate in scientific research this summer.

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]]> http://kgab.com/twenty-four-uw-students-to-receive-epscor-undergraduate-research-fellowships/feed/ 0 LCCC Fast Track Degree Program Now Available http://kgab.com/lccc-fast-track-degree-program-now-available/ http://kgab.com/lccc-fast-track-degree-program-now-available/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:06 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=263785 Laramie County Community College recently unveiled the “Fast Track” program, where students can obtain an associate of arts degree in general studies in 18 months or even less, depending on the number of credits already attained

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]]> http://kgab.com/lccc-fast-track-degree-program-now-available/feed/ 0 LCCC Dining Hall (Courtesy of LCCC) Kaysen Says Sanitation Fees Help Fund City Programs http://kgab.com/kaysen-says-sanitation-fees-help-fund-city-programs/ http://kgab.com/kaysen-says-sanitation-fees-help-fund-city-programs/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:10 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=263769 Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says that while he understands that some people don't like increasing sanitation fees in view of the fact that they raise money beyond what is neccesary to fund sanitation operations, the money generated helps pay for other areas of city government that can't generate their own funding

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]]> http://kgab.com/kaysen-says-sanitation-fees-help-fund-city-programs/feed/ 0 Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen (Doug Randall/TSM) Finance Committee Aproves Water, Sewer Rate Increases http://kgab.com/finance-committee-aproves-water-sewer-rate-increases/ http://kgab.com/finance-committee-aproves-water-sewer-rate-increases/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:24:59 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=263689 The Cheyenne City Council Finance Committee on Monday gave it's approval to proposed water and sewer rate increases Monday, but declined to endorse a sanitation fee increase.

All the rate increases will all go before the full city council, which is meting Tuesday night next week because of the Memorial Day Holiday on Monday

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]]> http://kgab.com/finance-committee-aproves-water-sewer-rate-increases/feed/ 0 (Doug Randall/TSM) Cheyenne Police Respond to Stabbing http://kgab.com/cheyenne-police-respond-to-stabbing/ http://kgab.com/cheyenne-police-respond-to-stabbing/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:39 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263644 Cheyenne Police were called to 2825 East Lincolnway at 1 a.m. Monday on a report of a stabbing.

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]]> http://kgab.com/cheyenne-police-respond-to-stabbing/feed/ 0 Tuesday On the Morning Zone http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-5/ http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-5/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:56 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=263636 Scheduled today:

7:07AM MDT: Jim Kouri, 5th V.P of National Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, and law enforcement columnist. He will talk details of his latest column, As the IRS scandal metastasizes, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., appearing on Yo

]]> http://kgab.com/tuesday-on-the-morning-zone-5/feed/ 0 Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen (Amy Richards/TSM) New Exhibitions Open Saturday at UW Art Museum http://kgab.com/new-exhibitions-open-saturday-at-uw-art-museum/ http://kgab.com/new-exhibitions-open-saturday-at-uw-art-museum/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:23:06 +0000 Chet Yoder http://kowb1290.com/?p=232235 The University of Wyoming Art Museum will have three new exhibitions starting this Saturday, May 25th.

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]]> http://kgab.com/new-exhibitions-open-saturday-at-uw-art-museum/feed/ 0 This is among the works in the new exhibition “Michael Eastman: Urban Luminosity” at the University of Wyoming Art Museum. (Michael Eastman) Police Investigate Laramie Homicide http://kgab.com/police-investigate-laramie-homicide/ http://kgab.com/police-investigate-laramie-homicide/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:27:54 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=232173 Police are investigating a homicide that occurred late Sunday night in the city of Laramie.

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]]> http://kgab.com/police-investigate-laramie-homicide/feed/ 0 David Goehring, flickr.com Highway US 14A Opening Delayed By Winter Weather http://kgab.com/highway-us-14a-opening-delayed-by-winter-weather/ http://kgab.com/highway-us-14a-opening-delayed-by-winter-weather/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:39 +0000 Brian Scott http://k2radio.com/?p=285248  

The Wyoming Department of Transportation just announced that they will be delaying the opening of U.S. 14A from Burgess Junction to Lovell.

The road was scheduled to open today, Monday, May 20 at 12 PM, however due the inclement weather on the mountain we will delay the opening until tomorrow Tuesday, May 21 at 12 PM. Thi

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]]> http://kgab.com/highway-us-14a-opening-delayed-by-winter-weather/feed/ 0 wyoroad.info Further Testing Of Dinneen's Property Needed http://kgab.com/further-testing-of-dinneens-property-needed/ http://kgab.com/further-testing-of-dinneens-property-needed/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:12 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=263367 An official with the Cheyenne Police Department says that while an environmental analysis of the property the city wants to use for a new Public Safety Building didn't raise any red flags, some further testing for environmental hazards will be needed before the purchase of the property can be finalized

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]]> http://kgab.com/further-testing-of-dinneens-property-needed/feed/ 0 Former Dinneen's Car Dealership (Doug Randall/TSM) Local Students selected for Summer High School Institute at UW http://kgab.com/local-students-selected-for-summer-high-school-institute-at-uw/ http://kgab.com/local-students-selected-for-summer-high-school-institute-at-uw/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:56:38 +0000 Chet Yoder http://kowb1290.com/?p=231947 The University of Wyoming will have 85 sophomore students from throughout the state of Wyoming in their 29th annual Summer High School Institute from June 9th to June 29th.

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]]> http://kgab.com/local-students-selected-for-summer-high-school-institute-at-uw/feed/ 0 University Of Wyoming's Old Main (Photo: Adam Porter, Townsquare Media) Where is Wyoming's Lottery? http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/ http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:49 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=231927 If you're hoping to buy a lottery ticket in the state of Wyoming, you've got to some time on your hands before you can.

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]]> http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/feed/ 0 Jessica Mullen, flickr.com