KGAB 650AM http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Enzi Questions IRS Tactics During Senate Hearing [VIDEO] http://kgab.com/enzi-questions-irs-tactics-during-senate-hearing-video/ http://kgab.com/enzi-questions-irs-tactics-during-senate-hearing-video/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:59 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263863 During a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday that focused on the criteria the IRS used to target specific organizations applying for tax exempt status, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., questioned Treasury Inspector General (IG) for Tax Administration J

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]]> http://kgab.com/enzi-questions-irs-tactics-during-senate-hearing-video/feed/ 0 Sweetwater County "Capitol for a Day" Events Wednesday [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-capitol-for-a-day-events-wednesday-audio/ http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-capitol-for-a-day-events-wednesday-audio/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:01 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263776 Doug Randall reports that a Cheyenne man was arrested early Monday morning in connection with a stabbing. The state's top five elected officials will be in Sweetwater County Wednesday participating in "Capitol for a Day" events. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. 

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]]> http://kgab.com/sweetwater-county-capitol-for-a-day-events-wednesday-audio/feed/ 0 Green River, WY \www.cityofgreenriver.org 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) Gasoline Prices Rise Over Past Week [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/gasoline-prices-rise-over-past-week-audio/ http://kgab.com/gasoline-prices-rise-over-past-week-audio/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:06 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263753 Three workers were injured in a weekend fire at the Laramie River Station Power Plant. Doug Randall has the details. Wyoming's average gasoline prices took a big increase this past week, jumping about 11 cents per gallon. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. 

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]]> http://kgab.com/gasoline-prices-rise-over-past-week-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Jobless Rate Falls To 4.8 Percent http://kgab.com/wyoming-jobless-rate-falls-to-4-8-percent/ http://kgab.com/wyoming-jobless-rate-falls-to-4-8-percent/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:14 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=285635 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 4.8 percent.

The jobless rate was 4.9 percent in March.

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services says the state's unemployment rate remained significantly lower than the national rate of 7

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]]> http://kgab.com/wyoming-jobless-rate-falls-to-4-8-percent/feed/ 0 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) Taste of Home Cooking School Coming To Laramie June 6th http://kgab.com/taste-of-home-cooking-school-coming-to-laramie-june-6th/ http://kgab.com/taste-of-home-cooking-school-coming-to-laramie-june-6th/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:23 +0000 Ian Delap http://kowb1290.com/?p=232352 Y95 Country is bringing the Taste of Home Cooking School experience to the Gryphon Theater in the Laramie Plains Civic Center, Thursday, June 6th, when Bob Price will be your MC for a live cooking school with Culinary Specialist Kristi Larson.

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]]> http://kgab.com/taste-of-home-cooking-school-coming-to-laramie-june-6th/feed/ 0 Townsquare Media Death Toll in Oklahoma Lowered to 24; Search for Survivors Continues http://kgab.com/tornado-death-toll-lowered/ http://kgab.com/tornado-death-toll-lowered/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:52 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162570 Officials in Oklahoma have lowered the number of deaths suffered to 24 in the massive tornado that swept through the town of Moore Monday night. Originally, the figure had been as high as 51, probably a result of double-counting.

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]]> http://kgab.com/tornado-death-toll-lowered/feed/ 0 Brett Deering/Getty Images Wyoming Asks Federal Judge to Continue Wolf Suit http://kgab.com/wyoming-asks-federal-judge-to-continue-wolf-suit/ http://kgab.com/wyoming-asks-federal-judge-to-continue-wolf-suit/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:34 +0000 AP http://kgab.com/?p=263683  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The state of Wyoming is asking a federal judge not to dismiss a lawsuit challenging last year's decision to turn over management of wolves to the state.

 Environmental groups las

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]]> http://kgab.com/wyoming-asks-federal-judge-to-continue-wolf-suit/feed/ 0 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 Horrific Oklahoma Tornado Captured in Several Raw Videos http://kgab.com/horrific-oklahoma-tornado-captured-in-several-raw-videos/ http://kgab.com/horrific-oklahoma-tornado-captured-in-several-raw-videos/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:38 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162554 The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.

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]]> http://kgab.com/horrific-oklahoma-tornado-captured-in-several-raw-videos/feed/ 0 Getty Images Korean War Vets To Be Honored at Capitol [audio] http://kgab.com/korean-war-vets-to-be-honored-at-capitol-audio/ http://kgab.com/korean-war-vets-to-be-honored-at-capitol-audio/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:52 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263638 Lawyers plan mediation sessions to try to resolve two lawsuits stemming from a 2010 plane crash that killed four members of a Minnesota family. Amy Richards reports. Korean War veterans will be honored at a special ceremony at the state capitol building

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]]> http://kgab.com/korean-war-vets-to-be-honored-at-capitol-audio/feed/ 0 USDAgov, Flickr 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) Sens. Franken, Schumer urged IRS to probe groups' campaign activities http://kgab.com/sens-franken-schumer-urged-irs-to-probe-groups-campaign-activities/ http://kgab.com/sens-franken-schumer-urged-irs-to-probe-groups-campaign-activities/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:37 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=263632  

 

White House Insists Obama was not Involved in IRSWhite House Insists Obama was not Involved in IRS

 

 

Sen. Al Franken,D-Minn., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and five other Democratic Party U.S. Senators se

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]]> http://kgab.com/sens-franken-schumer-urged-irs-to-probe-groups-campaign-activities/feed/ 0 More Tornadoes In Forecast For Central U.S. Tuesday http://kgab.com/more-tornadoes-in-forecast-for-central-u-s-tuesday/ http://kgab.com/more-tornadoes-in-forecast-for-central-u-s-tuesday/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:52 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=285530 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week.

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla

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]]> http://kgab.com/more-tornadoes-in-forecast-for-central-u-s-tuesday/feed/ 0 Brett Deering, Getty Images Game & Fish Trapping Wolves, Grizzly Bears http://kgab.com/game-fish-trapping-wolves-grizzly-bears/ http://kgab.com/game-fish-trapping-wolves-grizzly-bears/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 11:37:03 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=285525 PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has begun trapping wolves and grizzly bears in western Wyoming.

The idea behind the trapping is to help monitor the wolves and bears.

The agency is trapping wolves this summer in the northern Wind River Mountains and Gros Ventre (groh-VAWNT') Mountains north of Pinedale and east of Bondurant

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]]> http://kgab.com/game-fish-trapping-wolves-grizzly-bears/feed/ 0 How You Can Help Victims of the Tornado in Oklahoma http://kgab.com/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-tornado-in-oklahoma/ http://kgab.com/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-tornado-in-oklahoma/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 23:38:51 +0000 Chris Kissel http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162481 A huge tornado touched down just outside of Oklahoma City earlier today, causing widespread destruction and leaving behind a yet-untold number of casualties.

To see how you can help those affected, see the list below

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]]> http://kgab.com/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-tornado-in-oklahoma/feed/ 0 AP 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)