KGAB 650AM » Laramie County School District #1 http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Sat, 25 May 2013 03:41:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Thursday On The Morning Zone http://kgab.com/thursday-on-the-morning-zone-11/ http://kgab.com/thursday-on-the-morning-zone-11/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:32 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=262589 Here is the line up for today's Morning Zone Program with host Dave Chaffin.

7:07AM MDT: Author of "Tea With Terrorist", "Prophet of Doom", Yada Yaweah, and more, and long time friend of the program, Craig Winn, is back for his monthly visit. Craig will take a look at t

]]> http://kgab.com/thursday-on-the-morning-zone-11/feed/ 0 Start your day in The Morning Zone weekdays 6 to 10AM on AM650 KGAB and www.kgab.com Summer Food Service Program in Laramie County http://kgab.com/summer-food-service-program-in-laramie-county/ http://kgab.com/summer-food-service-program-in-laramie-county/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 15:40:39 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=261904 Laramie County School District 1 is participating in the Summer Food Service Program, which provides free meals to all children 18 and under. The Meals are funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Meals will be p

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]]> http://kgab.com/summer-food-service-program-in-laramie-county/feed/ 0 John Moore/Getty SNOW DAY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1&2 AND OTHER DELAYS AND CLOSURES http://kgab.com/another-snow-day-school-district-1/ http://kgab.com/another-snow-day-school-district-1/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 11:19:09 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=259122 DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL TODAY IN ANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1, AND DISTRICT 2 AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE CLOSED, AS WELL.

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]]> http://kgab.com/another-snow-day-school-district-1/feed/ 0 Stock:Homeschooling A 'Viable Option' http://kgab.com/stockhomeschooling-a-viable-option/ http://kgab.com/stockhomeschooling-a-viable-option/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:25:58 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=256950 Laramie County School District #1 Superintendent says he has no problem with home schooling.

Stock calls homeschooling a ''viable option'' for parents adding he doesn't think the government should dictate to parents how to raise their children

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]]> http://kgab.com/stockhomeschooling-a-viable-option/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images LCSD#1 Awaiting Decision On New Schools http://kgab.com/lcsd1-awaiting-decision-on-new-schools/ http://kgab.com/lcsd1-awaiting-decision-on-new-schools/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:45:31 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=256480 Laramie County School District #1 Superintendent Mark Stock says the district is waiting for a decision from the state on a proposal to build six new 5th-6th grade schools to help deal with overcrowding, especially at the k-3 grade levels

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]]> http://kgab.com/lcsd1-awaiting-decision-on-new-schools/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images Youth Career Fair Planned for South High School http://kgab.com/youth-career-fair-planned-for-south-high-school/ http://kgab.com/youth-career-fair-planned-for-south-high-school/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:20:50 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=254243 The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services will hold a youth career fair April 18 from 11:15 am until 2 pm at Cheyenne South High School. according to workforce services spokeswoman Andrea Hixon

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]]> http://kgab.com/youth-career-fair-planned-for-south-high-school/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Wyoming Department of Workforce Services) And, The Razzie Goes to LCSD#1 http://kgab.com/and-the-razzie-goes-to-lcsd1/ http://kgab.com/and-the-razzie-goes-to-lcsd1/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:07:18 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=253795 Did you ever wonder why Laramie County School District #1 didn't call for an early closing time BEFORE 2:20PM when driving conditions and visibility around Cheyenne rapidly deteriorated starting about 11:30?

I found myself to be one of the many parents stuck in literal traffic jams trying to pick up my junior High daughter and elementary school niece

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]]> http://kgab.com/and-the-razzie-goes-to-lcsd1/feed/ 0 WINTER WEATHER CANCELATIONS AND CLOSINGS (UPDATED for Weds.) http://kgab.com/winter-weather-cancelations-and-closings/ http://kgab.com/winter-weather-cancelations-and-closings/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:42:39 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=253555  

 LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1-GILCREST, WILEDSON AND CLAWSON ELEMENTARYS ARE CLOOSE AGAIN TODAY AND NO RURAL BUSES WILL RUN. ALL IN TOWN SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN AND BUSES WILL RUN AS NORMAL

LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2- ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AGAIN TODAY,

I-80 EASTBOUND CHEYENNE TO THE NEBRASKA LINE REMAINS CLOSED

I-25 NORTH IS OPEN NOW, BUT SLICK WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW, SOME AREAS OF BLACK ICE AND POOR VISIBILITY

U.S. 85 NORTH TO TORRINGTON IS CLOSED.

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]]> http://kgab.com/winter-weather-cancelations-and-closings/feed/ 0 Michael Smith/Getty Smith Superintendent, Police Applaud Emergency Response http://kgab.com/superintendent-police-applaud-emergency-response/ http://kgab.com/superintendent-police-applaud-emergency-response/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:26:07 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=252652 While a bomb threat at Cheyenne's Triumph High School on Wednesday turned out to be a hoax, both Laramie County School District #1 Superintendent Mark Stock and a spokesman for the Cheyenne Police Department say the response to the threat was executed quickly and according to plan

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]]> http://kgab.com/superintendent-police-applaud-emergency-response/feed/ 0 (Jon Green/TSM) Stock:School Safety Study Focusing On Three Areas http://kgab.com/stockschool-safety-study-focusing-on-three-areas/ http://kgab.com/stockschool-safety-study-focusing-on-three-areas/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:22:08 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=250210 Laramie County School District#1 Superintendent Mark Stock says a new statewide task force studying school safety will focus on three different areas.

Stock, who is a member of the task force, says the first area will be building safety itself, including such things as cameras, door buzzers and general monitoring of who is coming and going from school buildings

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]]> http://kgab.com/stockschool-safety-study-focusing-on-three-areas/feed/ 0 KOWB stock image Stock Says Building Plan Could Help Students Transition http://kgab.com/stock-says-building-plan-could-help-students-transition/ http://kgab.com/stock-says-building-plan-could-help-students-transition/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:57:33 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=250017 Laramie County School District I Superintendent Mark Stock says a plan to build 5th and 6th grade schools to ease overcrowding in the district could also help students transition to junior high school

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]]> http://kgab.com/stock-says-building-plan-could-help-students-transition/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images Thursday's Morning Zone http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-5/ http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-5/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:39:34 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=249914  

Good Morning! Here's what's happening today on The Morning Zone with Dave Chaffin!

7:07AM MDT: Early Bird Open Lines...Especially designed for you who must go off to work by 8 and the boss won't let you call in after that. You pick the topic, then call in

]]> http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-5/feed/ 0 Laramie County School District #1 on at 9:07AM MDT New Stadium Planned for East High School http://kgab.com/new-stadium-planned-for-east-high-school/ http://kgab.com/new-stadium-planned-for-east-high-school/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:24:26 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=247754 Laramie County School District 1 hopes to have a new athletic stadium at East High School open for athletic events by the fall of 2015, according to Laramie County School District 1 Superintendent Mark Stock

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]]> http://kgab.com/new-stadium-planned-for-east-high-school/feed/ 0 (Cheyenne East High School (Courtesy Laramie County School District 1) Police Investigating Hebard School Vandalism http://kgab.com/police-investigating-hebard-school-vandalism/ http://kgab.com/police-investigating-hebard-school-vandalism/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:57:19 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=243190 Cheyenne Police investigators are trying to find out who broke 29 windows at Hebard Elementary School Saturday, according to police spokesman Officer Dan Long.

Laramie County School District 1 officials say the school, located near Fifth Street in the southeast part of Cheyenne, has been vandalized before, although not this badly

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]]> http://kgab.com/police-investigating-hebard-school-vandalism/feed/ 0 Hebard Elementary School (Courtesy Laramie County School District 1) Thursday's Morning Zone Program http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-program/ http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-program/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:42:45 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=236780 7:37AM MST: Karin Anderson Worked on the Vendyl Jones Archeology Dig  and is very Pro-Israel and has some interesting things to say on the meaning of the dig and the role of Judas Iscariot. Her websit

]]> http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-program/feed/ 0 Thurs.'s Morning Zone: http://kgab.com/thurs-s-morning-zone/ http://kgab.com/thurs-s-morning-zone/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:44:40 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=231783 Catch The Morning Zone today 6-10AM on AM650 KGAB or listen live at www.kgab.com

7:37AM MST: Guns – It’s Complicated...We still don’t know much about the CT school shooter’s motives, and even if we did, psychologist Frank Farley says we don’t know how that knowledge would help us since there are few replicated scientific studies of such extreme people or behavior. So, where do we look for answers? Farley says there i

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]]> http://kgab.com/thurs-s-morning-zone/feed/ 0 Local Officials React To School Shootings in Connecticut http://kgab.com/local-officials-react-to-school-shootings-in-connecticut/ http://kgab.com/local-officials-react-to-school-shootings-in-connecticut/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:30:57 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=230788 In light of the shootings this morning at an elementary school in Connecticut, many are asking could it happen here. Laramie County School District Number One Superintendent Dr. Mark Stock says the district prepares for such an event,

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]]> http://kgab.com/district-1-preparing-for-common-core/feed/ 0 (Cheyenne East High School (Courtesy Laramie County School District 1) Thursday's Morning Zone Line-UP http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-line-up-3/ http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-line-up-3/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:38:47 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=224832 Senator John Barrasso, R-WY, photo courtesy Senator Barrasso Facebook pageToday, host Dave Chaffin's featured guest at 7:37AM MSTwill be U.S. Senator from Wyoming, Senator John Barrasso. Plus...these

]]> http://kgab.com/thursdays-morning-zone-line-up-3/feed/ 0 Senator John Barrasso, R-WY, photo courtesy Senator Barrasso Facebook page Thurs. Morning Zone Line-up http://kgab.com/thurs-morning-zone-line-up/ http://kgab.com/thurs-morning-zone-line-up/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:45:52 +0000 Dave Chaffin http://kgab.com/?p=171193 Want to find out the latest on Iran's development of nuclear weapons? Check out host Dave Chaffin's interview with expert, John Wohlstetter at 7:07AM MDT.

7:37AM MDT ASK-A-LOCAL-EXPERT, Travis Lingenfelter, Marketing Director at Pointe Frontier Retirement Community in Cheyenne returns with more informative discussion on the latest issues effecting seniors in our community.

At 8:07AM MDT..You think that poliical commercial

]]> http://kgab.com/thurs-morning-zone-line-up/feed/ 0 Laramie County School District #1 on at 9:07AM MDT