Cheyenne/Laramie County Closures For Juneteenth Day

Friday, June 19th is Juneteenth Day, which is a federal holiday as well as an official Laramie County and City of Cheyenne Holiday.

That means non-essential federal, Laramie County and City of Cheyenne Offices will be closed. Banks will also be closed, and there will be nor regular mail delivery.

The holiday commemorates the freeing of the last African-American slaves in the United States following the Civil War in 1865. It was designated as a federal holiday in 2021, the first such federal holiday to be declared since Martin Luther King Jr. was added to the list in 1983.

But the state of Wyoming is among 20 states that do not recognize Juneteenth as a paid state holiday, so state offices will operate as usual. A bill to recognize Juneteenth as an official Wyoming holiday was introduced in the Wyoming House in 2023, but died because it didn't meet the deadline for introduction.

City Of Cheyenne Closures

In Cheyenne, aside from City offices being closed, the City of Cheyenne Facebook pages lists the following:

The Solid Waste Transfer Station and Household Hazardous Waste will be open Friday, June 19, but will be closed Saturday, June 20.

The Compost Facility (3714 Windmill Road) will be closed Friday, June 19, and reopen Saturday, June 20.

The Happy Jack Landfill will be closed Friday, June 19, and reopen Monday, June 22.

Cheyenne Transit Program offices will be closed Friday, June 19. Buses will not run.

The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Grand Conservatory and the Paul Smith Children’s Village will be closed Friday, June 19."