I-90 visitors center needs items for exhibits Oct 27, 2009
The Northeast Wyoming Welcome Center that is under construction east of Sundance near the Vore Buffalo Jump has about 3,000 square feet of exhibit space to depict some of the prominent activities and cultures within the state ... The Wyoming Travel and Tourism is seeking donations for specific items for exhibits in the $8 million facility ... The exhibits were decided upon after extensive interviews around the region and are focused on specific scenes that will integrate Wyoming culture and... (Gillette News-Record, WY)
City Beat (5) Oct 18, 2009
Tri-C presents The Laramie Project Epilogue: Ten Years Later at Pilgrim United Congregational Church of Christ in Tremont, 2592 W. 14th St., at 7:30 p.m. Live reading of play about murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Tickets, 216-241-6000 or. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Sept. 18: Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
In print, Conde Nast Traveler mentions Glacier National Park in Montana, known for its Going-to-the-Sun Road; Great Smoky National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, 75 years old this year and the most popular national park in the country, with 9 million visitors; Olympic National Park in Washington, with glacier-capped mountains and temperate rainforests; Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, known for wildlife like bison and elk as well as spectacular geothermal features like its famous... (Carroll County Times, MD)
Toyota Becomes First Exclusive Auto Sponsor on EBay Oct 3, 2009
" Nissan worked directly with eBay last year, using print ads to urge consumers to visit eBay Motors and check out a make-believe auction for a ride in a Nissan Altima. Those who followed through found the fake auction, as well as links to real Nissan dealers and to Nissan-brand collectible items being sold on the site. MOST POPULAR - BUSINESS Inside NYTimes.com On a visit to an Indian reservation in Wyoming, a journalist s life is transformed by a friendship. Is conservative opposition to... (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)
Tour solar, bake cookies, shop for antiques Oct 3, 2009
The Casper Antique & Collectors Club sponsors its 66th Antique Show today and Sunday at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Industrial Building ... A Walk for Thought to benefit the Brain Injury Association of Wyoming will be held at the Wagon Wheel Roller Skating Rink from 10 a.m. to noon ... All funds raised will provide assistance to Wyoming residents living with the effects of brain injury. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Hot Springs to be featured first on new quarters Sep 10, 2009
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming will be featured second. "This will have people's attention that there is a Hot Springs National Park," said local businessman Cliff Keheley, who with his wife runs Cynthia's Garden Gallery and Gifts. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Plains Indian powwow pageantry this weekend Jun 18, 2009
Cody Enterprise: News about Cody, Wyoming, and Yellowstone Country ... with additional drum groups invited from Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Old Yellowstone District serves as hub for 'Cruizin' with the Oldies' May 15, 2009
This year will include major changes for the show, which has grown into the largest event of its kind in Wyoming, Thurston said. The Parkway Plaza still will host the registration on the afternoon of Friday and Saturday, and will serve as the staging area for a short scenic cruise around Casper, he said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
South Douglas Highway weekly update Apr 28, 2009
CONTACTS: For information regarding the project, contact the Wyoming Department of Transportation at 682-3550 or (307) 674-2356. BUSINESS ACCESS POINTS Business located on the west side of Highway 59 Second Street Access * Hardees Third Street Access * Internal Medicine (alley access) Fourth Street Access * Century 21(alley access) * Youth Emergency Service * Bills Barber Shop * Chiropractic Wellness * Pokeys Bar-B-Q Fifth Street Access * Trends Furniture * City Brew Sixth Street Access *... (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Little Missouri leaves glacier of ice behind Mar 12, 2009
The Little Missouri River started on a thawing run in northeastern Wyoming late last week and headed upstream, carrying, pushing and busting ice in its path. Owen knew the river was coming because people all along it called ahead, like an old-fashioned telegraph. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
DOUGLAS HIGHWAY UPDATE Mar 11, 2009
CONTACTS: For information regarding the project, contact the Wyoming Department of Transportation at 682-3550 or (307) 674-2356. Business Access Points. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Flapjacks, free throws, flea market Mar 8, 2009
Another rite of spring, the annual Super Flea is today from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Industrial Building at the Fairgrounds, just off CY Ave., and Wyoming Blvd. ... M3The Casper League of Women Voters{M3 holds its annual meeting at noon at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 N. Poplar St. The meeting will feature a luncheon, business meeting, and a talk given by the Wyoming League lobbyist in the Legislature, Marguerite Herman ... The featured speaker at this... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Daffodils mean hope for many Feb 27, 2009
According to statistics provided by the ACS, 34 people in Wyoming contact the ACS office each week for information via the 24-hour hotline (1-800-ACS-2345), and 757 visits are made by residents of Wyoming to the Web site (www. cancer. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Bacon Taking Chance on war movie Feb 15, 2009
Now at last, HBO pays tribute to the fallen and their families left to mourn in Taking Chance, a fact-based account of a Marine officer s journey across America as he accompanies the body of a 19-year-old Marine who had been killed in action in Iraq to his final resting place in rural Wyoming. The film, which airs Saturday at 8 p.m., stars Kevin Bacon as stoic Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a Desert Storm veteran who in 2004 asked to be assigned for military escort duty to accompany the remains of... (Boston Herald)
Block party: BLM puts history into use sawing off chunks of ice for summer at Garnet Feb 13, 2009
But I live in Wisconsin, and the ice that I make in my freezer really starts out in a coal mine in Wyoming. The coal is dug from the earth, loaded onto railroad cars and shipped to a power station in Wisconsin. (Missoulian, MT)
