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For some time now Rawlins True Value has been going through an amazing transformation as they usher in the their new store and say goodbye to the past. This week the wait is over as the store owners officially celebrate the store's grand re-opening with special festivities and rewards starting on Wednesday, April 25th...

Before September 11th, before smart phones, before Facebook, before Twitter, before the Great Recession, before any of the things that consume our everyday thoughts; 13 years ago today, we were consumed with Columbine.

20 University of Wyoming finance students had a chance to lunch with Warren Buffet last week. It was part of a five hour session offered by one of the world’s most successful investors and richest men. Hilla Skiba, is an assistant finance professor at the University of Wyoming and she says they were surprised when a second Buffet joined them for lunch...

Wyoming will celebrate Tax Freedom Day, the day on which Americans will have reached all tax obligations, on April 23rd this year. This comes only six days after the national average of April 17th.

Today, April 18 is a banner day in Wyoming sports talk show history. Why, because it marks the 24th anniversary of Sportsline Live, Wyoming's longest running sports talk show. It was the first sports talk show in the state to air on a nightly basis. The program typically airs weeknights from 5:30-to-7 pm and is simulcasted on KOWB (AM1290) and KCGY (FM 95.1) radio stations in Laramie, Wyoming.

This morning, listeners of KOWB, AM 1290 were alarmed when a warning came across their radios. Many thought they heard a tornado warning for Albany County and a widespread panic of natural disaster seemed to spread across Laramie and the KOWB listening area.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Last year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days attracted more than 252,000 people to its rodeo, night concerts and carnival. Rodeo attendance increased slightly from 2010 to nearly 81,900. Night show attendance jumped to just over 118,000 thanks to sell outs at the Jason Aldean and Zac Brown Band concerts...

The driver who crashed into a University of Wyoming student standing in a crosswalk pleaded not guilty to all three charges against him on Tuesday. Timothy R. Lund, a 21-year-old Wyotech student, is charged with driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, aggravated assault and misdemeanor wreckless driving.