Trevor T. Trujillo

UW student, Jared Baker, has earned his way to a high computing conference in Utah this fall. By virtue of the University of Wyoming graduate student’s win in the poster presentation category at the recent Front Range High-Performance Computing (HPC) Symposium, Baker earned a trip — all expenses paid — to the Supercomputing 12 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 10-16.

Jessica Ridgeway has been missing from the Westminster, CO area since Friday (Photo: Westminster Police Dept.) Authorities investigating the disappearance of a 10-year-old Colorado girl are looking into whether it could be linked to the abduction of a girl in Wyoming ...

(Photo: Brosner, flickr.com) Trustees at Teton County School District 1 are considering using alcohol testing wands to screen students for alcohol at extra-curricular school events. Advocates of the policy say it will help counter teen drinking ...

Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, Django Unchained. Part of the film was shot near Jackson Hole in Wyoming. (Photo: Andrew Cooper; SMPSP, The Weinstein Company) In 1968, Casper residents were able to see the scenic bluffs west of their town on the big screen, and standing in front of them was the Duke himself, John Wayne ...

Photo: derekGavey, flickr.com The Laramie Ranger District is advising people that, if conditions allowed, a controlled and prescribed burn may take place on the west face of Bald Mountain, northeast of the town of Centennial. The exact date the burning could occur is dependent upon suitable weather and fuel moisture conditions, but could happen as early as Wednesday, October 10th ...

A tribble prop from the 1960′s television show Star Trek. The American Heritage Center is hosting a “Name The Tribble Contest” this month. (Photo: Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media) The American Heritage Center in Laramie is holding a “Name the Tribble” contest, in commemoration of  American Archives Month ...

Traffic signals were affected in downtown Laramie, during a power outage, Thursday. (Photo: Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media.) A power outage this morning left more than 2,600 customers without electricity Thursday morning. According to a media spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Power, the power outage, which occured at just before 10:00 Thursday morning, was caused by equipment malfunctions ...

Photo: hjl, flikr.com The first presidential election debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney.  What’s more is the debate will be happening in Laramie’s backyard, down in Denver, Co. We want to know, will you be watching, and if so where will you be watching from? Sorry, you...