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“One of my favorite parts of it is all the price parts are special and unique to Casper and Wyoming. $3.07 for Wyoming’s area code, $18.90 for the year that Wyoming became a state, and of course $51.50 for Casper’s elevation. They’re just super fun and super creative and some really great meal deals and discounts,” said Scherlin.

The Cheyenne Regional Airport has a new aviation director. Tim Bradshaw has been on the job for 6 weeks and speaks about infrastructure money, current projects, and what we can expect this year. " A lot of this funding that came out of the CARESares funding act and ARPA. It came at a good time for us to re-build some of our failing infrastructures. So, this will be the year of repairing everything and getting things back up to the standards they need to do,” said Tim Bradshaw, the new Director of Aviation for the Cheyenne Regional Airport.

If you’ve noticed anything about Wyoming weather, is that it can change by the minute or by the mile. So, driving in Wyoming means learning to drive in windy, snowy, and icy conditions. The Wyoming Department of Transportation has some tips to help you get from point A to point B during the winter months safely.

In a Facebook post on Jan. 20, Casper Humane Society said they had received over $6,200 in donations in memory of White. They also said people brought in donations of supplies like dog and cat food and kitty litter.

The Cheyenne Merchant Association is getting re-booted, and local businesses gather to get their voices heard. On Wednesday, the new Downtown Cheyenne Merchant Association had a meeting to discuss new parameters and how the downtown development authority will govern the services they provide for the merchants. “So, we’re doing our best to help them stand that backup and we think it’s just going to be an exciting partnership,” said Domenic Bravo, President of Visit Cheyenne and Downtown Development Authority.

On Wednesday, the Wyoming Department of Education released their graduation rate for 2021at a virtual conference. Despite the pandemic, the Wyoming graduation rate has continued to increase for the 8th year in a row. “Especially the last couple of years, to make sure that we are continuing to graduate more students than the year before really speaks to how highly we value education in this state. That is work by families and teachers and school staff,” said Kari Eakins, Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“The American people are asking for solutions. Republicans in Congress are offering them. There are elections this November, and the American people will make their voice heard.”

Following the recent retirement of the Wyoming Department of Health’s longtime state Medicaid agent and senior administrator for the Division of Healthcare Financing, an interim administrator has been named.

“I’m going to incorporate the beer into the yoga, so in a pose, you’ll grab your beer and you’ll drink or you’ll hold your beer while you do a yoga pose. So, you’re drinking beer while you do yoga because when I do it I enjoy to consume it during instead of after,” said Flugel.

Each week Blue Federal Credit Union and Wyoming News Now are teaming up to salute our community helpers with our Do Gooder award. This week’s recipient is Emersen Duran.

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