| Written by Seneca Riggins |
| Saturday, 23 July 2011 22:25 |
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Police found an undetonated explosive device near the North Greenbelt Tuesday, July 19.
The Laramie Police Department released a statement today stating the explosive was discovered while City Parks crews inspected the Greenbelt in anticipation of reopening the path after heavy spring runoff.
The Laramie Police Department said City Parks called bomb technicians who exploded the device on scene. Upon investigation of the area, an exploded device was also found nearby. No additional devices were located in the area.
The LPD has three FBI trained bomb technicians who are capable of extensive examination and disposal of suspected explosive devices.
Contact the Laramie Police Department at 721-2526 if you see any suspicious items anywhere in town.
Email: Seneca Riggins
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| Written by Zachary Laux |
| Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:32 |
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Justin Todd Richardson, 21, Kersten McCallister, 18, and a female minor, were arrested June 2 on charges stemming from several larcenies from motor vehicles in the Laramie area.
Suspicion rose when a citizen turned in a backpack containing several items which belonged to other people, but Lt. Gwen Smith of the Laramie Police Department said that wasn’t the only place items were found. Smith said one of the victims was browsing a local pawn shop and discovered an item she believed to be hers.
"The backpack and the discovery at the pawn shop were the two incidences that launched this case," Smith added.
Casey Wegner, officer for the LPD, filed the initial report.
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| Written by Sara Davis |
| Thursday, 07 July 2011 07:20 |
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Cowboys ride bulls. They wrestle steers. Cowboys live on the edge. They flirt with danger.
Well, that is what you see at a rodeo. But there are different types of rodeos. One rodeo, in particular, demonstrates what it really means to be a cowboy—the ranch rodeo.
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| A cow stares down Tony Shifflett during an event at the Ranch Rodeo Sunday morning. The Ranch Rodeo is held every year during Jubilee Days and displays many of the daily activities found on local ranches in Wyoming (Photo: Sara Davis) |
Cowboys around the state competed in a ranch rodeo at the Albany County Fairgrounds Saturday. However, instead of riding bulls, they competed in events that they normally do on the ranch.
Alexa Kennedy, mother of 2011 Miss Laramie Jubilee Days Holly Kennedy, said the ranch rodeo is an opportunity for local ranchers to participate in a rodeo and have an opportunity to win a prize.
Participants work together in teams of four in the four events of the competition; calf branding, steer doctoring, sequential sorting and trailer loading.
One of the teams consisted of four females; Kennedy’s daughter was on a team with three other girls. The girls did not win, but according to some that’s not what the ranch rodeo is about.
Laramie local Tony Shifflett said he participates in the event because it is a lot of fun. Shifflett participated on two teams, one was a draw team and the other was a team that he formed with a few other guys.
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| Written by Sara Davis |
| Thursday, 09 June 2011 07:33 |
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Death and isolation has left me too scared to learn to ride a motorcycle.
Some of my fondest and earliest memories of my dad center around sitting in the handcrafted wooden backseat of the trike he had created from miscellaneous parts.
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| The Ladies of Harley and Laramie HOG groups ride to Walden, Colo. Sunday (Photo: Sara Davis) |
Safety first for us girls, my sisters and I would wear our ¾ helmets; mine was pink pearl. We took turns as we rode with our dad, two at a time, around the neighborhood.
My sisters and I would snuggle in the seat, giggle about the bumps on the road and try to grab the air with our fingers spread wide.
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| Written by Seneca Reggins |
| Thursday, 09 June 2011 07:30 |
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Increased risk of rising river water means an icreased risk of mosquito infestation, and the City of Laramie is trying to do something about it.
According to Mosquito Crew Supervisor for the City of Laramie Keith Wardlaw, the city has been spraying to prevent large scale mosquito outbreaks in this area for the past three months.
Wardlaw said the city spends 65 to 70 percent of their mosquito control resources on preventative measures. The goal is to prevent the mosquito larvae from reaching an adult stage.
Wardlaw said it is difficult to predict the amount of mosquitos for the upcoming season because of the many variables involved. “A lot of factors go into mosquito production,” Wardlaw said.
“I would predict it would be similar to last year. Runoff waters and weather have a large impact in the mosquito production,” he added.
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