Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 18th of June.
Good morning, Laramie.
The City of Laramie is helping the Wyoming Department of Agriculture monitor for a Spongy Moth infestation by installing eight traps in select city parks and at Greenhill Cemetery from late June through mid-August.
The traps use a pheromone lure and glue board without pesticides and offer early detection to prevent invasive spread.
Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken left a meeting in Saratoga Monday night when he received an alert about three lost 17-year-old hikers on Medicine Bow Peak about 35 miles from Laramie + he and volunteer search and rescue member Max Leiseth climbed the mountain and reached the teens around 10:30 p.m., finding them huddled together and providing spare jackets and water.
First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative partnered with the John P Ellbogen Foundation + Blue Cross Blue Shield to give $120K in June to food nonprofits in all 23 counties to help restock pantries as rising food costs and supply shortages continue to affect local resources.
Pro-wolf activists on the second annual Hogs For Hope ride arrived in Daniel on Saturday morning and saw a banner on the Green River Bar that read 'Cody Roberts Days' supporting local ranchers and God Bless America.
The quiet event came amid debates over Wyoming’s predator management policies and plans to ban whacking on public land.
Laramie Open Golf Championship
Date Range — Jacoby Golf Course — Registration required — Compete in a 54-hole stroke play tournament for professionals and low handicap amateurs.
Laramie Jubilee Days
5 PM - 9 PM — Laramie, WY — Entry fees apply — Celebrate a week of community spirit with parades, rodeos, and live music.
Jubilee Days PRCA Rodeo
1-2 a.m. — Laramie, WY — Ticket purchase required — Experience the thrill of rodeo sports from the largest sanctioning body in the world.
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