Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 11th of October.
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🏘️ Community
The university's Ethics Club invites nonprofits to submit a video nomination (max three and a half minutes) by 5 p.m. Nov.
13 for SparkTank 2027, a UW College of Business and United Way initiative that will announce finalists who present on April 28 at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.
First lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative, in partnership with the John P.
Ellbogen Foundation, awarded $117,998 last month in flexible funding to 36 anti-hunger organizations statewide (Albany County recipients include Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters and Robbie’s House).
🎭 Culture
The Laramie Boomerang and Adams MultiMedia hosted the fifth annual Laramie’s Best of the Best banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn conference room last Thursday, honoring 142 local winners with awards and a special publication.
Guests enjoyed food and drinks while children watched balloon art by Willy’s Wild Balloons.
🎓 Education
UW president Shane Reeves invites the campus community to a luncheon and conversation with France Hoang, founder of BoodleBox (UW’s AI partner), on Friday, Oct.
16 at Wyoming Union. Attendees should arrive by 11:30 a.m. for lunch as the program starts at noon.
🏛️ Government
County officials now require industrial projects to arrange housing for construction workers, either on-site or through a contract, to ease local housing shortages.
The rule applies to projects under review, including the Laramie Range Wind Project north of Cheyenne — a move set to impact future industrial developments.
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