Good morning, Laramie.

Local gunsmith Nathan Heineke builds custom hunting rifles with rich wooden stocks and blued steel barrels, spending hundreds of hours to craft pieces that sell for around $24,000 or more.

He is shifting from one-off orders to small batches—honoring traditional techniques while meeting serious hunting needs.

Wyoming leaders are working to bring manufacturing back by courting investments from Taiwan and Japan to build projects like a cellphone glass plant near local trona mines.

Governor Mark Gordon said the plan could cut shipping costs and boost high-tech jobs — a move that may help diversify the state's economy.

LHS music students were chosen for the American Choral Directors Association Northwest Honor Ensembles—traveling in March to Tacoma with peers from Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

Officials in Lander are considering changes to local liquor laws to address enforcement gaps revealed by a problematic license holder—potentially using a demerit system that could record violations and revoke licenses.

Bartenders noted that to-go drinks like the Godzilla, once popular during COVID, have fallen in favor as new drinking habits emerge.

Thanksgiving Downhill Mile

8 AM – 2 PM — Indian Paintbrush Elementary School — Cost info not specified — Sprint, run, jog, or walk down this fast downhill mile course before Thanksgiving.

Turkey Trot

Join us at Optimist Park/Greenbelt for a 5K or 1 mile run on Thanksgiving morning. Registration opens at 7:30AM with the 1 miler starting at 8:30 and the 5K at 9:00AM.