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Good morning Cheyenne! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Are your Cheyenne trash and recycling bins ready for the next windstorm?
  • How a planned gun sale in northwest Cheyenne turned deadly
  • How Cheyenne residents can visit the Frontier Days museum for less

Also on today's calendar: Magic the Gathering: Friday Night Magic and 4 more events.

Find out what's happening in Cheyennefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Windy and cooler, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Friday: Very windy; periods of sun, temps: high: 60, low: 38.
  • Saturday: Becoming windier; a.m. snow, with a high of 46 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City reminds residents to secure sanitation containers on windy days (capcity.news) — Cheyenne’s Sanitation Division is urging residents to secure trash and recycling containers on windy days to keep litter from blowing through neighborhoods. Officials remind homeowners they’re responsible for upright, bagged trash, and suggest buying lid latches, delaying set-out during severe winds, and calling 307-637-6440 or visiting the city website for help and schedules.
   

2. Charges Filed In Cheyenne Shooting That Claimed Vincent Gardea (kgab.com) — Cheyenne police say three teenage boys are facing charges after an 18-year-old was fatally shot during an alleged attempted gun robbery in northwest Cheyenne last month. Investigators report the incident began as a planned firearm purchase on Ridgeland Street that turned violent, ending with a crash into a backyard fence and the victim found dead behind the wheel.
   

3. Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum offers local pricing for Laramie County residents, announces 2026 exhibits (wyomingnews.com) — Cheyenne residents can get discounted admission to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum through Feb. 1, with adult tickets reduced to $8. Along with local-history exhibits on C.B. Irwin and early Frontier Days, you can also catch a ranch-life photo show and a striking Murano glass horse sculpture on display into February.
   

4. Wyoming's History Through Listeners' Eyes - Mary Whalen - Enjoying the Wyoming Traffic. (wyomingpublicmedia.org) — A Wyoming photographer and poet who has lived in Cheyenne, Sheridan, and Laramie shares how everyday scenes across the state inspire her creativity. Her winning photo, taken near Savery by the Continental Divide, ties modern Wyoming landscapes to classic poetry and the state’s deep cattle-drive history.
   

5. Wyoming industries hope to capitalize on rare earth minerals (wyomingnews.com) — State economic and energy leaders meeting virtually from Cheyenne are exploring how Wyoming can turn its rare earth and other critical minerals into long-term jobs and investment. Speakers highlighted national security concerns, competition with China, and new research in the Laramie Mountains, arguing Wyoming must capture refining and manufacturing, not just extraction, to stabilize struggling communities statewide.
   

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  • Free toys for families in need in Cheyenne Wyoming on Dec.
    21 at 10 a.m. http://lifeisassweetascottoncandy.com/2025/12/17/free-toys-for-families-in-need-in-cheyenne-wyoming-on-dec-21-at-10-a-m/ (Nextdoor South Fork)
  • Hello everyone!!!
    We are handing out free gifts for those in need at Les Schwab tire center! Please come out! We have LOTS of toys still available. We’ll be here… (Nextdoor Buffalo Ridge Estates)
  • PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Deli Production Team Member in Cheyenne. Apply here.
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Cheyenne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cheyenne here.

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