🌱 Patch AM: How a Wyoming-rooted youth award just got a new lease

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Wyoming-rooted youth award just got a new lease
• Why Wyoming’s craft breweries need Cheyenne drinkers more than ever
• How did Cheyenne courts and conventions shape Hot Springs County’s 2025?

Also on today's calendar: Cheyenne Home Show 2026.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy and cooler, with a high of 49 and low of 38 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 57, low: 39.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Trump signs into law Lummis' bill reauthorizing Congressional Awards program (wyomingnews.com) — Cheyenne readers may be interested to know that Sen. Cynthia Lummis announced from Cheyenne that President Trump has signed her bipartisan bill extending the Congressional Award youth program through 2028. The law keeps this Wyoming-rooted initiative going, encouraging teens and young adults nationwide to pursue service, fitness, and personal development goals with medals presented annually at the U.S. Capitol.
   

• Wyoming Craft Brewers Guild: 'Breweries are facing issues' (wyomingpublicmedia.org) — Craft breweries across Wyoming, including those serving Cheyenne drinkers, are struggling with higher costs, changing drinking habits among younger adults, and staffing challenges. The Wyoming Craft Brewers Guild urges residents to see local taprooms as community “third spaces” and to support these independently owned Wyoming businesses so they can keep their doors open.
   

• Looking back at 2025 in HSC (thermopir.com) — Cheyenne figures into Hot Springs County’s 2025 story as Thermopolis FFA students traveled here for the Wyoming State FFA Convention and a major wrongful-death lawsuit advanced in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne. The broader recap highlights school board decisions, county political battles, big sports wins, wildfire responses, and ongoing disputes over local land use and hot springs facilities that could shape regional policy and services.
   

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Friday January 9

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Friday January 9

• Cheyenne Home Show 2026
  Event Center at Archer , 3801 Archer Pkwy , Cheyenne
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cheyenne Creativity Center move
  Cheyenne, Wyo. - Arts Cheyenne is set to make the move from its current location on Thomes Avenue (1620 Thomes Ave) to The Asher Building (500 W… (Nextdoor Harmony Meadows)
• Dubai new year show incredible.
  Phenomenal light show with performers outstanding https://youtu.be/B2Xjvj_qV78?si=XN0ycaRLW93jtRFP (Nextdoor Cheyenne Ranchettes)

• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Freezer, Cooler and Deli Stocker Associate in Cheyenne. Apply here.
• Sprouts Farmers Market posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Cheyenne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cheyenne here.

🗞 Nearby News

Laramie

• Laramie County Residents Urged To Celebrate Safely This New Year' (kgab.com)
• Federal judge sides with Douglas County School District in ex-admin's discrimination lawsuit (gazette.com)
• Michigan moves quickly to round out Kyle Whittingham's offensive staff (mlive.com)

Ok Cheyenne! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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