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🌱 How UW commuters should navigate the 13th Street shutdown next week

Laramie, Wyoming Patch AM: a 5 min read

Morning Laramie! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How UW commuters should navigate the 13th Street shutdown next week
  • What Laramie’s doing about rising West Nile risk this summer.
  • How the U.S. 287 widening will change your drive south of Laramie.

Also on today's calendar: The Dirt - 80's Hair Metal Tribute and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Sunny, breezy and warmer, with a high of 77 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Saturday: Some sun; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 70, low: 42.
  • Sunday: Breezy; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 64 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Access to UW Campus Via 13th Street to Close Starting Friday (uwyo.edu) — Access to UW’s main campus via 13th Street in Laramie will shut down for about 10 days starting Friday, June 12, as part of a city waterline and street project that’s also closing nearby streets and a key parking lot. Expect Express bus route detours, longer travel times, and redirected parking to the Ivinson garage while ADA access is maintained via 12th Street.
   

2. Rising virus activity shapes Laramie's future mosquito control efforts ahead of summer (wyomingnews.com) — Laramie’s mosquito crews are ramping up trapping, larvicide work, and nighttime fogging after West Nile-positive mosquito pools in Albany County jumped to as high as 30%. City staff explain how Culex tarsalis move in from west of town, why fogging targets them while sparing most pollinators, and how drought and heat could shape mosquito and virus risks through this summer and beyond.
   

3. Highway project south of Laramie aims to improve safety, reduce turning-related crashes (wyomingnews.com) — Drivers heading south out of Laramie on U.S. 287 will see major construction this summer as WYDOT widens the highway to five lanes between Huron Street and City Ranch Road to cut dangerous left-turn crashes. The $7.1 million project, first phase of a longer-term expansion toward Colorado, will keep at least one lane open each way but bring lane shifts, lower speed limits, and width restrictions through late fall.
   

4. UW's Biodiversity Institute to Host Summer Moose Day Weekend July 18-19 (uwyo.edu) — You can help count moose in the mountains outside Laramie during UW’s Summer Moose Day weekend July 18–19, with routes in the Snowy Range, Pole Mountain, and Arlington areas. Volunteers hike or drive assigned routes, log moose sightings and signs, and feed data to UW biologists studying local populations, after completing a short online training and registration by July 15.
   

5. Lummis Still Backs 'Trump Interstate' Despite Texas Sponsor Losing Interest In It (cowboystatedaily.com) — A proposal to rename and upgrade U.S. 287 into Interstate 47, honoring former President Trump, could eventually bring heavier traffic through Laramie, though its political momentum appears to be slowing. Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis still backs the bill, while Laramie Mayor Sharon Cumbie has criticized it as a political stunt and worries about impacts on the city’s rural character and pace of life.
   

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    Saturday June 13
  • La Grande Fleur →
    Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center, 222 S 22nd St, Laramie
    5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Laramie friends, just a reminder if you live in the vicinity of the southeast corner of Undine Park, 7th and Ord area, Tuesday Local Market begins in a couple weeks on June 23 and will run for 10 weeks.
    There will be "No parking" signs put up, but we wanted to remind everyone in advance that there will be no parking except for customers along the… (Nextdoor Laramie)
  • Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Wendy's Team Member in Laramie. Apply here.
  • Arby's Restaurant posted a job opening for Team Member in Laramie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laramie here.

Ok Laramie! 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

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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