CHEYENNE (WNE) — President Donald Trump’s personal Boeing 757 airliner, or “Trump Force One,” as some have dubbed it, landed at Cheyenne Regional Airport on Thursday.

The plane, departing from Washington, D.C., dropped off first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, on their way to Saratoga for a vacation.

Cheyenne’s airport runway was the closest tarmac able to accommodate the 153-foot-long private jet, according to John Dunkin, Trump’s longtime pilot.

The aircraft was one of the most notable symbols of Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Now, it is primarily used by members of the extended Trump family, as the president, first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, are now under the care of the U.S. Air Force.

Customized by the president himself, the plane is powered by Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engines, enabling it to fly for 16 hours at a speed of more than 500 miles per hour.

The jet will be kept secure at Cheyenne Regional Airport until the Trump family’s return home.

Driver in 2017 head-on collision faces felony drug charges

PINEDALE (WNE) — A man in a head-on collision near Hoback Rim last April, who was airlifted and placed on life support in Idaho Falls, is recovered enough for the Sublette County Attorney’s Office to file felony drug charges against him. 

Brock R. Mitchell, of Iona, Idaho, was driving his 2011 Dodge Ram pickup heading north on Highway 191 at 8 a.m. April 6, 2017. His truck crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a southbound Peterbilt truck, seriously injuring its driver and passenger. 

Mitchell, who was returning home after a stint in the Sublette gas field, was airlifted by helicopter to Idaho Falls in extremely guarded condition. 

Law enforcement found 5 grams of alleged crystal meth on his person and 148.7 grams of alleged liquid meth in an orange Gatorade bottle in the back of his truck, according to court records. 

Mitchell was charged on March 20 with felony possession of crystal meth and felony possession of liquid meth; each charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, a fine of $15,000 or both. 

He is also charged with misdemeanors of failing to drive in a single lane, reckless driving and possession of adulterants to defraud a drug or alcohol test.

CWC to renew mill levy

RIVERTON (WNE) — Central Wyoming College intends to renew its optional mill levy through fiscal year 2020.

All community colleges in the state are allowed to levy an optional mill, and all seven of them currently do so, administrative services vice president Willie Noseep said this month in a memo to the CWC Board of Trustees.

CWC has utilized the optional mill for the past 28 years.

“The college has come to depend upon this optional mill levy revenue for regular college operations, one-time expenditures, and local budget reserves,” he wrote in his memo, adding that the mill is the only source of funding that, by state statue, is “totally under the control” of the CWC board.

In the past, the levy has brought millions of dollars to the college, but recently revenue from the mill has fallen, to about $783,000 in fiscal year 2017 to $750,000 in fiscal year 2018, due to a decrease in local property values.

This month Noseep estimated the mill would bring in about $730,000 for the coming year.

When the board levied the mill in 2014, it was expected to generate about $1 million annually.

President Brad Tyndall noted that early indications of a higher assessed valuation in Fremont County could result in a higher return from the levy.

The fifth mill - which is levied in addition to the required four mills - must be renewed every two years by a vote of the CWC board.

If it is not renewed, it will expire June 30.

This month, the board officially proclaimed its intent to renew the levy, authorizing Noseep to publish a notice of intent to that effect in April.

The board will vote to renew the levy in May.