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View allMassive 362,000-Square-Foot Mega Hotel Planned For Downtown Jackson
Jackson changed its zoning laws years ago to refresh its downtown. Now it’s looking at a 362,000-square-foot mega hotel that far exceeds anything the town imagined at the time. The former mayor says she's "aghast" at the project.
Renée JeanMay 18, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Party Like A Viking At Gillette’s Big Lost Meadery
Sam Clikeman’s Big Lost Meadery in Gillette is an interesting bar. It's named after his friend who got mauled by a leopard in Namibia. It has a firefighter museum in it. And Sam sometimes serves his mead in horns -- as a salute to Vikings.
Renée JeanMay 18, 2024
Wyoming Rescue Dog From The Kindness Ranch Unites Politicians On Capitol Hill
Uno, one of 4,000 beagles rescued from an animal research facility, united Capitol Hill with his message of treating animals humanely. Uno lives at Wyoming's Kindness Ranch, the only facility in the nation to take in only former research animals.
Jen KocherMay 18, 2024
Wyoming Weather Scientist Goes Night-Skiing During Aurora Borealis Event
Michael Charnick is a weather scientist based in Cheyenne who captured stunning images while night-skiing at more than 11,000-feet elevation during last weekend’s vivid aurora borealis. He was on the slopes from 9:30pm to after 3am.
Leo WolfsonMay 18, 2024
Wyoming Coroner Finds Unclaimed Remains In Shared Coffins Or Shipped Out Of State
Natrona County Coroner James Whipps was shocked to find inconsistent and haphazard treatment of unidentified remains. He found them stored on shelves, buried in communal coffins or shipped out of state. He’s on a mission to change that.
Pat MaioMay 18, 2024
Inside Wyoming’s State Crime Lab, Which Was Just Named One Of Best In Country
One of the Wyoming State Crime Lab’s most notorious busts was a 14-year cold case. DNA technology linked a body found in the North Platte to inmate Dale Wayne Eaton. The victim’s car was then unearthed from his yard in Moneta, Wyoming.
Clair McFarlandMay 18, 2024
Neighbor Sends Hail Of Bullets Through Gillette Woman’s Home, But ‘I Survived’
The Gillette woman whose home was shot up with a hail of bullets said Friday that she has “to move forward” after the terrifying experience. “I’ve been to hell and back more times than anybody will ever know, and I survived,” she said.
Clair McFarlandMay 17, 2024
Hageman Introduces Bill To Abolish 'Woke Award' Federal Research Grants Based On DEI
Rep. Hageman introduced a bill Thursday to strip DEI requirements from the $30 billion dollars the National Institutes of Health gives in research grants to universities every year. She said grants should be based on meritocracy not gender and racial quotas.
Leo WolfsonMay 17, 2024
Just When Wyoming Seems To Be Firmly In Spring, Snow Expected
Warm and windy weather is in store for most of Wyoming this weekend, but meteorologist Don Day says to expect a wet and cold start to the work week on Monday with high-country snow.
Andrew RossiMay 17, 2024
Rocky Mountain Power Sues For Not Getting Full $140 Million Rate Hike
Rocky Mountain Power filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Wyoming Public Service Commission for not approving a massive 29.2% rate hike last year. The suit said the company lost millions because of the ruling.
Clair McFarlandMay 17, 2024
Yellowstone Grizzlies Observed Farther East In Wyoming — And Earlier
Grizzly bears are getting more common in the lower elevations as they push east out of Yellowstone National Park toward Cody. A visitor caught video of a grizzly lumbering along the shore of Buffalo Bill Reservoir last week during a snow squall.
Mark HeinzMay 17, 2024
Boyfriend Of Missing Cody Woman Remains A Suspect, Has New Gun Charge
The boyfriend of Katie Ferguson, who vanished while driving back to Wyoming with him from another state last fall, remains a suspect in her disappearance. And he now faces a new gun charge that could double his potential sentence to 30 years.
Clair McFarlandMay 17, 2024
Opinion
Joan Barron: Term Limits For Legislature; The Story Of Two States
Opinion by Joan Barron
Bill Sniffin: 2024 Graduates Ask ‘What Is Going To Happen To Me?’
Opinion by Bill Sniffin
Jonathan Lange: Thankfully Wyoming Is Fighting Back Over Title IX Rule Changes
Opinion by Jonathan Lange
Dennis Sun: Cost Of Meat Is Not Going Down
Opinion by Dennis Sun
Sally Ann Shurmur: Chocolate Squares And Frosting Can Mean Only One Thing
Opinion by Sally Ann Shurmur
Opinion
View allDennis Sun: Cost Of Meat Is Not Going Down
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Lately, people have been asking me if the price of meat is going to keep getting higher. I have to be honest and tell them there are no signs of most meat prices going down, especially beef."
Dennis SunMay 17, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: Chocolate Squares And Frosting Can Mean Only One Thing
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "Graduation season is here and this Sunday will be a popular day. We’ll be across the street in purple to wish the 56 Herders well and then then change shirt colors and head to southeast Wyoming for 20 graduates."
Sally Ann ShurmurMay 16, 2024
Tom Lubnau: The Day A Camel Met A Bronc Who Went On To Become The Pirate
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "On a rainy Friday night in 1976, the Gillette Camels met the Cody Broncs on the football field. On the Bronc sidelines was a sophomore linebacker named Mike Leach who went on to become one of the greatest football coaches in history."
Tom LubnauMay 16, 2024
Wyoming Life
View allGood News: Hitching Post Sign Saved. Also, Man Found Living In Sign!
Renée JeanMay 15, 2024
Gillette Celebrates Sheep Wagons — Wyoming’s Original Tiny Homes
Renée JeanMay 13, 2024
First Building Built In Cody 128 Years Ago Is Still Open For Business
Andrew RossiMay 12, 2024
Cody Museum Uses Spit To Clean Historic Paintings To Hang In Irma Hotel
Andrew RossiMay 12, 2024
Gillette Sheep Drive Stops Traffic, Revives Ranching Tradition
Jen KocherMay 12, 2024
Outdoors
View allPhotographers Way Too Close To Grizzly And Cub In Yellowstone
Andrew RossiMay 17, 2024
Angry Snowy Range Ranchers Cut Off From Longtime Summer Grazing Pastures
Mark HeinzMay 16, 2024
No One Mauled When Grizzlies Come Close To Tourists At Old Faithful
Mark HeinzMay 16, 2024
Wyoming Legislative Group Will Consider Response To Wolf Torture
Mark HeinzMay 16, 2024
Outraged Citizens Demand Response To "Psychotic Behavior" Behind Wolf Torture
Mark HeinzMay 14, 2024
Crime & Courts
View allCasper Adults Shocked Into Action By Two Teen Murders In 37 Days
Dale KillingbeckMay 18, 2024
Casper Man Accused Of Sex With Infant, Possessing Child Porn
Dale Killingbeck & Greg JohnsonMay 17, 2024
Two Life Sentences For Wind River Man Who Shot Neighbor In Back Of The Head
Leo WolfsonMay 16, 2024
Casper Teen Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend Said He’d ‘Celebrate When You Die’
Dale KillingbeckMay 16, 2024
Riverton Police Department Denies Claims By Native Officer Of Racist Treatment
Clair McFarlandMay 16, 2024