Wyoming law enforcement agencies are planning for substantial staffing increases in Casper this weekend as Saturday’s outdoor rally featuring former President Donald Trump is expected to draw 20,000 attendees. Keep Reading | 975 words
A 3-year-old grizzly bear was killed over the weekend after its mother and another bear attacked it in Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service euthanized the bear shortly after. Keep Reading | 743 words
Joey Correnti, the chair of the Carbon County Republican Party, has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment stemming from a shooting incident during an altercation in Saratoga last October. Keep Reading | 623 words
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says initial findings suggest that a Riverton woman who shot her ex-boyfriend before dawn on Saturday acted in self-defense. Keep Reading | 526 words
The director of the Department of Corrections told a legislative committee on Monday that drones are dropping contraband to inmates over Wyoming prisons. Keep Reading | 854 words
The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce has unanimously recommended that the Wyoming Legislature split hunting licenses for white-tailed and mule deer. Keep Reading | 756 words
A legislative committee on Monday revived a bill giving the Wyoming Game and Fish Department the ability to cite people passing through private property to hunt or fish on public land beyond it. Keep Reading | 705 words
Special Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar said because of Leigh Ann Manlove's "incompetence in the position, the community of Cheyenne has suffered. Lives have been lost. Thousands of cases go unprosecuted. The judges are beside themselves.” Keep Reading | 890 words
Wyoming was abuzz last week over the news that a tire-sized ammonite fossil was found in Natrona County. But 60 years ago, a fossil 3 times as large was discovered in Big Horn County. At that time, it was the largest ammonite fossil ever found. Keep Reading | 1286 words
Columnist Dave Simpson write: "We're lucky in Wyoming, where most who head off to Washington stay for a few terms, then come home to the state they've professed to love for years. Most don't go native in Washington, and that's a good thing. (Sadly, Mike Enzi didn't get much time to enjoy life back home before his tragic accident.)" Keep Reading | 1046 words
According to Wyoming First Lady Jennie Gordon, one in five children in the state struggles with food insecurity – the uncertainty of where and when they might get their next meal. That’s 23,500 children right here in Wyoming. Keep Reading | 1521 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Monday was in Jackson at $5.18 per gallon. The lowest price was in Laramie at $3.98. Keep Reading | 659 words
A Gillette woman convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people while living in a Cheyenne hotel has been sentenced to prison. Keep Reading | 775 words
Dear Editor: If you were a business leader thinking about expansion to Wyoming would you be having second thoughts given the front page ruckus? Keep Reading | 253 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise featuring the Green River was taken by Dave Bell of Pinedale, Wyoming. Keep Reading | 338 words
For James Boulé, an inmate serving a life sentence, training rescue dogs and now his new puppy Atlas is a rare chance after the nearly 26 years he’s served so far to have a positive impact on the world on both sides of the prison’s walls. Keep Reading | 1698 words
Most archeologists go their entire career without making the kind of discovery Wyoming State Archeologist Spender Pelton and his team did over the last few years in Platte County, when they confirmed the existence of the oldest mine on the continent. Keep Reading | 849 words
When you play for high stakes at the Big Table, the chips get a lot heavier and the competition a lot less friendly. Frank Eathorne, the Ayatollah and Chief Cleric of the Wyoming Republican Party is learning that painful lesson very publicly. Keep Reading | 1133 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Sunday was in Jackson Wyoming at $5.18 per gallon. The lowest price was $3.98 in Laramie. Keep Reading | 619 words
Clair McFarland writes: "Biker gangs are scary. The bikers rattle up the hill in a cloud of dust, baring their remaining teeth, hunkering their heads between their shoulders and whooping savagely at the indifferent sun." Keep Reading | 1308 words
Food columnist Tim Mandese hit a dead-end when exploring the town of Glenrock. After striking out on the first three, he came upon Classic Cafe & Pizza. He was glad he did... Keep Reading | 3332 words
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "This Cowboy Basketball game, this special game, took place a little more than 20 years ago. Wyoming was to play its Mountain West Conference rival, Utah, in the Arena-Auditorium. Great league match-up on the Cowboy’s home court! That’s special right there. Keep Reading | 1300 words
Here’s a list of recent deaths of Wyoming residents and those with close affiliations to the state for the week of May 14 – 20, 2022. Keep Reading | 1174 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise at Fremont Lake was taken by Brian Gray. Keep Reading | 280 words
Park County Commissioners said they will consider allowing a group of local citizens to hand count the more than 17,000 ballots cast in the 2020 election to determine the accuracy of the results presented by the machines. Keep Reading | 1493 words
Riverton resident David Wayne Munda faces a possible sentence of more than 200 years in prison after being convicted by a Fremont County jury on Friday of sexually molesting a female child for several years and soliciting sex acts from another. Keep Reading | 879 words
Two members of the U.S. Air Force stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne are suing the U.S. Defense Department claiming their rights to religious freedom have been violated by enforcement of the Covid vaccine mandate. Keep Reading | 908 words
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis is co-sponsoring a resolution urging federal agencies to recognize only males and females in what is described as an effort to “reaffirm legal protections” for women. Keep Reading | 1073 words
A television network is asking a federal judge to dismiss a trademark lawsuit brought against it by the owners of a Cody magazine, arguing its use of the term "UFO" in the title of a program is protected by the First Amendment. Keep Reading | 736 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken by Robin Grant of Cody, Wyoming. Keep Reading | 300 words
The Wyoming Department of Health is reporting an increase in vomiting, diarrhea, and both concurrently in some parts of the state and is urging caution. Keep Reading | 850 words
A Green River man was honored this week for his heroism after he saved a woman and her young son from a burning house in Sweetwater County earlier this year. Keep Reading | 746 words
Dear editor: I just read Dr. McGinley’s letter about terrible GOP leadership in Wyoming. While most of his letter was filled with emotion, it was devoid of facts. Keep Reading | 827 words
The U.S. Forest Service has warned of the dangers that can be caused by driving around mud and snow while out in snowy or wet areas after a late spring snowstorm hit the state on Friday. Keep Reading | 738 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Friday was in Jackson at $4.82 per gallon. The lowest price, $3.96, was found in Laramie. Keep Reading | 912 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken by Jennifer Pierson of Moorcroft, Wyoming. Keep Reading | 309 words
Meteorologist Don Day said travel along I-80 will be challenging over the next two days as several inches of snow is expected. And that's not all. Another big cold front is headed toward Wyoming in 8 or 9 days. “I’m going to have to go into witness protection after all of this,” Day said. Keep Reading | 593 words
When Steven Spielberg chose Devils Tower to be the location to film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the National Park Service said no. So, they went next door to Ogden Driskill's ranch and shot it there. He was just 16 and remembers it well... Keep Reading | 1479 words
Loved by some and hated by others, electric scooters are entering their second year in Cheyenne, Casper, and Laramie as all changed their ordinances to allow for shared electric scooters on downtown streets. Keep Reading | 1340 words
The lawsuit filed against four Missouri hunters because they allegedly violated the airspace of private land in Carbon County will stay in federal court, a judge ruled Thursday. Keep Reading | 782 words
Columnist Rod Miller writes: "Rex Rammell, a self-described 'constitutional conservative' should spend a bit more time reading the constitution of the state that he wants to govern. It wouldn’t hurt him a bit to browse through Wyoming’s Act of Admission to the Union, either." Keep Reading | 960 words
The Wyoming Department of Transportation has suspended all new orders of personalized, or prestige, license plates due to the shortage of aluminum. Keep Reading | 617 words
Even though a shortage of garbage truck operators has drivers for Cheyenne's Public Works Department struggling to make up for the lack of workers, longtime driver Carl Munoz keeps a good attitude about things. Keep Reading | 932 words
Yellowstone's Mount Doane, which was named after a cavalry officer who led an attack against a tribe of Blackfeet Native American people, will likely be renamed "First Peoples Mountain" as a result of an endorsement by the National Park Services' Keep Reading | 1300 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Thursday was in Jackson at $4.93 per gallon, and the lowest surveyed price, $3.99 per gallon, was found in Casper. Keep Reading | 739 words
Douglas oil field owner James Quick said he will bring a renewed focus to traditional fossil fuel industries if elected Wyoming governor this fall. Keep Reading | 1047 words
A new property tax refund program that was created by legislation signed into law in March will provide relief to some Wyoming taxpayers, according to Gov. Mark Gordon. Keep Reading | 515 words
Gas prices in all of Wyoming's 23 counties have reached an average of more than $4 per gallon in a trend that likely to not stop any time soon, according to a University of Wyoming professor. Keep Reading | 760 words
The decision to rename places with the word "squaw" in them -- 43 locations in Wyoming -- will be made without any input from the state of Wyoming due to a process set-up by the Dept of Interior. Keep Reading | 1275 words
A 17-year-old man who was charged with third degree sexual assault a year after the incident when he was 18 is asking the Wyoming Supreme Court if he can have the case dismissed. Keep Reading | 713 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken at Trapper's Route in Natrona County by Rose Fry. Keep Reading | 283 words
Jim McCollum, the father of slain Marine Rylee McCollum, announced his bid for the Wyoming Legislature on Wednesday. Keep Reading | 821 words
Dr. Joe McGinley writes: " Dear Editor: I am utterly embarrassed by the behavior of our Wyoming Republican Party leadership and most of the county party leadership across the state." Keep Reading | 989 words
Gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell promised to seize 30 million acres of federal land in Wyoming if elected to the state's highest office. Calling Rammel's claim "idiotic," former Attorney General Pat Crank said no state has the power to seize federal assets. Keep Reading | 1138 words
State Rep. Chuck Gray, a former candidate for U.S. House, became the second person to file as a candidate for the secretary of state's office on Wednesday. Keep Reading | 614 words
A 90-year-old Gillette woman who was ticketed last week for destruction of property after smearing honey on her son's door was again cited just two days later for hitting her son and his wife with a whip because she was worried about chickens. Keep Reading | 705 words
Bill Sniffin writes: “I worry a lot about this generation of graduates, that is, until I spend some time with them.” Keep Reading | 2301 words
According to reports, the Colorado National Guard was called out twice -- in 1917 and again in 1948 -- to protect Buffalo Bill's body from being stolen. Keep Reading | 1264 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Wednesday was in Jackson at $4.93 per gallon, and the lowest surveyed price was in Newcastle at $3.91. All of Wyoming’s counties had an average gas price of more than $4.00 per gallon. Keep Reading | 693 words
Two Sweetwater County men have been fined and banned from hunting after after being convicted of multiple wildlife violations. Keep Reading | 1031 words
Sen. John Barrasso on Wednesday said President Putin is using energy as a weapon to get his way and European leaders have now realized they've become too dependent on Russian oil. Keep Reading | 1171 words
Anyone bilked out of money by the former chief financial officer of the Wyoming Catholic College will have only 30 days to claim part of the $13 million seized from his personal accounts, a federal judge has ruled. Keep Reading | 982 words
Dockstader told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that when Sec of State Ed Buchanan made his announcement that he was not going to run for re-election, he texted his wife and said 'Well?' and she texted back one word -- 'File!" Keep Reading | 858 words
Water levels on the Colorado River are at their lowest point in 1,200 years and the water in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Southwest Wyoming is being used to help replenish the parched river and Lake Powell downstream. Keep Reading | 1288 words
Public documents indicate that the tribal governments of the Wind River Indian Reservation don’t own or control the school – and therefore do not have the authority to fire its elected board or employees. Keep Reading | 1625 words
Although there was plenty of bluster by some detractors beforehand, the Laramie County Republican Party voted with an overwhelming majority to decline from asking chairman Dani Olsen to step down as chairman. Keep Reading | 1240 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken on Commissary Ridge, 20 miles north of Kemmerer by Josh Coursey. Keep Reading | 375 words
Richard Biby, manager of Rocky Mountain Sports in Riverton, credits inflation, ammunition shortages, and a decrease of inner-city riots for gun sales reverting back to pre-pandemic levels. Keep Reading | 1149 words
The family members of a 74-year-old Ft. Washakie man who disappeared in a campsite with an elevation of 10,000 feet in a protected area for grizzly bears are continuing their search in the rugged terrain. Keep Reading | 2541 words
Rep. Landon Brown writes: "The next time you want to disagree, do it decently. The next time you want to ridicule or degrade a politician – ask yourself if you would want the same done to you. Wyoming is better than what we’ve seen lately, let’s do our best to fixing it one person (yourself) at a time." Keep Reading | 1094 words
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "According to a new scientific study, 'The landscape of stress for sheep owners when coexisting with wolves and other large carnivores suggest that sheep owners’ behavior is somewhat similar to behavior described for prey in the ecology of fear.'" Keep Reading | 962 words
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association said the Wyoming Supreme Court made the right decision when denying a Hot Springs County rancher $350,000 in compensation for his calves killed by grizzlies. Keep Reading | 738 words
University of Wyoming professor Dr. Laura Vietti said the intact, 19-inch "tire-sized" ammonite fossil found by amateur rockhounds in Natrona County last weekend is "unusually rare." Keep Reading | 1003 words
A man who rejected his attorney’s initial advice to plead “not guilty by reason of mental illness” to a criminal charge cannot later claim his attorney was not effective, Wyoming’s Supreme Court has ruled. Keep Reading | 963 words
The highest gasoline price in Wyoming on Tuesday was in Jackson at $4.78 per gallon and the lowest surveyed price was in Newcastle at $3.91. Keep Reading | 1067 words
Some Wyoming health experts are skeptical of a medical report prepared by Harvard and the Brown School of Public Health that said the state could have had 70% fewer Covid deaths had everyone taken the vaccine. Keep Reading | 710 words
Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Sergio Maldonado said if he were to be elected, he would not politicize education and instead would rely on local control and local input. Keep Reading | 1507 words
C.J. Box told Cowboy State Daily that his hit TV show "Big Sky" was just renewed for a third season and country music superstar Reba McEntire will join the cast. Keep Reading | 789 words
In a surprising reversal, Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan announced Tuesday morning he will not run for reelection this fall. Buchanan had said a few weeks back he intended to run. Keep Reading | 1096 words
A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a Laramie man shot to death in 2018 by an Albany County Sheriff's deputy. Keep Reading | 626 words
Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken in Pinedale toward the Wind River Mountains by Dave Schultz. Dave writes: "Stepped onto the back porch and took the photo." Keep Reading | 305 words
Liz Cheney on Monday said the racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 people dead is the result of extremist behavior enabled by Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Keep Reading | 801 words
Buffalo Bill Cody, once the most famous man in the world, was buried on Lookout Mountain in Colorado despite specific instructions to be buried near Cody, Wyoming. Although some believe Bill's body was stolen from his Colorado grave and moved to Cody after all. Keep Reading | 2746 words
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Crazy increases in property values shouldn't result in crazy windfalls to government. Taxing bodies need to live in the real world, with the rest of us." Keep Reading | 1086 words
Mothers in Wyoming are feeling the pressure as a nationwide shortage of baby formula has left store shelves empty in many locations across the state. Keep Reading | 1983 words
