Good morning, and welcome to Cowboy State Daily radio for Monday, August 21, 2023
Today’s top stories:
Unemployment rates in the Cowboy State are nearing historic lows, but many people across the state who started side gigs during the COVID-19 pandemic have discovered that working for themselves is preferable to working for someone else.
10 horses have died at Wyoming race tracks so far this summer - and nine of those were at Wyoming Downs in Evanston.
Although it might seem fairly basic, preparing “European Mounts,” or displays of just the skull and antlers or horns from cattle or big game, isn’t nearly as simple as people might think.
Small towns across America are struggling, but in the tiny town of Hulettin northeast Wyoming, something interesting is happening.
A former University of Wyoming professor is among 1,600 scientists who have signed a declaration stating there is no climate emergency that justifies eliminating fossil fuel usage by 2050.
There's an earnest effort underway to put the Bighorn River on the map. And local volunteers are leading the "blueway" forward.
Radio Stations
The following radio stations are airing Cowboy State Daily Radio on weekday mornings, afternoons and evenings. More radio stations will be added soon.
KYDT/KBFS — Sundance
KYCN/KZEW — Wheatland
KANT — Guernsey
KZQL — Casper
KMXW — Casper
KTGA/KBDY — Saratoga
KJAX — Jackson
KZWY — Sheridan
KROE — Sheridan
KWYO — Sheridan
KYOY — Cheyenne
KRAE — Cheyenne
KDLY — Lander
KZMQ-FM – Cody, Powell, Medicine Wheel, Greybull, Basin, Meeteetse
KZMQ-AM/Star 92.9FM — Greybull, Lovell, Basin
KKLX — Worland, Thermopolis, Ten Sleep, Greybull
KCGL — Cody, Powell, Basin, Lovell, Clark, Red Lodge, MT
KTAG — Cody, Powell, Basin
KCWB — Cody, Powell, Basin
KVGL — Worland, Thermopolis, Basin, Ten Sleep
KODI-AM/FM — Cody, Powell, Lovell, Basin, Clark, Red Lodge
KWOR-AM/FM — Worland, Thermopolis, Ten Sleep
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