Good morning, and welcome to Cowboy State Daily Radio News for Thursday, August 31, 2023
Today’s top stories:
A restoration of rights in Wyoming for nonviolent felons includes the right to keep and use firearms, but whether that means they can pass a federal background check still isn’t clear.
As the family of a 15-year-old Cheyenne girl killed in a drive-by shooting mourns, so does the family of the 17-year-old accused of pulling the trigger.
A UH-1 helicopter from F.E. Warren Air Force Base crashed and flipped upside down on a runway at Cheyenne Regional Airport on Wednesday morning.
A growing homeless population has the city of Casper taking notice, with what Mayor Bruce Knell estimates to be a population of around 200 people now roaming the city’s streets and parks, causing a situation he describes as “a mess.”
And pushing one’s luck with large wild critters seems to be all the rage in Yellowstone National Park this year – and to make matters worse, people are getting their small children involved.
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.
KASL -- Newcastle
KREO -- Rock Springs
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
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
Check with individual radio stations for airtime of the newscasts.
