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Marmots Might Seem Harmless, But They’ll Chew Up And Destroy Your Car
Marmots might seem pudgy and harmless, but they can disable vehicles by chewing up hoses and wires. Some people are now wrapping their cars in tarps to protect against the ravenous rodents.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2025
Wyoming Celebrity Chef Brought Back After First-Round Knockout On ‘Yes, Chef!’
Cheyenne celebrity chef Petrina Peart was knocked out of Martha Stewart's reality television show “Yes, Chef!” on NBC in the first round. But she was brought back and is hosting watch parties to celebrate. She's still in contention for the $250,000 grand prize.
Renée JeanJune 14, 2025
Wisconsin Man Sets New World Record For Largest Grizzly Ever Killed By A Hunter
A Wisconsin man has set a new world record for the largest grizzly ever killed by a hunter. The size of the Alaskan bear is "staggering" and experts say this record will be next to impossible to beat.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2025
Hayden Arch Bridge West Of Cody Is 100 Years Old And One Of A Kind
The Hayden Arch Bridge, built over the Shoshone River west of Cody, is the only arch bridge of its kind ever built in Wyoming for vehicle use. Now 100 years after it opened in 1925, locals plan for its next century.
Andrew RossiJune 14, 2025
After Two Sasquatch Sightings In Colorado, Boulder County Puts On Bigfoot Hunt
Boulder County has been buzzing with Sasquatch fever after two reported sightings this year both in the vicinity of Longmont. So a group of Bigfoot-hunters went out on Friday night to track him down. Although they came up empty-handed, the group plans another outing this summer.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Morning Show — Saturday, June 14, 2025
It's the Saturday morning show with John Baggett from 6-10AM.
Jake NicholsJune 14, 2025
Popular Snowy Range Road Stays Closed Because Nobody Can Figure Out Who Owns It
Boswell Road in southeast Wyoming’s Snowy Range has been there since before Wyoming was a state. But it remains officially closed because nobody can figure out who owns it. In the meantime, the closure is killing a housing project.
Mark HeinzJune 14, 2025
Demoted Dean Who Fought With UW President Sues To Get Job Back
A University of Wyoming dean who fought with the UW president and was demoted after refusing to move state money earmarked for engineering education filed a lawsuit Thursday to get his position reinstated. He claims the demotion was illegal retaliation.
Clair McFarlandJune 13, 2025
Should Wyoming Ranchers Paint Zebra Stripes On Their Cows? Science Says Yes
A team of scientists has shown that painting zebra stripes on cattle reduces the biting flies landing on them by more than 50%. Should Wyoming ranchers start painting their cows? The science says it would work, but ranchers see it as a last resort.
Andrew RossiJune 13, 2025
High Court Hands LDS Church Win On Controversial 101-Foot Cody Temple
The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling Friday, denying a Cody group the chance to challenge the approval of a Latter-day Saints temple. The decision ends two years of controversy over the 101-foot-tall temple in a residential neighborhood.
Clair McFarlandJune 13, 2025
Wyoming Delegation Supports Defunding PBS, NPR And A Foreign Aid Agency
Wyoming’s U.S. senators say they will vote for clawing back $9.4 billion from PBS, NPR and a foreign aid agency. Rep. Harriet Hageman helped push the measure through the House on Thursday.
Sean BarryJune 13, 2025
Gillette Woman Last Seen Two Months Ago Turns Up In Colorado
A Gillette woman last seen two months ago after mysteriously disappearing from a trailer home in Gillette was located safe in Colorado on Thursday. Even so, her family and friends remain worried for her safety.
Jen KocherJune 13, 2025
Montana Grizzly Killed By Landowner Is Seventh Killed This Year In State
A male grizzly was shot and killed Wednesday south of the northcentral Montana town of Havre on the northeast side of the Bear's Paw Mountains. It’s the seventh grizzly killed this year in the that state.
Jimmy OrrJune 13, 2025
Two In Custody After Fatal Shooting South Of Cheyenne
The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office is piecing together what happened in the early morning hours Friday that left a person dead just south of Cheyenne. Sheriff Brian Kozak said two people have been detained and that “this is a homicide investigation.”
Greg JohnsonJune 13, 2025
Prosecutor Adds 78 New Felony Sex Charges On Former Wheatland Band Teacher
A former Wheatland band teacher accused of committing sex acts on a girl younger than 16 now faces another 78 felony charges on claims of near-daily sex acts with a different, 17-year-old student. Between the cases, he could get more than 1,500 years.
Clair McFarlandJune 12, 2025
Trump’s EPA To Roll Back Biden-Era Emission Rules On Coal-Fired Power Plants
The EPA is making good on one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, announcing Wednesday it's rolling back Biden-era emissions rules on U.S. power plants. Wyoming power providers are pleased with the move.
David MadisonJune 12, 2025
Wyoming Historical Society Kicks Out County Chapters As Rift Widens
Wyoming Historical Society has announced it is kicking out all of its county chapters. It’s a move that widens a growing rift that has divided Wyoming’s historical community.
Renée JeanJune 12, 2025
Dubois Ranch Denies Wrongdoing After Woman's Foot Crushed By Bear-Sprayed Horse
A Dubois guest ranch in a Tuesday filing denies wrongdoing in a lawsuit of an Irish woman who accuses its lead wrangler of wrongfully bear spraying her horse during a ride, causing her foot to be crushed.
Clair McFarlandJune 12, 2025
'Wyoming Is Not Los Angeles:' Gordon Doesn’t Expect Need For Guard At Protests
With anti-Trump protests planned for at least 13 Wyoming towns Saturday, Democrats are calling on Gov. Mark Gordon to reject Trump if he tries to deploy the Wyoming National Guard. Gordon says he doesn’t expect that because “Wyoming is not Los Angeles.”
Clair McFarlandJune 13, 2025
Sublette County Gives Hospital Pledged $2.7 Million Grant, Settles Feud
Sublette County on Wednesday gave the Sublette County Hospital District the final $2.7 million it had pledged to help build new medical facilities. In turn, the hospital district is transferring nearly 2 acres to the county.
Clair McFarlandJune 13, 2025
Barrasso Unleashes On Schumer For Not Condemning LA Riots
Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso unleashed on Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for repeatedly refusing to condemn the LA ICE riots. He called Schumer out on the Senate floor Wednesday for saying the protests are “peaceful.”
Jackson Walker for Cowboy State DailyJune 12, 2025
Gillette Teen Posts Threat To ‘Bomb The Pentagon’ — Pentagon Notices
A Gillette 18-year-old learned that even joking about bombing the Pentagon is a bad idea. He got a visit from local deputies Tuesday night after a Pentagon agent asked them to investigate the teen’s X post that said, “It’s time to bomb the … Pentagon.”
Greg JohnsonJune 11, 2025
Wyoming Delegation Calls Senator’s Takedown At Press Conference A ‘Political Stunt’
Sen. John Barrasso says Sen. Alex Padilla made a “spectacle of himself” after federal agents took down Padilla at a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. A spokesman for Sen. Cynthia Lummis called the incident a “political stunt.”
Sean BarryJune 12, 2025
WE Soda Downsizes Wyoming Trona Operation While Ramping Up Production
WE Soda, the world's largest producer of natural soda ash, confirmed this week it’s downsizing positions following a $1.43 billion acquisition of Genesis Alkali's two Wyoming mines.
David MadisonJune 12, 2025
Delegation Cheers As Trump Signs Bill Tossing Out ‘California EV Mandate’
Wyoming’s U.S. senators were cheering Thursday as President Donald Trump signed legislation tossing out the so-called California EV mandate, which called for an end to new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
Sean BarryJune 12, 2025
Tourist Who Buzzed Yellowstone Osprey Nest With Drone Could Get Six Months In Jail
A tourist allegedly used a drone to buzz an osprey nest in Yellowstone National Park and could face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine for the violation of park rules.
Mark HeinzJune 12, 2025
Tempers Flare Over Selling Landowner Hunting Tags During Heated Hearing
Tempers flared during a legislative hearing Wednesday in debates over whether Wyoming ranchers should be allowed to sell their landowner hunting tags. It could be just a warm-up a fight ahead in the 2026 session.
Mark HeinzJune 12, 2025
US Air Force’s Newest And Rarest Advanced Warfare Plane Lands In Casper
The U.S. Air Force so far only has five of its new EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare planes, making it one of America's newest and rarest advanced aircraft. One of them landed at the Casper/Natrona County Airport on Tuesday.
Andrew RossiJune 11, 2025
Friends Of Gillette Woman Killed By Half-Brother Protest His Self-Defense Claim
Family and friends of a Gillette woman killed by her half-brother in January showed up in force at the Campbell County Courthouse on Wednesday. They were there to protest the man’s self-defense claim.
Jen KocherJune 11, 2025
Wyoming Oil And Gas Lease Sale Nets $7.7M, ‘Peanuts’ Compared To Trump’s First Term
The reality of oil and gas leasing in Wyoming hasn’t yet caught up to the Trump administration’s pledge to “unleash American energy.” Tuesday’s sale took in $7.7 million, “peanuts” compared to the $173 million in the best year of Trump’s first term.
David MadisonJune 11, 2025
Text Scammers Target Wyomingites Posing As State Agencies
As the latest example in a growing trend of text scams that impersonate state agencies, residents are being targeted by fraudsters posing as the Wyoming Department of Transportation. It’s a fake ticket scheme that highlights how hackers have gotten smarter.
Zakary SonntagJune 11, 2025
Senate Dems Outraged 128 Amendments To Lummis-Backed Crypto Bill Won’t Be Allowed
Senate Democrats were outraged Wednesday that the 128 amendments tacked onto a Sen. Cynthia Lummis-backed cryptocurrency bill won’t be allowed. A new version of the bill was introduced with strong bipartisan support.
Sean BarryJune 11, 2025
Trailer Where Big Piney Man Killed In Bow-And-Arrow Ambush Catches Fire
The trailer in which a 23-year-old Big Piney man was shot and killed in a bow-and-arrow ambush in February caught fire Tuesday afternoon, authorities say. The fire doesn’t appear suspicious, and an investigation continues.
Clair McFarlandJune 11, 2025
Teton County Prosecutor Drops Voyeurism Charge From Carnival Incident
A Teton County prosecutor dropped a charge against a Texas man who was accused of trying to photograph a young girl’s private area during the carnival in Jackson last year. It’s not clear why the charge was dismissed.
Clair McFarlandJune 11, 2025
As New Homeschool Laws Take Effect, Some Schools Push To Limit Sports, Activities
Some Wyoming public school districts are moving toward restricting access for homeschool families to pre-high school sports and activities. That comes just as two new laws empowering the homeschool movement in Wyoming are taking effect.
Clair McFarlandJune 11, 2025
New Jersey Man Gored By Bison Near Old Faithful In Yellowstone
A New Jersey man on Tuesday became the second person this year to be gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park. Authorities say the 30-year-old was near Old Faithful and got too close to the animal when it turned and gored him.
Andrew RossiJune 10, 2025
$245M At Stake For Wyoming In Tug-Of-War Over Controversial Rock Springs Plan
Years of heated public debate had oil companies squaring off with environmentalists over drilling rights on 3.6 million acres of Wyoming desert. As federal officials prepare to rewrite the controversial Rock Springs plan, $245 million is at stake.
David MadisonJune 10, 2025
Green Groups Fight To Save Biden-Era Plan To End Powder River Basin Coal Mining
A federal judge Friday allowed a coalition of tribal and green groups to fight to save a Biden-era rule that would end coal mining in the Powder River Basin by 2041. They’ve been allowed to help fight a lawsuit filed by Wyoming and Montana to reverse the rule.
David MadisonJune 10, 2025
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Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by David Quatchak. David writes, "First rays of sun on Boar's Tusk in Sweetwater County."
Today's question to Don Day
In regard to your thunderstorm season article, can you reassess the data on a per-capita basis, especially when considering population of the states? It could affect me as I own a hill on my property which I plan a communications tower and likely will have a lightning rod installed when it goes in.
FEMA has a good lightning database that takes into account lightning risk, potential property loss, etc. based on population and lightning frequency. Data is available on a county by county basis. Lots and lots of lightning data available here which may help in quest for more lightning information. https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/lightning
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Tom Lubnau: Hey, Don't Implode The Whole State By Cutting All Property Taxes
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "We need a legislature that will dig down deep, understand the effect of our taxes, and figure out how to keep them low. We don’t need knee-jerk uninformed reactions from legislators who are too lazy to figure the system out."
Tom LubnauJune 11, 2025
Cassie Craven: Turns Out, Wyo Dems Are Funded By Out Of State Interests
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Wyoming's Democratic Party is substantially funded by out-of-state interests, which means so too are the 'Republicans' who help advance their far-left agenda."
Cassie CravenJune 08, 2025
Gail Symons: I Shocked Even Myself When I Sued The Republican Party
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "But after witnessing the Wyoming Republican Party's handling of the nomination for the Superintendent of Public Instruction, I was livid. The process was rigged."
Gail SymonsJune 08, 2025
Wyoming Life
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Tuesday’s Full Moon Will Be At Its Lowest In 37-Year Span
Andrew RossiJune 10, 2025
Kevin Costner Series Airs Long-Unrevealed Truth About Wyoming's Fetterman Fight
Jackie DorothyJune 09, 2025
One-Of-A-Kind Wyoming Wax Figure Collection On Track To Be Sold, Saved Instead
Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025
Welcome To Pete’s Service: More Than A 100-Year-Old Pine Bluffs Gas Pump Graveyard
Greg JohnsonJune 08, 2025
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Renée JeanJune 08, 2025
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Interior Secretary Burgum Wants Foreign Visitor Fees, $1B Cut To National Parks
Renée JeanJune 11, 2025
Yellowstone Antelope Relentlessly Chase Coyote That Tried To Snatch Fawn
Mark HeinzJune 10, 2025
‘Nonresident Native’ Tags Could Bring Former Wyomingites Back Home To Hunt
Mark HeinzJune 09, 2025
Popular Shell Falls In The Bighorns Is Closed, And Won’t Reopen For Two Years
Renée JeanJune 09, 2025
The Great Salt Lake Is Swarming With Billions Of Brine Flies
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Crime & Courts
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'I'm The Terrible One': Moorcroft Man Accused Of Touching Girls During Church
Clair McFarlandJune 10, 2025
Gillette Man To Face Attempted Murder Charge For Stabbing Brother-In-Law 8 Times
Jen KocherJune 10, 2025
Still No Sign Of Missing Sheridan Man After Two-Day Search With Cadaver Dogs
Jen KocherJune 10, 2025
Laramie County Deputies Can Investigate ICE Cases Under Federal Agreement
Clair McFarlandJune 10, 2025
Three Women Left In Lawsuit Against Sorority Over UW Transgender Member
Clair McFarlandJune 09, 2025
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Jackie DorothyJune 09, 2025
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Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025
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Renée JeanJune 08, 2025
Outdoors
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Renée JeanJune 11, 2025
Yellowstone Antelope Relentlessly Chase Coyote That Tried To Snatch Fawn
Mark HeinzJune 10, 2025
‘Nonresident Native’ Tags Could Bring Former Wyomingites Back Home To Hunt
Mark HeinzJune 09, 2025
Popular Shell Falls In The Bighorns Is Closed, And Won’t Reopen For Two Years
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Laramie County Deputies Can Investigate ICE Cases Under Federal Agreement
Clair McFarlandJune 10, 2025
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