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View allWyoming State Senate Republican PAC Fined $5,000 By IRS
A political action committee supporting Wyoming’s State Senate Republicans has been fined $5,000 by the IRS over a tax filing discrepancy. State Sen. Brian Boner said it was a mistake in the paperwork.
Leo WolfsonApril 24, 2024
Candidates Lining Up To Fill House Seat Of Four-Time Casper Incumbent
Two Republican candidates have already announced campaigns to run for House District 56 in Casper, a seat held by four-time Republican incumbent Jerry Obermueller, who recently announced he’s not running for reelection.
Leo WolfsonApril 24, 2024
Judge Tosses Wyoming Woman’s Claim Employer Tried To Have Her Committed
A federal judge has tossed the lawsuit of a Wyoming woman who claimed her employer, a hospital in Weston County, tried to have her involuntarily committed for being a whistleblower.
Clair McFarlandApril 24, 2024
New Study In Journal Of Zoology Says Sasquatch Sightings Are Likely Just Bears
A new scientific study sadly announced that Bigfoot is probably not real. The Journal Of Zoology reported that when black bear populations increase in an area, so do the number of people reporting they saw a Sasquatch.
Mark HeinzApril 24, 2024
McGinley Everest Quest Blocked By China, But Mountaineer Heads To Nepal
Casper mountaineer Dr. Joe McGinley’s quest for Mount Everest has been temporarily blocked as the Chinese is prohibiting foreigners from the Tibet region. But he's got a backup plan through Nepal. Everest is his last peak to hit in his goal to summit the highest peaks on all 7 continents.
Dale KillingbeckApril 24, 2024
Wyoming Girl Scout, 13, Fined $400 For Selling Cookies
A 13-year-old Girl Scout from Pinedale was surprised when a local by-the-book municipal code officer slapped her with more than $400 in fines for selling Girl Scout Cookies.
Pat MaioApril 23, 2024
Insurance Rates Skyrocket For Wyoming Homeowners, Some Get Dropped Completely
Wyoming homeowners are reporting skyrocketing insurance premiums that have doubled or tripled in the last year. Other homeowners are getting dropped by companies altogether.
Renée JeanApril 23, 2024
Evidence Piles Up Showing Wyoming’s Secretive LLC Filing Laws Being Used For Fraud
A county-level investigation shows that Wyoming’s secretive business filing laws are allowing out-of-state entities to fraudulently co-opt addresses. In Sheridan, an address is the legal registered place for nearly 17,000 businesses.
Leo WolfsonApril 24, 2024
Riverton’s First Northern Arapaho Police Officer Claims Racist, Hostile Treatment
The first Northern Arapaho officer hired by the Riverton Police Department has quit, and filed a lawsuit Monday alleging a pattern of racist, hostile and retaliatory treatment by superiors and department officials.
Clair McFarlandApril 23, 2024
Bear Cubs Whoop It Up On Ladder At Ski Resort Gondola Tower
It might have seemed odd and even dangerous watching video of a trio of black bear cubs that climbed a massive gondola tower at Steamboat ski resort in northwest Colorado on Saturday, but the bears were just having fun.
Mark HeinzApril 23, 2024
Wyoming Militia Member Denied Making His Own M16 Sues Feds — Again
A former U.S. Marine and Wyoming man who’s a member of a loose militia filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the federal government to be allowed to build his own machine gun. It’s his second lawsuit challenging the machine gun ban.
Clair McFarlandApril 23, 2024
Parents Tell Casper School Board That Schools Are Unsafe
Natrona County School board members on Monday got an earful from passionate parents and residents about how the district is failing students who are bullied, attempt suicide and refuse to go to school out of fear.
Dale KillingbeckApril 23, 2024
Opinion
Sally Ann Shurmur: His Spirit And His Laugh Will Never Die
Opinion by Sally Ann Shurmur
Rod Miller: Mavericks & Illicit Sex Around The Ol’ Campfire
Opinion by Rod Miller
Candy Moulton: Healing Hearts One Wagon Train at a Time
Opinion by Candy Moulton
Dave Simpson: Going Cold Turkey On TV News
Opinion by Dave Simpson
Rod Miller: Fun With the Wyoming Public Records Act
Opinion by Rod Miller
Opinion
View allSally Ann Shurmur: His Spirit And His Laugh Will Never Die
Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "He has been my family, my friend, my rock in stormy seas, for 50 years. On Monday, he suffered a stroke, rolled his car, and died. He had survived cancer, heart trouble, joint replacements, and knee surgery while playing for the Pokes."
Sally Ann ShurmurApril 24, 2024
Candy Moulton: Healing Hearts One Wagon Train at a Time
Columnist Candy Moulton writes, "Shawn Herring was 31 years old, a young father, cowboy to the core, when he came into the airborne particles of hantavirus – a deadly respiratory illness. Despite his youth, the virus quickly overtook his body and he died shortly after contracting it."
Candy MoultonApril 23, 2024
Rod Miller: Mavericks & Illicit Sex Around The Ol’ Campfire
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Yeah, they got it written in their bylaws or some such. If a cow strays from the herd, it means that their heart’s not in it an’ they lose the right to be called a cow.”
Rod MillerApril 23, 2024
Wyoming Life
View allPinedale Waits On Bob, A Barrel In The Middle Of Fremont Lake, To Announce Spring
Andrew RossiApril 22, 2024
Heart Mountain Chosen For Prestigious Smithsonian Partnership
Andrew RossiApril 22, 2024
Can Town Of Daniel Ever Regain Old Image Of Fishing And Hunters' Paradise?
Pat MaioApril 22, 2024
Major Artists Make Creative Breakthroughs At Remote Ucross, Wyoming, Retreat
Andrew RossiApril 21, 2024
Spielberg-Hanks TV Series "Masters Of The Air" Based On Casper World War II Pilot
Dale KillingbeckApril 21, 2024
Outdoors
View allElk Hunting In Wyoming’s Remote ‘Little Siberia’ Might Help Trim Herds
Mark HeinzApril 22, 2024
She’s Awake! Grizzly 399 And Gigantic Cub Emerge From Hibernation
Mark HeinzApril 22, 2024
Mama Horse Stands Up To Wolf Trying To Kill Her Baby
Mark HeinzApril 21, 2024
Transylvania Is Famous For Vampires, But Also Has Lots Of Grizzlies And Wolves
Mark HeinzApril 21, 2024
Animal Forensics Expert Calls For Examination Of Tortured Wolf Carcass
Mark HeinzApril 19, 2024
Crime & Courts
View allBRIEF: Death Of Riverton-Area Teen Investigated As Suspicious
Clair McFarlandApril 23, 2024
Accused Murderer From North Dakota Hid Out In Gillette For Months
Clair McFarlandApril 22, 2024
Accused Wyoming Wife Beater Flees To Nebraska After Wife Stabs Him
Clair McFarlandApril 22, 2024
Wyoming Railroad Engineer Sues Union Pacific Over AI Train Driver
Clair McFarlandApril 22, 2024
Police, Daughter Want Answers in 35-Year-Old Cold Case of Missing Wyoming Mother
Jen KocherApril 20, 2024