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View allCheyenne Police Arrest Woman Who Tried To Stop Baton Beating Of Nephew
The aunt of a Cheyenne man who yelled at police and took video April 5 as they held down her nephew during a traffic stop and hit him repeatedly with a baton was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of interfering with officers.
Clair McFarlandApril 19, 2024
Casper Dad’s Quality Time With Sons Is Allegedly Breaking Into Cars Together
A 45-year-old Casper man faces 10 felony charges after allegedly spending some quality time with his teen sons breaking into cars. He was attempting to connect with them because the boys were “out of control.”
Dale KillingbeckApril 19, 2024
Wyoming Oil And Gas Producers Blast Report They Should Pay $900M For Bonding
Wyoming oil and gas producers are blasting a new report that says Bighorn Basin operators should up to $900 million for bonding as an attempt to regulate them out of business.
Pat MaioApril 19, 2024
Potential Trump VP Pick Tulsi Gabbard Coming To Cheyenne This Summer
Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman who left the Democratic Party and is on former President Donald Trump’s short list for vice president, will speak in Cheyenne this summer.
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2024
Wyoming Office Of Tourism Stops Wildlife Ads In Wake Of Wolf Abuse Scandal
Wyoming’s wildlife is a big tourism draw, but the state Office of Tourism has paused all of its wildlife tourism advertising in the wake of the wolf torture case that has sparked worldwide outrage.
Renée JeanApril 19, 2024
$28M Crossing Project Planned On Deadly Highway For Wyoming Mule Deer
Hundreds of mule deer are killed along a 25-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26, roughly centered around Dubois, so a coalition of state agencies and tribal and private groups has pegged it for Wyoming’s next major wildlife crossing project.
Mark HeinzApril 18, 2024
Fireworks Businesses In Southeast Wyoming Denied Permits Because They’re “Obnoxious”
The Laramie County Commissioners on Wednesday denied permits to two fireworks businesses on the Wyoming - Colorado border because their loud marketing — often with a bullhorn and targeting a competitor — is too “obnoxious.”
Ellen FikeApril 18, 2024
Cattle Kill Count For Colorado Wolves Up To Six
Six cows have been killed by wolves in Colorado so far this year, and wolves with Wyoming roots might be involved in some of the attacks.
Mark HeinzApril 18, 2024
Wyoming Man Accused Of Killing Woman, Having Sex With Body Smart Enough For Trial
Multiple brain injuries and a low IQ won’t keep a Wyoming man from facing prosecution on claims that after murdering a woman and having sex with her body, he tried to hide her body in Park County, a judge has ruled.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2024
Wyoming Tribes May Be On Path To Get 60,000 Acres Of Federal Land
After about a century of managing about 60,000 acres in northern Fremont County, a federal agency is ready to give it to someone else. Top contenders are the Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming’s Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2024
Bill Would Block Postal Service Plan to Downsize Wyoming Mail Centers
Wyoming’s congressional delegaton has united around a bipartisan bill that would block the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to eliminate major mail centers in Wyoming and other states.
Renée JeanApril 18, 2024
Wyoming GOP Rejects ‘Liz Cheney Amendment’ To Kick People Out Of Party
After about eight hours of discussion and debate Thursday, the Bylaws Committee of the Wyoming Republican Party rejected a bylaws change nicknamed the “Liz Cheney Amendment” that would have allowed the state party to kick out members it doesn’t like.
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2024
Daily Features
View allOpinion
Dennis Sun: American Beef Is Top-Notch
Opinion by Dennis Sun
Sally Ann Shurmur: The Greatest Sports Movie And It's Not Even Close
Opinion by Sally Ann Shurmur
Rod Miller: Enough Already – Or – The Final Liberation Of Wyoming’s Political Parties
Opinion by Rod Miller
Tom Lubnau: The Fetterman Battle – Lessons For Our Times
Opinion by Tom Lubnau
Candy Moulton: New Trails and New Stories
Opinion by Candy Moulton
Opinion
View allCandy Moulton: New Trails and New Stories
New Cowboy State Daily columnist Candy Moulton writes, "These days writing is both my work and my hobby. I tried retiring a couple of times and it didn’t take. So here I am, off on a new trail and a new adventure. I hope you’ll join me as we explore Wyoming and the American West."
Candy MoultonApril 16, 2024
Rod Miller: Big Iron, Little Hips & Gunplay Around The Ol’ Campfire
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "'Where the hell is my big cookin’ pot?' Cookie brandished a butcherknife at the hands gathered around the ol’ campfire. Latigo Lou from Lingle answered, 'That li’l Secretary of State feller, the one that wants to be governor, he took it down to the creek for target practice.'”
CSD StaffApril 14, 2024
Sally Ann Shurmur: On The Eclipse And That Girl — The Sun, The Moon, And One Of One
Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "The same news guys who told us nightly in 2020 that we were all going to die if we had human contact and didn’t get continuous jabs were now brought to tears by the moon playing hide and seek with the sun."
Sally Ann ShurmurApril 11, 2024
Wyoming Life
View allIn Wake Of Teen’s Stabbing Death, Casper Works To End ‘Culture Of Violence’
Dale KillingbeckApril 17, 2024
Northwest Wyoming Can Expect Up To A Foot Of Wet, Heavy Spring Snow
Andrew RossiApril 16, 2024
Wyoming Climber To Take On Everest’s North Face To Hit 7 Peaks On 7 Continents
Dale KillingbeckApril 16, 2024
Where’s Dino? Someone Swipes One-Of-A-Kind Sculpture From Cheyenne Yard
Ellen FikeApril 15, 2024
Former Teen Actor Gave Up Hollywood Hills For Wyoming Mountains
Dale KillingbeckApril 14, 2024
Outdoors
View allAngry People Travel From All Over Country To Voice Outrage Over Tortured Wolf
Mark HeinzApril 17, 2024
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Blasts Wolf Abuse
Mark HeinzApril 16, 2024
Animal Welfare Groups Offer $20,000 In Rewards For Wyoming Wolf Torture Info
Mark HeinzApril 16, 2024
Grizzly Confirmed In Wyoming Bighorn Mountains; Bear Killed For Attacking Cattle
Mark HeinzApril 15, 2024
Wyoming’s Famed North Platte Fly Fishing Is Local Guide’s Office
Dale KillingbeckApril 14, 2024
Crime & Courts
View allDetective Testifies Casper Teen Accused Of Killing Bobby Maher Said He Wanted ‘To Gut That Dude’
Dale KillingbeckApril 19, 2024
BRIEF: Rock Springs Man Found Dead Under Bridge
Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2024
Guilty Plea For Wyoming Man Accused Of Torturing And Starving Boy
Clair McFarlandApril 17, 2024
Wyoming Ranch Denies Claims It Enslaved, Trafficked Troubled Boys
Clair McFarlandApril 17, 2024
Mental Issues Don’t Keep Lander Man Accused Of Killing Drinking Buddy Out Of Court
Clair McFarlandApril 16, 2024