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Detective Testifies Casper Teen Accused Of Killing Bobby Maher Said He Wanted ‘To Gut That Dude’

A video showing a pair of 15-year-olds beating and stabbing 14-year-old Bobby Maher on April 7, along with an alleged threat to “gut that dude,” were enough to bind the teens over to adult court on murder-related charges.

Dale KillingbeckApril 19, 2024

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Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, April 19, 2024

Friday's headlines include: - Grisly Testimony In Murdered Casper Teen Case - Wyo Office of Tourism Very Worried About Wolf Impact - Brand New $28 Million Wildlife Crossing Project Announced

Wendy CorrApril 19, 2024

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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

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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

Customers line up in the U.S. Post Office on Converse Avenue in Cheyenne.

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 lawyer Brian Shuck, left, and Joey Correnti talk about an amendment during Thursday's state GOP Bylaws Committee meeting.

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

Fremont County Library Board Chair Carrie Johnson, back-facing, and board member Kristen McClelland, center, sparred over whether the library should implement parental checkout restrictions.

Under Threat Of Takeover, Fremont County Library Changes Sex Book Policies

Under pressure from county commissioners to change how it handles controversial and sexually-themed material or lose its board chair, the Fremont County Library Board approved a handful of changes Wednesday.

Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2024

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BRIEF: Rock Springs Man Found Dead Under Bridge

A Rock Springs man was found dead under a bridge Thursday by what local authorities. An autopsy will be done to determine how he died.

Clair McFarlandApril 18, 2024

The headquarters of the Wyoming Republican Party in downtown Cheyenne.

Radical Bylaw Changes Would Let Wyoming GOP Kick Out Members It Doesn’t Like

At its state convention this weekend, the Wyoming Republican Party will consider proposed bylaw changes that would allow the state party to kick out members for a wide variety of reasons.

Leo WolfsonApril 18, 2024

A memorial for Bobby Maher, the Casper 14-year-old who died after being stabbed outside Eastridge Mall on April 7, grows near the spot of the altercation. Maher's favorite color was blue.

In Wake Of Teen’s Stabbing Death, Casper Works To End ‘Culture Of Violence’

More than two weeks removed from the shocking stabbing death of a 14-year-old middle school student, the tragedy continues to tear at this central Wyoming city as it works to end a “culture of violence” with its youth.

Dale KillingbeckApril 17, 2024

High West Energy in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, has spent nearly two weeks repairing hundreds of power poles downed by a strong spring snowstorm across eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska.

Small Wyoming Power Co-Op Scrambles To Fix 600 Downed Power Poles

High West Energy, a small rural power cooperative based in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, has been scrambling for 10 days fixing nearly 600 power poles that were downed during a recent wind and snowstorm.

Ellen FikeApril 17, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon's veto of money for a failing water tower in Wheatland continues to make waves in state Republican circles.

Wyoming GOP Says Water Tower Veto Was Retaliation, Possibly Unconstitutional

The Wyoming Republican Party is questioning whether Gov. Mark Gordon’s veto of emergency money for a failing water tower in Wheatland was retaliation and questions whether he violated the state Constitution.

Leo WolfsonApril 17, 2024

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Rocky Mountain Power Wants Another 12.3% Wyoming Rate Increase

Rocky Mountain Power announced Tuesday that it wants to raise monthly power bills for 144,511 Wyoming customers by 12.3%, or about $139.4 million for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Pat MaioApril 16, 2024

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PinYour Wyoming Sunrise: Friday, April 19, 2024

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Aiyanna Curtis on the North Platte in Douglas. Aiyanna writes, "A spectacular start to the day!"

Photo by Aiyanna Curtis

Today's question to Don Day

Mark James Mullins of Douglas
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.
Don Day
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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Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, April 19, 2024

Friday's headlines include: - Grisly Testimony In Murdered Casper Teen Case - Wyo Office of Tourism Very Worried About Wolf Impact - Brand New $28 Million Wildlife Crossing Project Announced

Wendy CorrApril 19, 2024

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Candy 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

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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

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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 Game and Fish Department Director Brian Nesvik and members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission listen on Wednesday as Lisa Robertson of Wyoming Untrapped speaks about the abuse and killing of a wolf in Daniel.

Angry People Travel From All Over Country To Voice Outrage Over Tortured Wolf

Lorraine Finazzo thought about using Zoom from her home in South Carolina to tell the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission her feelings about a wolf being captured, tortured and killed in Daniel. But felt she needed to make the trip instead.

Mark HeinzApril 17, 2024

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