Andrew Rossi
Andrew Rossi is a features reporter for Cowboy State Daily based in northwest Wyoming. He covers everything from horrible weather and giant pumpkins to dinosaurs, astronomy, and the eccentricities of Yellowstone National Park.
Previously, Rossi was the News Director for Big Horn Basin Media in Cody. He earned several awards from the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters, including multiple awards for Best News Reporter and Best News Talk Show.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Rossi previously worked at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. He has collaborated with Disney/Pixar, the BBC, The Washington Post, the Wyoming Office of Tourism, and several other national and international media outlets. He is also a cofounder of The Cody Theatre Company in Cody.
Latest from Andrew Rossi
Yes, Yellowstone’s A Supervolcano, But Its Top Scientist Says Stop Calling It That
Yellowstone is one of the largest volcanoes on the planet and it technically qualifies as a “supervolcano,” but calling it that is misleading, says Mike Poland, scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
Andrew RossiJanuary 28, 2024
Powell-To-Cody Another Link In 500-Mile Trail Corridor Through Wyoming
A proposal to build a 25-mile recreation trail from Powell to Cody is another link in an effort to create a 500-mile trail corridor through Wyoming, connecting to the 3,700-mile Great American Rail Trail.
Andrew RossiJanuary 28, 2024
Why Yellowstone Was Chosen To Be Planet Vulcan In First Star Trek Movie
Wanting to make a big splash with the first Star Trek movie, there was only one location otherworldly and alien enough to become Vulcan, the home planet of Mr. Spock — Minerva Terrace in Yellowstone National Park.
Andrew RossiJanuary 28, 2024
Wyoming's Loch Ness Monster Was A Short, Stumpy Sea Lizard From Niobrara County
Dinosaur researchers have “rediscovered” the newest fossils of an 80 million-year-old short, stumpy sea lizard found in Niobrara County, Wyoming, back in 1975. They say it was "little and cute, with big puppy dog eyes."
Andrew RossiJanuary 28, 2024
Not Enough Snow This Season To Build Gigantic 25-Foot Wyoming Snowman
It was not a Christmas miracle for the Garvin Family in Jackson this year. Due to a lack of snow, they couldn't build their 25-foot snowman as they've done every year since 2012. Weather permitting, they vow it will return next year.
Andrew RossiJanuary 26, 2024
Wyoming’s Jekyll-And-Hyde Winter Swings 100 Degrees, From -50 To 50
Wyoming’s Jekyll-and-Hyde El Niño winter has seen 100-degree temperature swings in a matter of weeks, from minus 50 polar vortex wind chills to over 50 above to finish January.
Andrew RossiJanuary 25, 2024
Wyoming Places: Yellowstone’s Tomato Soup Pool Looks Innocent But It's Deadly
The Tomato Soup Pool in Yellowstone has been off limits to the public for eight years now. With no trails and "hot springs all over the place," it's a highly dangerous location where a casual tourist could meet their demise quickly, park officials say.
Andrew RossiJanuary 22, 2024
Dinosaur World Thrilled Over Allosaurus Found In Wyoming’s Jurassic Mile
A rare discovery of an Allosaurus found in Wyoming’s famous Jurassic Mile has the dinosaur world excited over the bones which are mostly intact with evidence of injuries and even skin.
Andrew RossiJanuary 21, 2024
Frosty Flowers Cover Boysen Reservoir Like A Sea Of ‘Sagebrush’
On an ice fishing trip to Wyoming’s Boysen Reservoir, Ed and Deanna Reish, along with grandson McCrae Puckett, stumbled on to a beautiful phenomenon -- the lake was covered with a field of large hoarfrost crystals that looked like a sea of frosty “sagebrush.”
Andrew RossiJanuary 17, 2024
Thar She Blows! Dormant Geyser In Yellowstone Erupts For First Time in 25 Years
A longtime dormant geyser in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin sprung to life last week and erupted 48 times in one day. It's the first time the geyser has erupted since 1999.
Andrew RossiJanuary 17, 2024
Arctic Deep Freeze Sees Record -36 In Worland, Windchills Of -60 Around Wyoming
Monday brought the coldest of a four-day Arctic deep freeze across Wyoming, with Worland smashing its previous record low by 7 degrees with a 36 below zero, while Buffalo and Gillette saw windchills hit -60.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, January 15, 2024
Cold across Wyoming on Monday with wind chill warnings and snow possible in many areas. Highs mostly in the single digits or negative single digits, but some highs near 20 in southwest and western Wyoming. Lows range from -3 to -23.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024
Buffalo Bill Avenged Cody Bank Heist By Stopping a Fake Train Robbery
While Buffalo Bill Cody vowed loudly to the press how he’d bring the Hole in the Wall Gang to justice for robbing the First National Bank in Cody, in 1904, truth is they didn’t do it. Instead, he staged a fake train robbery in his Wild West Show.
Andrew RossiJanuary 14, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Cold and snowy weather to continue on Sunday. Temperatures at or below zero everywhere and wind chills as low as -40. Several inches of snow during the day and overnight in many parts of Wyoming.
Andrew RossiJanuary 14, 2024
The Wild Bunch Didn’t Rob That Cody, Wyoming, Bank In A Daring Daylight Shootout
It made for sensational headlines: Butch Cassidy’s Hole in the Wall Gang brazenly robbed Cody’s First National Bank in a daring daylight shootout, and Buffalo Bill Cody vowed to avenge his namesake town. Problem is, the infamous outlaws didn’t do it.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Historic 119-Year-Old Sandstone Mill Saved And Rebuilt In Shadow Of Devils Tower
When the 119-year-old Toomey’s Flour Mill in Newcastle was torn down to build a gas station, Ogden Driskill bought the remains to save it. A stonemason has spent the last decade rebuilding the structure on Driskill's ranch in the shadow of Devils Tower.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Saturday, January 13, 2024
Most of Wyoming is under a wind chill warning all day Saturday and overnight, with wind chills as low as -60 in northeast and north-central Wyoming. Many communities can expect several inches of snow overnight.
Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2024
Dangerous Winter Blast Hits Wyoming With Subzero Temps, Snow, -50 Wind Chills
The most significant winter storm of the 2023-2024 winter season has plunged Wyoming into a deep freeze with dangerous double-digit subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as minus 50. Every corner of Wyoming is feeling the brunt of the polar vortex.
Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 12, 2024
High Wind Warnings and Winter Weather Warnings/Advisories across all of Wyoming on Friday. Most communities can expect several inches of snow, wind gusts as high as 55 mph, and dangerously low wind chills between -20 and -55.
Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2024
Winter Winds Turn Fremont Lake Into A Symphony Of Pops, Cracks And Echoes
A perfectly clear ice sheet on Fremont Lake makes its own music, a veritable symphony of pops, cracks and echoes as Wyoming’s famous winter winds roared in to break it up.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2024
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, January 11, 2024
Wyoming will be breezy with subzero wind chills all day Thursday, with blowing snow and dropping temperatures overnight. Expect more Winter Weather Warnings and Watches on Friday and over the weekend.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2024