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
‘The Party’s Over’: Don Day Says Wyoming About To Get Hit In The Face By Winter
By the weekend, meteorologist Don Day says Wyoming is “going to get really, really cold” with temperatures dropping 20-30 degrees, and “the whole state is going to be getting some snow.”
Andrew RossiOctober 23, 2023
Guessing When Remote Wyoming Stop Sign Will Be Buried In Snow A Tradition
Tuesday is the deadline to enter the Wind River Outdoor Company’s annual Stop Sign Snow Challenge with a guess when a remote stop sign near Wind River Lake on Togwotee Pass will be completely buried in snow this winter.
Andrew RossiOctober 22, 2023
Wyoming's Largest Corn Maze Is 8-Acres Big And Mapped Out With High-Tech Precision
Ellis’ Harvest Home just west of Lingle on U.S. Highway 26 in eastern Wyoming has grown its annual corn maze into a giant 8-acre labyrinth. It's the largest in Wyoming and most people can't figure it out.
Andrew RossiOctober 21, 2023
Wyoming Archaeologists Wish They Had More Prehistoric Poop
Wyoming archaeologists are disappointed with the lack of prehistoric people poop discovered in the state. Despite its reputation for producing fossilized dinosaur poop, Wyoming has a crappy record finding prehistoric human poop.
Andrew RossiOctober 21, 2023
Yellowstone Nearly Sets Record With 4.1 Million Visitors Through September
A robust 838,000 visitors in September pushed Yellowstone National Park visitation to more than 4.1 million in 2023, its second highest ever and an example that September is more than a shoulder month.
Andrew RossiOctober 19, 2023
Woman Rescued After Fall Down Steep Ravine In Bighorn National Forest
A 50-year-old woman who fell down a steep embankment near Shell Falls in the Bighorn National Forest on Sunday was hurt and had to be retrieved using a rope and pulley system.
Andrew RossiOctober 18, 2023
Cheyenne Couple Grow Wyoming’s Biggest Pumpkin Ever, A Gargantuan 2,062-Pounder
Andy and Amy Corbin of Cheyenne broke their own state record for the most massive pumpkin ever grown in Wyoming weighing in at 2,062 pounds over the weekend.
Andrew RossiOctober 17, 2023
Football Coach Who Won Precedent-Setting Prayer Case Says Wyoming Is ‘Amazing’
When Joe Kennedy was told to either stop post-game prayers or lose his football coaching job, he took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, winning a precedent-setting case last year. He was in Wyoming on Sunday talking about faith and the First Amendment.
Andrew RossiOctober 16, 2023
Cody Residents Urged To Carry Bear Spray After Grizzly Chased From Public Trail
A male grizzly bear chased from a popular public trail in Cody city limits by Wyoming Game and Fish officials Sunday is a reminder for locals who share habitat with the apex predators to be careful. That includes carrying bear spray and staying in groups in the town’s wilder areas.
Andrew RossiOctober 16, 2023
Wildlife Officials Run Off Grizzly Bear That Was On Trail In Cody City Limits
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department ran off a grizzly bear over the weekend after it had been seen on and around the 2-mile Paul Stock Trail, which is on the northern edge of Cody near several homes and residential areas.
Andrew RossiOctober 15, 2023
Steamboat, World's Tallest Geyser, Erupts With 400-Foot Water Show
In the world of geysers, nothing is bigger or more explosive than Steamboat. But catching an eruption is difficult. Before 2018, eruptions happened every two years. In 2020, it erupted 48 times. Last weekend's eruption was the 7th of the year.
Andrew RossiOctober 15, 2023
Wyoming’s Pumpkin King Marvels At Colossal 2,749-Pound World Record Pumpkin
Although Wyoming's Pumpkin King, Jay Richard, won three pumpkin-growing championships this year, his pumpkins are still about 1,000 pounds shy of the world record set this year by Minnesota's Travis Gienger. But Jay says he can catch him.
Andrew RossiOctober 15, 2023
Real Cowboys In Wyoming Say They Wouldn't Be Caught Dead In Crocs Cowboy Boots
Polarizing Colorado hipster footwear company Crocs is releasing its version of a cowboy boot this month, but real Wyoming cowboy and legendary boot-seller Lou Taubert said he wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them.
Andrew RossiOctober 14, 2023
Wyoming Students To Launch Balloon 17 Miles Into Sky For NASA Eclipse Project
A small group of Central Wyoming College students is launching a balloon 17 miles into the atmosphere for a NASA research project to collect information on Saturday’s eclipse.
Andrew RossiOctober 13, 2023
Plow Trucks Out In Force For Wyoming’s First Big Snow Of Season
After expecting to be short as many as 70 snowplow drivers this winter, WYDOT now is “in good shape” — and they're out in force for Wyoming’s first significant storm of the season.
Andrew RossiOctober 12, 2023
115 Decaying Bodies Found In "Green And Natural" Colorado Funeral Home Won't Happen In Wyoming
While 115 human bodies were found decaying in a so-called "green and natural" funeral home in Colorado last week, a situation like this likely wouldn't happen in Wyoming because of strict regulations here and almost no regulations in Colorado.
Andrew RossiOctober 11, 2023
Wyoming's Picture-Perfect Autumn Weather About To Change With "Season-Changing" Cold Front
Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day says to expect “season-changing” thunderstorms, rain, wind, up to a foot of snow in the high country and winter travel conditions along I-80 through Thursday night.
Andrew RossiOctober 11, 2023
In Remote Yellowstone Wilderness, There’s Still A Working Pay Phone
There are plenty of endangered species in Yellowstone National Park, but finding a working pay phone at the closed Norris Campground may be the most endangered of them all.
Andrew RossiOctober 10, 2023
Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon Is A 2 Billion-Year Travel Through Time
The 20-minute drive from the Boysen Dam to Thermopolis on U.S. Highway 20 goes through 2 billion years of natural history, making Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon the best time machine in the United States.
Andrew RossiOctober 09, 2023
RV Destroyed With Exploding 1,000-Pound Pumpkins At Wyoming Weigh-Off
The crowd cheered as thousand-pound pumpkins exploded after being dropped from a 200-foot crane in Worland on Saturday afternoon at the Wyoming State Pumpkin Growing Championship. After the weigh-off, the pumpkins annihilated a Winnebago.
Andrew RossiOctober 09, 2023
Wyoming Places: Cody's Old Trail Town Finally Gets A Brothel
A trip to Old Trail Town in Cody is a step back to the Old West. The 6-acre complex has 28 buildings, seven gravesites, a museum of Western artifacts and more than 100 wagons and carriages. And now it's finally got a brothel.
Andrew RossiOctober 08, 2023