Clair McFarland
Clair McFarland is a general assignment reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Riverton, Wyoming. She specializes in crime and court reporting and social issues coverage. Clair also writes a twice-monthly column on motherhood and country living.
Previously, Clair wrote for The Ranger, the Lander Journal and the Wind River News. She is an award-winning journalist, columnist and poet, who joined Cowboy State Daily on Valentine's Day, 2022.
Latest from Clair McFarland

Wyoming Democrats Saddened By Trump Reaction To Charlie Kirk Shooting
Wyoming Democrats said they were saddened Friday that President Trump hasn’t called for unity following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Trump, instead, called the radical left “vicious."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 13, 2025

Legislators Work To Crack Down On Gambling ‘Houses,’ Not Bust Friendly Poker Games
Wyoming legislators on Thursday debated how to prosecute gambling houses and dealers who operate under the regulatory table — without jailing “grandma and her friends" for friendly poker games.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 13, 2025

Green River Woman Accused Of Trying To Kill Disabled Husband With Bailey's Bottle
A former Green River High School counselor is accused to repeatedly smashing a full bottle of Bailey’s liquor into the head of her disabled husband. She was charged Thursday with attempted second-degree murder and abusing a vulnerable adult.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2025

Push To Change Hulett Red Devils Mascot Sparks Outcry
Hulett faces a heated debate as an anonymous pamphlet proposes changing the school’s “Red Devil” mascot to a hawk, prompting confusion and community outcry.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Jury Finds Haitian Trucker Guilty In Crash That Killed Rawlins EMT
The Haitian trucker who plowed into a crash scene nearly three years ago, killing one Rawlins EMT and seriously injuring another was found guilty on all charges by a jury Thursday. The trucker collapsed and wept as the verdicts were read.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Wyoming Businessman Foster Friess Kick-Started Charlie Kirk's Turning Point Group
The person credited with kick-starting Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA organization was a rags-to-riches Wyoming businessman who ran for state governor in 2018. Foster Friess saw something in the young conservative crusader, who was killed Wednesday.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Clair McFarland & Rod Miller: Dying For Speech Can't Be The New Normal
Clair McFarland and Rod Miller write: “To accept what happened to Charlie Kirk as par for the course is to say that, in America, bullets are more important than ideas. Don’t take the bait.”
Clair McFarland & Rod MillerSeptember 11, 2025

Jury To Deliberate Fate Of Haitian Trucker Who Killed Rawlins EMT On I-80
Whether Saviol Saint Jean was “threading the needle” to keep driving or reacting poorly to a chaotic scene when he smashed into an ambulance, killing one EMT and injuring another nearly three years ago is now up to a jury after a grueling five-day trial.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2025

Man Accused In Big Piney Ambush Says He Had No Idea Friend Was About To Be Killed
A Big Piney man accused of plotting the compound bow ambush death of his 23-year-old friend around Feb. 1 told a judge last week that he had no idea the alleged murder was about to unfold as he walked to his friend’s house that frigid night.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 10, 2025

Haitian Trucker Takes Stand In His Defense: 'Oh My God, What Happened?
Taking the stand on day four of his vehicular homicide trial in Green River, Haitian trucker Saviol Saint Jean said moments after the accident, which killed an EMT, he called to God saying, "Oh my God, oh my God, what happened?"
Clair McFarlandSeptember 10, 2025

Wyoming Targeted By Threat Of Child Porn Planting In Extortion Scheme
Wyoming law enforcement officials are warning about a scheme whose perpetrators claim child porn has been planted on people's devices to extort money. It starts with a letter through the U.S. Mail bearing a Canada stamp.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 09, 2025

State Rests In Trial Of Haitian Trucker Who Killed Rawlins EMT With Semi
The state rested its case Monday in the trial of a Haitian trucker who plowed into an ambulance on Interstate 80 in 2022. The collision killed EMT Tyeler Harris and seriously hurt another in a chaotic scene.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 09, 2025

FBI Responds To Riverton Man Accused Of Threatening Neighbor With Homemade Napalm
The FBI’s bomb squad responded Sunday to a home in Riverton on reports that a man threatened his neighbor with homemade napalm, police say. Upset with dogs barking at his cats, he’s accused of leaving a note saying, “It’s your turn to die for those dogs."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 08, 2025

Clair McFarland: This Wicked Dodge Charger Really Has Me Thinking
Clair McFarland writes: “‘Oh boy. Dad’s loaner cars are not just loaners. They’re rodded Mustangs or time machines. I’m not kidding – the man once restored a DeLorean. So I got the least conspicuous loaner, really, when Dad handed over Mom’s race rod."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 06, 2025

Bouchard Doubles Down On Misconduct Claim Against Rasner In Court Filings
After Wyoming businessman Reid Rasner sued former state Sen. Anthony Bouchard for defamation, Bouchard doubled down, in a series of court filings, on some of the sexual misconduct allegations that landed him in court in the first place.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 06, 2025

Haitian Trucker Trial Day Two: Surviving EMT’s Emotional Testimony
In the second day of trial for a Haitian truck driver accused of slamming into two EMTs — killing one — the EMT who survived weathered emotional questioning Friday in Sweetwater County Court.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 06, 2025

Trial Starts For Haitian Trucker Accused Of Plowing Into Crash Scene, Killing EMT
Trial started Thursday for a Haitian trucker accused of plowing into a crash scene on I-80, killing one EMT and severely injuring another. One witness testified the horrific scene is “imprinted in my mind."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 05, 2025

State Of Wyoming's Investment in DraftKings Feeds Debate Over Gambling Stocks
The State of Wyoming owns about $110,833 worth of shares in sports gambling company DraftKings, the state treasurer’s office confirmed on Thursday. Lawmakers had mixed opinions about the state investing in gambling stocks.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 05, 2025

Wyoming Man Who Took Car With A Baby Inside Gets 8-10 Years In Prison
A 29-year-old man who accidentally stole a baby from a Riverton apartment complex when taking a running vehicle in February was sentenced Thursday to 8-10 years in prison. He may be able to reduce that through the state's boot camp program.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 04, 2025

Wyoming, Other States Flagged For 'Gender Ideology' In Sex-Ed Materials
Wyoming is being warned against keeping what the Trump administration calls "gender ideology" in a federally-funded program's sex-ed materials. It's part of being whiplashed from one administration to the next, Gov. Mark Gordon's office said.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 03, 2025

Casper Cosmetic Surgeon Denies Wrongdoing In 'Permanent Disfigurement' Lawsuit
A cosmetic surgeon who had worked for the Casper-based New Beautiful You clinic denies wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by two women who claim he left them sick and disfigured.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 03, 2025