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
Four Laramie County Deputies Hold Down Colorado Man For Blood Draw Drug Test
It took at least four Wyoming police officers to hold down and subdue a Colorado man who swore no one would draw his blood as evidence — moments before he told hospital workers he takes oxycodone for back pain.
Clair McFarlandMay 08, 2023
Wyoming Highway Patrol Rolls Out New Slate-Grey Patrol Cars But No One Likes Them
The Wyoming Highway Patrol assures the public that despite negative reaction over its new slate-grey patrol cars, most of the fleet will remain the sleek black many drivers already keep a sharp eye out for.
Clair McFarlandMay 05, 2023
Woman Strikes Plea Deal In Riverton Burning Tire Murder, Second Woman Headed To Trial
Chasity Washington gave a variant of guilty plea last month to a second-degree murder charge, but Kasia Monroe is still headed to trial in July for allegedly stabbing and beating a woman to death, then leaving her in a bathtub under a burning tire.
Clair McFarlandMay 05, 2023
Man Found Dead In Casper, Police Investigate As Homicide
Casper police are asking for help to solve what the Natrona County coroner has ruled a homicide in the Tuesday death of Daniel R. Swope, 48.
Clair McFarlandMay 05, 2023
Riverton Disability Care Group Client Fires Gun Found In Pile Of Donated Clothes
No one was hurt Thursday when the client of a community-based care facility for disabled people picked up a .45-caliber gun from some donated clothes and fired a round through a barrel and into the outside wall of a building, Riverton police say.
Clair McFarlandMay 05, 2023
Clair McFarland: My Sons Got Enough Touchdowns To Win Their Baseball Match
Clair McFarland writes: “They twist their skinny brown fingers around their bats. When each twin’s turn comes, he beats an atom plume out of the dusty home plate."
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Lander Man Accused Of Molesting Girls For 40 Years Questions Competency Of Victim
Donald Detimore of Lander, 70, has asked the Fremont County District Court to weigh whether a 50-year-old woman, who has joined two other women in accusing him of childhood sexual abuse, is mentally competent to testify against him.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Cheyenne Teen Girl Arrested For Repeatedly Punching Dad In The Face
Cheyenne police arrested Aundreya Mitchell, 18, early Wednesday morning for allegedly punching her dad in the face multiple times.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Cheyenne Man To Plead Guilty For Shooting Teen While Playing With Gun
Tirso Munguia, 19, of Cheyenne, has agreed to plead guilty to shooting a 16-year-old girl in the head in January while handling a 9 mm pistol in exchange for dropping max sentence from 20 to 12 years in prison.
Clair McFarlandMay 04, 2023
Wyoming Man Accused Of Shooting At Highway Because Of Truckers' Loud Brakes
Luke Vargas, 42, is charged with aggravated assault after allegations that he shot an AR-15 toward Highway 130 to stop truckers from rolling into Saratoga with their loud jake brakes.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Rock Springs School Allegedly Hiding Gender Transition From Parents Has Wyoming Lawmakers Regrouping
A Rock Springs couple’s lawsuit against their school district for allegedly gender transitioning their daughter behind their backs is galvanizing some Wyoming lawmakers to outlaw keeping parents out of those decisions.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Man Killed In Shootout With Thermopolis Police Officer Identified
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has identified Buck Laramore, 33, as the man who exchanged gunfire with Thermopolis Police Department Sgt. Mike Mascorro on Friday. Mascorro was wounded and Laramore died.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Casper Mayor Gives Emotional Apology For Abortion Hellfire Post, Says He Won’t Resign
Casper Mayor Bruce Knell apologized to anyone who construed a fire emoji he posted under a news story about an abortion clinic that was targeted by an arsonist last year as an incitement of violence, but declined demands from some to resign.
Clair McFarlandMay 03, 2023
Three Dead, Including Child, After Two F-150s Collide East Of Casper
Three people, including a child, died when two F-150 trucks collided head-on east of Casper on Monday morning, the Wyoming Highway Patrol Reports.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Gillette Mayor Wants Judge To Dismiss Atheist's $24 Million Lawsuit
Gillette Mayor Shay Lundvall is asking a judge to dismiss a 186-page, $24 million lawsuit filed by an atheist claiming suppression of religion.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Wyoming Man Accused Of Threatening FBI Agent Had Just Come Home From ER Wounded From Shootout
The FBI arrested Leo Barnaby II of Fort Washakie for threatening a federal agent. Court documents say Barnaby had just returned home from the emergency room with gunshot wounds in his back from a bonfire shootout.
Clair McFarlandMay 02, 2023
Alleged Animal Abuser's Sentencing Hearing Implodes When She Says She Can't Stand Her Attorney
The sentencing hearing for a Riverton woman facing 10 animal cruelty charges for allegedly starving numerous animals to death fell apart Monday when the woman said she could no longer work with her public defender.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
FBI Arrests Fort Washakie Man For Threatening Federal Agent
The FBI says its agents arrested 45-year-old Leo Barnaby II on Sunday for threatening a federal agent, which could mean up to 30 years in prison if the agent is seriously hurt.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
Cheyenne Teen Dead After Being Shot In Head Early Sunday Morning, Police Investigating As Homicide
A 15-year-old Cheyenne girl died Monday morning after being shot in the head on Sunday. The Cheyenne Police Department said a homicide investigation is ongoing.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
Male Killed In Shooting That Left Thermopolis Police Sergeant Wounded, Coroner Reports
The Hot Springs County Coroner said someone was killed in the Friday officer-involved shooting that left a Thermopolis police sergeant wounded. The identity and age of the deceased weren't released, only that he was male and died on scene.
Clair McFarlandMay 01, 2023
Thermopolis Police Sergeant Shot, Is In Stable Condition
A suspect shot a Thermopolis police sergeant Friday afternoon, authorities say, and the sergeant is stable after being life-flighted.
Clair McFarlandApril 29, 2023