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
Cheyenne Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Quarter Million Dollars, Faces Up To 21 Years In Jail
Carrisa Dunn-Pollard pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling nearly a quarter-million dollars from Cheyenne Little Theater, and has agreed to pay the theater back. She faces up to 21 years in prison.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2023
Colorado Woman Accused Of False Rape Claim Against Lander Man
As Lander police investigated Michelle Boyle's claims that a local man raped and punched her, they found evidence that the woman made the story up, slashed the man's tires and posted fliers around town falsely labeling him a sexual predator.
Clair McFarlandMarch 30, 2023
Jackson Man Pleads Not Guilty to Raping Child And Producing Child Pornography
German Guerra, 36 pleaded not guilty to numerous sex charges punishable by up to 144 years in prison, according to a Wednesday filing in Teton County District Court. He's scheduled for trial in August.
Clair McFarlandMarch 30, 2023
Former Northern Arapaho Leader Stephen Fasthorse Dies Unexpectedly At 45
Stephen Fasthorse, a former top leader for the Northern Arapaho Tribe, died of an unexpected and sudden emergency, the tribe announced on Wednesday night.
Clair McFarlandMarch 30, 2023
‘Floodgates Are Open’ With Lawsuit Challenging UW Sorority Over Transgender Member
A constitutional scholar said the lawsuit several women are waging against a University of Wyoming sorority and its first transgender member has national implications and could very well end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Clair McFarlandMarch 29, 2023
Platte County Jail Says Inmate’s $2 Million Sexual Harassment Claim Not Lawsuit-Worthy
After a Platte County jail inmate demanded $2 million in a civil rights complaint alleging a deputy touched his chest in a “sexual manner” and two more deputies cited him for reporting the incident, the jail asked the court Monday to dismiss the lawsuit for not rising to the applicable legal standards.
Clair McFarlandMarch 29, 2023
Chip Neiman: True Leadership Doesn’t Spend Twice As Much As It Saves And Call It Fiscally Responsible
In a guest column, House Majority Floor Leader Chip Neiman writes: "First, I voted against the budget, and second, I voted to override the Speaker to pull the bill to prohibit the teaching of gender ideology and sexuality to young children out of the Speaker's drawer."
Clair McFarlandMarch 29, 2023
Women Sue University Of Wyoming Sorority For Accepting Transgender Member
Seven women are suing the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority for admitting a transgender woman into its sorority. The lawsuit says the individual has a profile on Tinder to meet women and "had an erection visible through his leggings" at the sorority house.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2023
Wyoming Reservation, FBI, BIA Won’t Confirm If Two Possible Homicide Suspects Are At Large
While unofficial sources have confirmed two homicides on the Wind River Indian Reservation in recent days, no official source will tell the public if homicide suspects are at large.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2023
Coroner: Exhaust Leak Killed Two Men Found In Running Car In Lander
Hayden Ramsay, one of two men who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Lander parking lot, leaves behind a 7-year-old son. The boy told his mother that it would be OK because "Dad is now up in heaven with Papa (his grandfather)."
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2023
Gillette Arson Dog Lights Vehicles, Mountain of Tires On Fire
A dog in Gillette evaded its owner repeatedly while playing with a fiery glove and set ablaze a tire heap and multiple vehicles in the process Saturday morning.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2023
Charges Dropped Against Wyoming Man Who Went ‘Off His Rocker’ And Bulldozed Vehicles
Brian Anderson said he decided to "pile up everything" with a bulldozer after arguing with his dad, but the court dropped the case because of a lack of cooperation from the father and other potential victims
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2023
Raping, Whipping, Making Child Porn Could Get Jackson Man 144 Years In Prison
German Guerra, of Jackson, is charged with raping a 13-year-old girl more than 100 times, making child porn and taking covert videos of women on the toilet in a local bar. He could get 144 years in prison if convicted.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2023
Chuck Gray’s Dad Takes Property Tax Fight To Wyoming Supreme Court
Jan Charles Gray, father to Wyoming's Secretary of State, has warred with the Converse County Assessor's Office for years regarding property values on his Glenrock vacant lots, and now is appealing to the Wyoming Supreme Court for help.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2023
Cheyenne Changes Mind On Animal Shelter; Gives OK To Huge New $850,000 Per Year Contract
Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins told Cowboy State Daily on Friday the city has changed its mind and will continue with the Cheyenne Animal Shelter despite the huge increase in taxpayer funding. The county has yet to sign off on the agreement.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2023
Clair McFarland: Running Forward Is The Lame Version Of Running Backward
Clair McFarland writes: "Injury has been the one certainty of my 20 years of distance running. It plagues me like a drunk friend – ambushing me in parking lots, calling me up in the night to profess its undying devotion."
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2023
Body Found In Rawlins Vacant Lot Identified As Local Man
Corey Willey of Rawlins was found dead on a Monday morning in a vacant lot in town with no obvious indications of criminal activity at the scene. His autopsy was ongoing Thursday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 23, 2023
With Nearly 40 Drug Offenses So Far This School Year, Riverton High Principal Pleads For THC Ban
Saying there have been at least two overdoses at the school and 39 drug offenses, Riverton High School Principal John Griffith is urging city leaders to ban THC products in city limits.
Clair McFarlandMarch 23, 2023
Riverton Man Who Murdered Best Friend Could Now Go Free Because Cops Didn’t Mirandize Him
A Riverton man who spent the last three years behind bars for killing his suicidal best friend could now go free after a failure to Mirandize him led to his conviction being tossed and a new probation-focused plea agreement.
Clair McFarlandMarch 23, 2023
Casper Woman Arrested As Suspect In Wyoming Abortion Clinic Arson
After police bumped the reward for information leading to her capture to $15,000, “several tipsters” led to the arrest of a woman suspected of setting fire to a new gender and abortion clinic set to open in Casper.
Clair McFarlandMarch 23, 2023
Abortion Legal Again In Wyoming; Teton County Judge Blocks New ‘Life Is A Human Right’ Law
Citing concerns that it's not constitutional and could harm individuals, a Teton County judge on Wednesday blocked the Life Is A Human Right Act, making abortion legal again in Wyoming.
Clair McFarlandMarch 22, 2023