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
U.S. Supreme Court Doesn’t Hear Wyoming’s Case Against COVID Vax Mandates
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Wyomings case against COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.
Clair McFarlandOctober 04, 2022
Majority Whip Of Wyoming House Targeted By Anti-Semitic Fliers
Jared Olsen, a Christian, Republican legislator who celebrates his Jewish heritage, said he found antisemitic literature on his lawn Sunday, along with another 30 fliers on lawns of his supporters.
Clair McFarlandOctober 03, 2022
What Is Pornography? Casper Residents Clash At School Board Meeting Over Library Books
Many Casper parents are upset that books that contain multiple nude and sex-act photographs, instructions for teens on where to find and how to shoot pornography, and graphic guides showing sexual acts are available in the Kelly Walsh High School library.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 30, 2022
Controversial Books ‘Gender Queer’ And ‘Trans Bodies’ Remain In Casper High School Library – Here’s What’s In Them
Explicit content: The following story and photos depict mature subject matter. Cowboy State Daily gently blurred nude images, but in the original books, both available at Kelly Walsh High School, the nude images are generally uncensored. Read at your own discretion.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 29, 2022
Wyoming Man Who Disfigured, Murdered Then Raped Mother-In-Law To Stay In Prison
A man serving 70 years to life in prison for severely disfiguring, killing, then raping his mother-in-law in front of her daughter in 2019 does not get a new trial, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 28, 2022
Man Shot By Police On Reservation Died Of Multiple Gunshot Wounds
Terrance Posey died of multiple gunshot wounds following an Aug. 11 police shooting on the Wind River Indian Reservation, according to documents and interviews released on Tuesday.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 27, 2022
Some Small Wyoming Towns Dominate On Test Scores While Largest School Districts Languish
The top-scoring school districts on the annual WyTOPP test in Wyoming public schools are located in tiny communities while the largest communities did much worse.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 27, 2022
With Two New Monkeypox Cases, Wyoming No Longer Has Fewest In Country
The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed two more cases of monkeypox, one in Natrona and one in Campbell County. With four cases, Wyoming no longer has the fewest monkeypox cases in the country.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 27, 2022
Wyoming Highway Patrol: 83-Year-Old Man Likely Caused Fatal Head-On Wind River Canyon Crash
An 83-year-old Texas man driving a Cadillac Escalade may have caused the fatal head-on collision that killed a Casper father and son, along with himself.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 26, 2022
Lawsuit: States Don’t Believe USDA’s Claims That Bathrooms, Pronouns Aren’t Affected By New Rules
Twenty-one states are suing the USDA stating they dont believe its claims that the agencys new gender-identity policies wont affect bathrooms and pronouns.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 26, 2022
Wyoming Hockey Community Mourns Father, Son Killed in Wind River Canyon Crash
A Natrona High School teacher and his young son are among three who died in collision that closed Wind River Canyon for hours Saturday.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 26, 2022
Wyoming Banks: Gun-Tracking, Political Movements Use Banks As ‘Pawns’
A group representing Wyomings banks opposes a new merchant code that will categorize credit-card purchases made in gun shops. "We oppose any effort to use the banking industry for surveillance," the exec director said.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 23, 2022
Clair McFarland: The Essence Of Shin Guards, And Other Pungent Memories
Clair McFarland writes: "My firstborn son has huge feet. Like, tripping-the-bystanders, cheating-at-swimming, dont-wake-the-neighbors-when-you-stomp-to-the-bathroom feet."
Clair McFarlandSeptember 23, 2022
Barrasso, Lummis Back Bill That Thwarts Biden’s $80 Billion IRS Expansion
U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis have signed on to a bill to prevent the IRS from using an unprecedented nearly $80 billion infusion of new funds on audits of taxpayers making less than $400,000 a year.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 22, 2022
Wyoming, GOP AGs Demand Credit Card Companies Stop Tracking Gun Sales
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and 17 other GOP attorneys have told credit card companies tracking gun-shop transactions to change course or prepare for legal challenges
Clair McFarlandSeptember 22, 2022
Wyoming Littles: Triceratops A Good State Dinosaur, Because Self-Defense
First and second graders in Clearmont, Wyoming on Wednesday said that the state dinosaur, triceratops, fits Wyoming because triceratops are great at self-defense.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 21, 2022
Man Claims University of Wyoming Fired Him For Being White, Straight, Christian Male
A former University of Wyoming student and employee said he was fired for being a white, straight, Christian man and for opposing the school's required staff diversity course that pushes critical race theory.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 21, 2022
The Mystery of Shoshoni, Wyoming’s Missing Cats
With nearly 20 cats missing from the Shoshoni area without a trace, many locals suspect humans of trapping the cats.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 20, 2022
Tucson Police May Charge Luke Bell’s Fentanyl Supplier With Manslaughter
An Arizona police sergeant tasked with stemming the flow of illegal fentanyl told Cowboy State Daily that if police can implicate a specific person who gave Luke Bell fentanyl, causing his death, they'll charge that person with manslaughter.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 20, 2022
Man Who Killed Girlfriend With Car To Stay In Prison, Wyoming Supreme Court Rules
Casper resident Jerald Fallon accelerated to about 40 miles per hour, in reverse, for 137 feet and rammed his girlfriend in the bottom and lower back, launching her about 76 feet, killing her.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 20, 2022
Autopsy Report: Luke Bell Died Of Accidental Fentanyl Poisoning
Wyoming-raised country singer and songwriter Luke Bell died of an accidental fentanyl poisoning, according to a Tucson, Arizona, forensic pathologist.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 19, 2022