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
Barrasso Votes Against $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package; It Passes Anyway
Sen. John Barrasso voted against a $95 billion foreign aid package early Tuesday morning, saying the U.S. needs to take care of the crisis at its southern border “before helping other nations secure theirs.” The bill passed 70-29.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 13, 2024
Bill Introduced To Discourage Child Custody For People Who Allow Gender-Change Treatments
Thirteen Wyoming legislators have signed-on to the "Best Interests Of A Child" bill that would sway child-custody battles in favor of parents and guardians who won't allow children to receive gender-change treatments.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 13, 2024
Texas Police Say Lander Runaways Not A Threat To Shoot Up A Preschool
The claim that two runaway Lander teens are out to shoot up a preschool in Texas is “a very intriguing story line” social media users have woven together without a credible source, a Texas police chief said Monday.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 12, 2024
'You Deserve This': Riverton Man Accused Of Strangling, Raping Woman For Hours
A Riverton man could face life in prison on claims he beat, strangled, confined and raped a woman for four to six hours on the Wind River Indian Reservation last month.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 12, 2024
Felony Charges Facing Utah Man After 100MPH Chase & Crash Into Laramie Home
A Utah man accused of crashing into a Laramie home and demolishing the front porch while fleeing law enforcement at more than 100mph with his child, marijuana and illegal mushrooms in his vehicle could face up to 28 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 12, 2024
Laramie Man Accused Of Making Death Threats, Breaking Windows At Chili's
William Coco is accused of breaking the windows at a Laramie Chili’s restaurant after he was kicked out, then leaving behind a stack of threatening letters for police to find. “You need to die!!!” read one of the letters.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 12, 2024
Religious Freedom Expert To Speak In Cheyenne Tuesday
The attorney fighting major and controversial religious freedom cases in the U.S. is speaking at a conference in Cheyenne on Tuesday to discuss religious freedom in the U.S. and how it can be safeguarded for the future.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 11, 2024
Clair McFarland: Video Games Are An Abomination
Clair McFarland writes: “All I want is for everyone to stop playing video games… True male bonding time should be going out into the hills and shooting a nice rabbit for dinner stew.”
Clair McFarlandFebruary 10, 2024
Wyoming’s Appeals Court Upholds Law Barring Drug Users From Having Guns
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Wyoming, on Friday upheld a federal law barring drug users from possessing guns. Hunter Biden is charged under that same law in a federal court in Delaware.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 09, 2024
Lander, Wyoming, Teens Suspected Of Running Away With Guns & Stolen Classic Car
A pair of Lander, Wyoming, 16-year-olds reportedly ran away Thursday in a stolen classic 1969 Chevelle. Police think they’re possibly heading to Texas and may have guns with them.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 09, 2024
Former Casper Mayor Sues Plane Repair Companies Over Near-Fatal Crash
Former Casper Mayor Bruce Knell on Thursday sued Casper Air Service and Natrona Avionics, saying the repair shops didn't fix the fuel system in his plane, which caused a near-fatal crash in 2022.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 09, 2024
Chuck Gray Lobbies Against Keeping Trump Off Ballots In Front Of Supreme Court
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray livestreamed from the U.S. Supreme Court building Thursday minutes before the justices heard oral arguments about whether the Colorado Supreme Court was right to remove Donald Trump from that state's election ballots.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 09, 2024
Wyoming Man Accused Of Stabbing Another To Death In Front Of Car Full Of Witnesses
One witness told an FBI investigator that a Fort Washakie man repeatedly stabbed the victim and threatened a number of others that he would do the same to them if they didn’t get back in the car.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 08, 2024
FBI Asks Wyoming Residents To Help Solve American Indian Murders
At the Wind River Indian Reservation on Wednesday, the FBI announced a new tip line designed to draw out hesitant tipsters with information about unsolved murders or missing cases of American Indians in Wyoming.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 08, 2024
Prison For Fort Washakie Man Who Pistol-Whipped Victim, Made Him Kiss Gun
A Fort Washakie man with a laundry list of violent and serious offenses will serve prison time for stealing more than $24,000 from an Indian health clinic and pistol-whipping another man. He faces more charges for reportedly assaulting a man who tried to kiss him.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 07, 2024
Hageman, 21 Others Urge Supreme Court To Block Jan. 6 Prosecutions
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman is one of 22 in Congress who filed a brief Monday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision allowing potential decades of prison for Jan. 6, 2021, protestors, including nonviolent ones.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 06, 2024
Barrasso, Lummis Won't Vote For Immigration Bill That Could Allow 5,000 Illegal Aliens In U.S. Per Day
Sens. Barrasso and Lummis on Tuesday said they were adamantly against a $118 billion immigration bill that could allow 5,000 illegal migrants per day in the U.S., and would funnel billions into Ukraine, Gaza and other war zones.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 06, 2024
Wyoming Sex Offender Shot By Police Now Charged With Jailbreak
A Fort Washakie, Wyoming, man shot by a police officer during a family brawl and serving time for failing to register as a sex offender has now been charged with jailbreak for hiding on a reservation instead of reporting to treatment home.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 05, 2024
Colorado Man Crashes Truck When He Learned 13-Year-Old Wyoming Girl Wasn’t Real
A 45-year-old Colorado man accused of trying to meet up with a 13-year-old Wyoming girl sped off and wrecked his truck in Albany County when he realized the date was a police setup.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 05, 2024
Umpire In A Robe: Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Reflects On 46-Year Career
Now about to retire, Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Keith Kautz is still delighted with his 46-year law career, and the youth baseball games he umpired to keep from growing cynical.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 03, 2024
Armed, Barricaded Suspect Closed Highway To Casper Saturday
An "armed, barricaded suspect" prompted a law-enforcement response on Highway 20-26 between Moneta and Casper on Saturday morning. The suspect was in custody by midday and the road was reopened.
Clair McFarlandFebruary 03, 2024