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
Arapahoe Couple Accused Of Torturing, Starving, Locking Boy Up For Weeks
Accused of torturing, starving and confining their son in his room for stealing snacks, two Arapahoe, Wyoming, parents are facing up to life in prison on an enhanced child abuse charge alleging they seriously hurt the boy.
Clair McFarlandDecember 18, 2023
450 Kappa Sorority Sisters Side With UW Women Against Transgender Member
A group of 450 Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority sisters have filed a court argument this week backing six University of Wyoming sisters in their appeal against the sorority for admitting a transgender member at the UW chapter.
Clair McFarlandDecember 15, 2023
Clair McFarland: Winter Starts When Everything Breaks Or Pukes
Clair McFarland writes: “Winter starts when my car breaks down and my kid starts puking."
Clair McFarlandDecember 15, 2023
Rock Springs Teachers Plead ‘We Need Help’ With Students Too Unruly To Handle
Saying the unruly behavior of students in their Rock Springs classrooms is becoming too disruptive to deal with, the Sweetwater County Education Association begged the local school board this week that "we need help."
Clair McFarlandDecember 15, 2023
Jewish History Ph.D. With Wyoming Roots Scoffs At Lander Pro-Palestine Protesters
A group of pro-Palestine protesters in Lander, Wyoming, have refused to condemn the Hamas terrorist attack that started a bloody war with Israel. A Jewish history PhD and longtime Wyomingite now living in Israel scoffs at their claims.
Clair McFarlandDecember 15, 2023
Wyoming Battles Pro-Choicers For Early Judgment In Abortion Lawsuit
An attorney representing Wyoming and three attorneys representing a pro-choice coalition both asked a Teton County Judge on Thursday to resolve the state’s abortion case early in their favor.
Clair McFarlandDecember 15, 2023
Decade-Old Rape Kit Leads To New Charge For Wyoming Man Already In Halfway House
DNA from a 2012 rape kits has linked to a Wyoming man already serving a sentence for sexual assault, who allegedly admitted he had sex with a drunk 13-year-old girl.
Clair McFarlandDecember 14, 2023
Worland Man Accused Of Turning Glock Into Illegal Machine Gun
Accused of modifying his Glock 9 mm pistol with a rapid-fire device, a Worland man has been charged by a Wyoming grand jury with possessing a machine gun, and also for having an unregistered short-barreled rifle.
Clair McFarlandDecember 14, 2023
Facing Possible Murder Charge, Trial Delayed For Ex-Boyfriend Of Missing Cody Woman
Recognizing that a man who made it home from Alabama to Cody in October with a bloody vehicle — but without his girlfriend, who was accompanying him — may need to summon a hefty defense, a federal judge on Tuesday delayed his trial.
Clair McFarlandDecember 14, 2023
Trump Files Motion To Defend Himself In Lawsuit To Keep Him Off Wyoming’s Ballot
Former President Donald Trump filed a motion on Tuesday to intervene and defend himself in a federal lawsuit filed by a retired Laramie attorney aimed at keeping Trump off Wyoming’s election ballot.
Clair McFarlandDecember 13, 2023
Babysitter Accused Of Beating 5-Year-Old To Death Claims Confession Was Coerced
The Kemmerer babysitter accused of beating a 5-year-old girl to death in November 2022 claims her confession can't be used at trial because she was on too many pain medications to voluntarily waive her right to remain silent.
Clair McFarlandDecember 13, 2023
Charges: Casper Man Accused Of Causing Crash That Killed 3; Didn’t Help Victims
Eighteen months after allegedly being drunk and causing a horrific crash that killed three people, a Casper man has been charged with vehicular homicide. According to court documents, he didn’t help the dying victims, saying, “I can’t do that.”
Clair McFarlandDecember 13, 2023
Casper Man Guilty Of Murdering Father-In-Law, Trying To Kill Mother-In-Law
A Casper man who stabbed and beat his mother-in-law nearly to death and killed her husband faces 40 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
Clair McFarlandDecember 12, 2023
Gillette Man Accused Of Sex With 14-Year-Old Thrown In Trunk Of Car, Beaten, Left In Field
Campbell County District Court documents allege that in retaliation for a Gillette man sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, another man threw him in the trunk of a car, drove him to a remote location, beat him, and left him in a dirt field near Rozet.
Clair McFarlandDecember 12, 2023
Cheyenne Man Accused Of Running Over Woman's Head
Police are recommending felony charges for a Cheyenne man accused of smacking one woman with an ice scraper and running over another woman's head with his car on Sunday.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Woman Claims Newcastle Hospital Tried To Have Her Involuntarily Committed For Whistleblowing
An Upton woman is suing Weston County Health Services, claiming hospital officials tried to have her involuntarily committed as mentally ill when she reported alleged ethics and legal violations as its human resources worker.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Case Of 5-Year-Old's Reported Sex Assault At Cody School Sent To Prosecutor
The Cody Police Department announced Monday it's handing over its six-week investigation into the reported sexual assault of a kindergartener at Livingston Elementary to the Park County prosecuting attorney.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Honduras Man Busted For Drugged Driving In Douglas Was In US Illegally
A Honduras man who was deported in 2011 and allegedly caught driving drugged near Douglas last month now faces a federal charge for illegally reentering the United States.
Clair McFarlandDecember 11, 2023
Arkansas Police Release Body Cam Video Of Missing Cody Woman Katie Ferguson
Body cam video released Saturday of an Arkansas police officer shows the last known sighting of Katie Ferguson of Cody, who went missing more than two months ago while traveling back to Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend and two young children.
Clair McFarlandDecember 10, 2023
Venezuelan Immigrant In Gillette Pleads Guilty In Broken Beer Bottle Battle
A Venezuelan immigrant in Gillette pleaded guilty on Thursday to wielding a broken Corona beer bottle with the intent to hurt a relative in a bloody free-for-all throw down. He could get deported as a result of the brawl.
Clair McFarlandDecember 08, 2023
Wyoming School Children Hospitalized After Semi Rear-Ends Natrona County School Bus Off I-80
Some members of the Natrona County High School speech and debate team were hospitalized Friday morning when their bus was rear-ended by a semitruck on Interstate 80 on their way to a competition in Green River.
Clair McFarlandDecember 08, 2023