Renée Jean
Renée Jean is the business and tourism reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Cheyenne. Previously, Renée spent seven years covering energy and agriculture in North Dakota and Montana. She has won many writing awards over a 30-year career, and has written magazine articles for Guideposts.
Latest from Renée Jean
Brooks Lake Lodge Evacuated As Fish Creek Fire Advances, Highway 26 Closed
An advancing Fish Creek Fire prompted an evacuation of the historic Brooks Lake Lodge and nearby subdivisions Tuesday. Smoke and unstable fire lines also have closed Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass.
Renée JeanSeptember 04, 2024
“Yellowstone” Creator Taylor Sheridan Buys Wyoming Ranch For $4.95 Million
Taylor Sheridan, creator of the hugely popular “Yellowstone” television franchise, has snapped up a Star Valley, Wyoming, ranch for $4.95 million. That has people wondering if it’ll be featured in one of his upcoming shows.
Renée JeanSeptember 03, 2024
Wyoming Real Estate: Fort Washakie Artist Richard Greeves' House Lists For $615,000
In his Fort Washakie home and studio, the late sculptor Richard V. Greeves focused on transformational portraits of the West with a special emphasis on Native Americans and the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery.
Renée JeanSeptember 02, 2024
Wyoming Craft Brewers Say Their Industry Is Nearing A Tipping Point
Wyoming’s craft beers have helped boost tourism in Wyoming, but some brewers say the field is getting crowded amid a challenging environment. They’re worried their industry is at a tipping point and could crash.
Renée JeanSeptember 02, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Cheyenne’s Newest Wine House Is Fun And Flirty
The Cheyenne couple were sharing their hobby wines with friends. To acclaim. Their friends loved their wines, and told the couple they ought to open a wine house. The Blue Stem Wine House was born.
Renée JeanSeptember 01, 2024
Carnegie Library In Lusk, Wyoming, Is Worth The Visit
There were 16 Carnegie libraries built in Wyoming and only 10 remain. Just five of them still operate as libraries. Andrea Graham, the Alliance for Historic Wyoming’s Board president, says the one in Lusk is the most charming. "The detailing is just beautiful," she says.
Renée JeanSeptember 01, 2024
Can Chugwater’s Historic 109-Year-Old Grant Hotel Be Saved?
The town of Chugwater is undergoing a revival and the owner of the 109-year-old Grant Hotel is hoping a buyer will revive this historic building. Built in same timeframe as the Occidental in Buffalo and the Virginian in Medicine Bow, "it's very stout," the owner says. "Simplistic but strong."
Renée JeanSeptember 01, 2024
"If He's Lopen, We're Open": Manville’s 3 Sisters Truck Stop Is True Wyoming
Singer songwriter Rachel Baiman noticed the eye-catching sign at 3 Sisters Truck Stop and had to check it out. Then she wrote a song about it. For those who’ve been to Manville in Niobrara County, they know 3 Sisters is as Wyoming as it gets.
Renée JeanAugust 31, 2024
Tycoon’s Jackson Dream Home Is Loaded, And For Sale For $28.5 Million
Starfall is the name of a six-bedroom, 4.5-bath custom-built dream home for a Jackson tycoon. The 9,300-square-foot home, listed for $28.5 million, is right by an elk migration corridor and has views of the Tetons all around. "This is not some cookie-cutter subdivision," one broker said.
Renée JeanAugust 31, 2024
Wyoming Union Rep Says I Told You So After Kroger Admits Price Gouging
Prices for milk and eggs exceeded inflation costs, a Kroger executive admitted this week during the FTC’s lawsuit challenging its proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsons. That had Local UFCW President Kim Cordova saying I told you so.
Renée JeanAugust 30, 2024
Dozens Of Firefighting Crews On Site To Protect Iconic Brooks Lake Lodge
A spiderweb of waterlines are positioned around the historic structures at Brooks Lake Lodge and dozens of crews from an overall incident management team of 500 firefighters have been brought to the scene to cross-train for protecting the historic Wyoming lodge.
Renée JeanAugust 29, 2024
Faced With Slower Rural Mail Service, Wyomingites Have One Chance To Comment
The U.S. Postal Service is pushing another cost-cutting move that would mean slower mail delivery to rural areas, like much of Wyoming. Cowboy State residents will have one chance to comment on the plan.
Renée JeanAugust 27, 2024
Elite Firefighting Team Moves In To Defend Historic Brooks Lake Lodge
One of 44 elite firefighting teams in the U.S. is on scene in Wyoming on Monday to help defend the historic Brooks Lake Lodge from wildfire. It’s also helping to keep the flames away from other homes and infrastructure in the Dubois area.
Renée JeanAugust 26, 2024
Butch Cassidy In Wyoming: Outlaw Buddy Matt Warner Started A Criminal Life Early
Butch Cassidy’s best friend Matt Warner started his life as a Western outlaw. At the age of 14, he thought he killed a man. That sent him running to Brown’s Hole, where he pulled off his first robbery before he’d turned 19.
Renée JeanAugust 25, 2024
Wyoming Ranchers And Farmers Leaving Agriculture Are “Tired Of Just Surviving”
The Antlers Ranch near Meeteetse has been in the same family since 1895, but now is for sale. The legacy ranch is an example of Wyoming ranchers and farmers leaving agriculture because they’re “tired of just surviving.”
Renée JeanAugust 25, 2024
Sued To Stop $25B Mega Grocery Merger With Albertsons, Kroger Sues Back
Grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons face lawsuits from multiple fronts challenging its planned $25 billion merger. Now Kroger is fighting back with a lawsuit of its own against the FTC.
Renée JeanAugust 25, 2024
All-Out, Around-The-Clock Effort To Save Historic Brooks Lake Lodge From Fire
There’s an all-out, around-the-clock effort on to save the historic Brooks Lake Lodge from the Fish Creek Fire. Ultimately, the lodge’s survival is up to the wind and weather.
Renée JeanAugust 24, 2024
Butch Cassidy In Wyoming: A Perfect Hideout After His First Bank Robbery
Fresh off his first bank robbery in Telluride, Colorado Butch Cassidy finds the perfect hideout in Wyoming. His Brown’s Hole hideout remains one of the most remote places in the region.
Renée JeanAugust 24, 2024
Rural Wyoming Can Expect Even Slower Mail Delivery Under New USPS Proposal
A new proposal from the U.S. Postal Service would cut $3 billion in costs by prioritizing mail closest to large processing centers. That could mean even slower delivery for mail in mostly rural Wyoming.
Renée JeanAugust 23, 2024
Wyoming Gears Up To Be First State To Issue Its Own Cryptocurrency
Gov. Mark Gordon said Wednesday that Wyoming is on track to be the first state to issue its own cryptocurrency. But the state’s banking sector isn’t thrilled about it.
Renée JeanAugust 23, 2024
JD Williams Scores Rematch Victory Over Allen Slagle In House District 2 Seat
After losing by 12 votes to Allen Slagle in the 2022 Republican primary, former House member JD Williams won Tuesday’s rematch. This time it wasn’t as close.
Renée JeanAugust 21, 2024