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
$25 Billion Grocery Albertsons – Kroger Mega Merger Clears Another Legal Hurdle
A Kroger-Albertsons deal that promises to impact 750 Wyoming grocery workers continues to pursue federal approval, while legal challenges are down to an appeal pending in Washington state.
Renée JeanDecember 22, 2022
Gillette Prepares For 55,000 Camporee Attendees, Will Be Largest City In Wyoming For A Week
When the International Pathfinder Camporee rolls into Gillette, it will bring a whopping 55,000 people and an estimated $15 million to $20 million economic impact.
Renée JeanDecember 22, 2022
Inside The Control Room: Manning The Electronic Signs On Wyoming’s Roadways
In an office that looks more like a NASA mission control center, the Wyoming Transportation Management Center is the high-tech hub that controls the electronic signs which beam weather advisories and variable speed limit changes on the state's highways.
Renée JeanDecember 20, 2022
Be Prepared: Extreme Cold Can Snap Steel Electrical Poles
With temps in some parts of Wyo to hit 40 below zero, it's critical to be prepared. When a steel electrical pole snapped in Williston, North Dakota three years ago, all 35,000 residents lost electricity.
Renée JeanDecember 19, 2022
Radio Still Not Dead In Wyoming; New License Petitioned For In Park County
Although radio has been proclaimed a dead medium for years, it's still alive in Wyoming because of the local information it can get to people. A new FM station in Ralston, Wyoming has just been petitioned for.
Renée JeanDecember 18, 2022
New Privately-Run Tourism Program Aims to Ensure Wyoming Wildlife Here Forever
More than 70 businesses that rely on wildlife tourism have come together to support initiatives that preserve wildlife for future generations. Tourism is about 3.7% of the state's GDP, which means $4 billion in travel.
Renée JeanDecember 18, 2022
Mountain Biking In Wyoming: It Ain’t Just A Summer Sport Anymore
Mountain biking has been on the rise across the nation and Wyoming, with new trails and varied terrain, it has a lot to offer mountain bikers in summer and winter
Renée JeanDecember 16, 2022
Union Leader Critical of Wyoming Delegation After Vote Against Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers
The executive director of Wyoming's AFL-CIO was critical of Sens. Barrasso and Lummis for voting no on a resolution that would have provided seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers instead of one.
Renée JeanDecember 16, 2022
Wyoming Medicinal Chemist Says Vaping Horrible For Health, Causes Long-Term Damage
Although vaping has been touted as safer alternative to smoking, University of Wyoming Medicinal Chemistry Professor Dr. Guanglong He said his recent study looking at what vaping does at the molecular level shows the practice is very dangerous and causes long-term health issues.
Renée JeanDecember 15, 2022
Wyoming Lands High-Tech Holographic System To Test Concepts Before Implementation
With zSpace, entrepreneurs can run simulations of their prototypes, refining them in three dimensions before sending a finished design to a 3D printer.
Renée JeanDecember 15, 2022
Car Manufacturers May Drop AM Radio; Wyoming Radio Station Owners Say AM Is Vital
Auto manufacturers are considering killing the AM radio dial in all of their cars because the frequency of the electric vehicle interferes with reception. Wyoming radio station owners say that's a bad idea.
Renée JeanDecember 14, 2022
Wyoming’s CryptoFed Comes Out Swinging In SEC Hearing
Wyoming-based American CryptoFed Dao will get more time to defend itself against SEC allegations that the company failed to provide even basic financial information when it tried to register two digital tokens.
Renée JeanDecember 13, 2022
Ms. Wheelchair Wyoming Using Her Platform To Advocate For Disability Awareness
Ms. Wheelchair Wyoming, Masha Flinn, told Cowboy State Daily that she is focused on celebrating women in wheelchairs, their achievements, and advocacy, and leadership.
Renée JeanDecember 13, 2022
Monster Grocery Merger Clears Legal Hurdle, Wyoming Workers Fear Job Losses, Higher Prices
The union that represents 750 grocery workers in Wyoming said when Albertsons and Safeway merged in 2014, lower prices & higher wages were promised. Instead, hundreds of workers lost jobs and retirements while food deserts widened.
Renée JeanDecember 13, 2022
Rawlins Latest Wyoming City To Allow Delivery Of Booze
Since the state Legislature passed a bill legalizing alcohol delivery, Cheyenne, Jackson, Casper and now Rawlins have OKd alcohol delivery in their communities.
Renée JeanDecember 11, 2022
Cheyenne Chef Petrina Peart Battles Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay On Food Network Show
The U.S. Air Force brought Petrina Peart to Wyoming and to her ultimate passion cooking. That passion recently landed her on the Food Network in a cook-off of goat curry against celebrity chef Bobby Flay on his hit show Beat Bobby Flay.
Renée JeanDecember 10, 2022
Already Richest In US, Teton County Wealth Divide Widens By $100,000
The wealthiest county in the nation -- by a long shot -- Teton County's average per capita income in 2021 jumped 44% over the year before. At $318,000 per year, it's more than $120,000 than second place Pitkin County, Colorado, home to Aspen.
Renée JeanDecember 09, 2022
Wyoming-Based Visionary Broadband Announces $100 Million Expansion
The Gillette-based Visionary Broadband has announced a $100 million commitment to expand high-speed internet in many communities across Wyoming including Lusk, Dayton, Yoder, and LaGrange.
Renée JeanDecember 09, 2022
Without Enough Pilots, Airlines Cutting Service Across Wyoming
Demand for service is rising at regional airports across the state, but a pilot shortage has forced airlines to cut the number of available flights at most of the states nine commercial airports.
Renée JeanDecember 08, 2022
The Mystery Of Wyoming Pearl Harbor Survivor No. 12
When Cheyenne residents Jeremy and Cecelia Bay saw a Wyoming Pearl Harbor Survivor license plate in a Hawaii pawnshop, they knew they couldnt leave it there. That plate needed to go home. They couldnt leave it behind.
Renée JeanDecember 07, 2022
Remote Workers Coming To Wyoming For The Outdoors, Quality Of Life
Wyoming officials see attracting remote workers to the Cowboy State as a way to diversify its labor pool, while remote workers already here say the outdoors and quality of life are why they moved here.
Renée JeanDecember 06, 2022