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New Evanston Air Ambulance Base Will Cut 2-Hour Responses To 15 Minutes
A new Wyoming Life Flight helicopter base at Evanston Regional Hospital will expand access to critical care within 150 miles of the city. Southwest Wyoming will see two-hour response times cut to 15 minutes.
Dale KillingbeckSeptember 07, 2025

Couple Has Ambitious Plan To Restore Liberty Belle Lodge In Tiny Aladdin, Wyoming
If Kyle Meade and Julia Okitsu are successful in restoring the Liberty Bell Lodge in Aladdin, Wyoming, (pop. 15), it will double the number of businesses on the town's main drag (Wyoming Highway 24), raising it from one to two.
Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Like Star Athletes, WyoTech Grads Recruited For Jobs All Over The Country
Like star athletes, WyoTech graduates are in high demand, recruited to fill high-paying jobs across the country. One grad says the Wyoming school will help him realize a dream of being a mechanic for Ferrari.
Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Cheyenne Woman Makes More Money Thrifting Vintage Clothing Than At Her Old Job
Macradee Aegerter started thrifting in high school before vintage clothing was considered chic and in style. Now that vintage is all the rage, her one-time side hustle now brings in more money than her old job ever did.
Renée JeanSeptember 07, 2025

Wave of Legacy Wyoming Ranches Are Hitting Market In Historic Land Shift
Antlers, Pitchfork, PK, Midland and Pathfinder — a wave of long-held family ranches across Wyoming are hitting the market in a historic land shift. The Boomer-driven sales trend has the potential to remake the state’s rural landscapes.
Renée JeanSeptember 06, 2025
Robots Are Herding Cattle, But Wyoming Wranglers Say They Can’t Replace Them
Could robots replace real Wyoming cowboys? Researchers are building cattle-herding and other ag industry robots that could transform livestock management across the American West. But real wranglers on horseback say they're irreplaceable.
David MadisonSeptember 06, 2025

Shapeshifting Metal Gallium Could Transform Electronics, Boost Wyoming Mining
Gallium is a shapeshifting metal that's been compared to whatever was used to build the upgraded terminator in “Terminator 2.” Wyoming could provide the world with more of this liquid miracle metal, which is used to make self-healing fabrics and wires.
David MadisonSeptember 05, 2025

Inside The New High-Tech $43 Million Airport Terminal In Rock Springs
Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce CEO Rick Lee told Cowboy State Daily the brand-new $43 million terminal at Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport is all about showcasing what southwest Wyoming has to offer.
Renée JeanSeptember 01, 2025

Wyoming Lukewarm, So Far, On Buying Cars On Amazon
People already buy clothes, kitty litter, dog food and home appliances on Amazon, now you can add your next car to the list. Wyoming dealerships are on board, offering new Hyundai vehicles and used Hertz rental cars, but, so far, shoppers are skeptical.
Renée JeanSeptember 01, 2025

Four-Peat: Wyoming’s Double Dub’s Wins Top Award At Buffalo Wing Fest — Again
Laramie, Wyoming’s Trent Weitzel and his Double Dub’s chicken wing crew are in a class by themselves. On Sunday, they won the top award at the National Buffalo Wing Festival for an unprecedented fourth straight time.
Anna-Louise JacksonSeptember 01, 2025

Eating Wyoming: Eve’s Brings Fine Dining Fusion To Rock Springs Golf Course
Eve Piza did everything in the culinary industry, then fell in love with Wyoming. Now she’s bringing fine dining fusion with a Cowboy State flair to the Rock Springs city golf course.
Renée JeanAugust 31, 2025

Winter Of $300 Lift Tickets Looms As Rising Costs Price Out Wyoming Skiers
Small resort owners in Wyoming are fighting to keep skiing affordable as major mountains push daily lift tickets to record highs. Deer Valley Resort in Utah and Colorado resorts Vail and Beaver Creek will charge $329 for peak single-day lift tickets this season.
David MadisonAugust 31, 2025

Longest Continuously Operating Brothel In U.S. Was In Montana (And It's Haunted)
The longest continuously operating brothel in the U.S. is in Butte, Montana, and was shut down in 1982. Now it's a tourist attraction that can even be rented-out overnight for the adventurous.
David MadisonAugust 31, 2025

As Rural Downtowns Across The U.S. Are Dying, Meeteetse Makes A Comeback
It doesn’t take long for a passerby on Wyoming Highway 120 to realize that something wonderful is happening in the tiny town of Meeteetse. Cars are parked every which way along the highway, as people casually stroll up and down the wooden boardwalks.
Renée JeanAugust 30, 2025

Ranchers Rush Hay To Wyoming Cattle Left Without Critical Grazing By Wildfires
Ranchers throughout Wyoming and Nebraska are rallying to rush emergency hay to those impacted by wildfires tearing through critical cattle grazing lands. The University of Wyoming has launched an online effort to connect donated hay with ranchers.
Jackson WalkerAugust 27, 2025

Opening Up Logging Could Be Too Little, Too Late For Wyoming’s Timber Industry
Recent steps by the Trump administration and Wyoming are a lifeline for Wyoming’s shrinking timber industry. But they may be too little, too late for what remains of the state’s family-owned businesses.
Renée JeanAugust 27, 2025

Wyoming Truck Drivers Among The Best In The Nation
A team of Wyoming commercial truck drivers showed why they’re among the best in the nation over the weekend at the National Truck Driving and Step Van Driving Championship in Minnesota.
Jackie DorothyAugust 26, 2025

Wyoming Ranchers On Guard Following Human Screwworm Case In Maryland
The nation’s first human case of screwworm was confirmed in Maryland on Sunday in a Central American traveler and it’s heightening vigilance among Wyoming ranchers. The flesh-eating parasite, which are known to infest cattle, could cost American ranchers billions if another outbreak occurs.
Renée JeanAugust 25, 2025

Wagon Box Owner Seeks Partner For Restaurant So He Can Focus On Retreats
Wagon Box owner Paul McNiel hopes to find a partner or investor to take over the restaurant side of his business. That way he can focus on the retreat side of his business at the historic Story, Wyoming location.
Renée JeanAugust 24, 2025

Nuclear Training Center In Kemmerer To Finish Three Years Ahead Of New Plant
Turning on a nuclear plant is a little more complicated than flipping a few switches. That’s why TerraPower’s flagship training center — which will be in Kemmerer where its first small nuclear reactor is being built — is going to be finished a full three years before the plant, by the end of 2026.
Renée JeanAugust 24, 2025

Wyoming Rancher Still Has Nightmares About Flesh-Eating Screwworm As U.S. On Alert
As the threat of a nasty flesh-eating screwworm grows, cattle ranchers across the United States are on high alert. One rancher in Crook County, Wyoming, saw screwworms feast on her family’s cattle decades ago, and says it’s the stuff of nightmares.
Zakary SonntagAugust 23, 2025

Hilton Next To War Memorial Stadium To Become UW-Branded Grad Hotel
The Hilton Garden Inn on the University of Wyoming campus, across the road from War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, is getting a facelift. It’s being remodeled into a UW-branded “Graduate Hotel.”
Dale KillingbeckAugust 23, 2025

Meeteetse Museums Say Its New Solar Roof Saves Big Money
As rural museums tighten their belts during federal cutbacks, one Wyoming museum says it’s saving big money. The new solar panels on the roof of the Meeteetse Museums has already saved enough to help pay for repairs to the building’s HVAC system.
Renée JeanAugust 22, 2025

Wyoming’s Diane Shober Named Best Tourism Director In The Nation
Wyoming Office of Tourism Director Diane Shober has been named the national State Tourism Director of the Year for 2025. She says showing off how great Wyoming is makes it easy.
Renée JeanAugust 21, 2025