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Great Food, Be Your Own Boss: Why Wyoming’s Food Truck Scene Is Exploding
There are many reasons why Wyoming’s food truck scene is exploding as a hot dining trend. Near the top are customers seeking out great, unique food and truck owners who can be their own bosses.
Leo WolfsonJune 07, 2024
Jackson Hole Winery Shut Down By HOA Rules To Stay Closed, Judge Says
The Jackson Hole Winery’s attempt to reopen a lawsuit that had culminated in an order putting it out of business failed last week when a judge upheld the HOA rules that shut the business down when neighbors complained about it.
Clair McFarlandJune 05, 2024
Polarizing Billionaire Joe Ricketts Buys 'Haliburton Hotel' In Pinedale
The High Country Suites in Pinedale — known to locals as the Haliburton Hotel — was sold to billionaire Joe Ricketts last month, just after his purchase of White Pines Ski Resort. Ricketts has drawn criticism for wanting to rename the town of Bondurant to "Little Jackson Hole."
Renée JeanJune 05, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Eclectic Wyoming Coffee Shop All About Mocktails And Shaggy Cows
An eclectic coffee shop in Thermopolis is known for its coffee-based mocktails -- drinks that get their kick from coffee, not from liquor. They also have an obsession with their pets, Scottish Highland coos -- otherwise known as shaggy cows.
Renée JeanJune 02, 2024
Huge $25M, 30,000-Square-Foot Wyoming Horse Palace Targets Colorado Players
Wyoming Horse Racing’s new huge $25 million, 30,000-square-foot Horse Palace near the Colorado border will open sometime this summer and target customers from Colorado. It will also employ a celebrity chef who used to cook for Oprah Winfrey.
Renée JeanJune 02, 2024
Famous Tizzy Lish Biplane Lands In Lovell To Be Centerpiece Of New Restaurant
Tizzy Lish, a famous biplane that once graced the cover of Sport Aviation magazine, has landed in its new home in Lovell and new a restaurant called The Overlook.
Renée JeanJune 02, 2024
More UPS Drivers Speak Up, Say Rural Food, Medicine Deliveries Sit, Spoil In Hot Warehouses
Responding to Cowboy State Daily articles on late UPS deliveries to rural Wyoming addresses, UPS drivers from across the country said food and critical medicines addressed to rural addresses often spoil in hot warehouses.
Renée JeanJune 01, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Historic Green River Brewery Once 'Made Milwaukee Jealous'
At its height in 1907, the Brewery In Green River was bottling 18,000 bottles of its medal-winning lager beer each day, boasting it was so good it put Milwaukee’s famous brew to shame.
Renée JeanJune 01, 2024
Eating Wyoming: From Bangkok To New York To Thermopolis
Authentic Bangkok Thai cuisine in Thermopolis? Yup. Tanon “James” Thapphum grew up in Thailand, had a food cart in Bangkok, went to cooking school in New York, and then set up shop in downtown Thermopolis.
Renée JeanMay 26, 2024
Wyoming UPS Drivers Call Out Company On Rural Delivery Practices
One current UPS driver told Cowboy State Daily UPS falsifies delivery records for rural customers. A former UPS driver said many times medications and frozen food sat in warehouses for so long they thawed out and went bad, but were delivered anyway.
Renée JeanMay 25, 2024
After Wyoming-Based Custodia Bank Denied By Feds, State May Step Into Fight
After Wyoming-based Custodia was denied by the Federal Reserve and federal judges their own master account for its digital bank, Wyoming legislators say they may step into the fight against what they say is political bias against the state.
Renée JeanMay 24, 2024
Casper Loses Out On Being Home For $100 Million National Championship Air Races
Casper made a huge push to be the new home to the world-famous National Championship Air Races, but learned Thursday it lost out to Roswell, New Mexico. The lucrative event could have a $100 million impact for Roswell.
Renée JeanMay 23, 2024
Wyoming Retirees On Fixed Income Have Homeowners Insurance Yanked After 42 Years
A retired couple on a fixed income in rural Wyoming had the homeowners insurance on their mobile home yanked after 42 years, and they’re not alone.
Renée JeanMay 23, 2024
Neighbors Got Jackson Hole Winery Shut Down With HOA Rules But Winery Fighting Back
A Jackson Hole couple that built a home-based winery into a $2 million a year business has been shut down after neighbors sued, saying the operation violated their homeowners association rules. The couple is fighting back to reopen their winery.
Clair McFarlandMay 21, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Buffalo’s Lukainka Sausages Have A 100-Year History In Wyoming
The Lukainka sausages served last weekend at Gillette’s third annual Sheepherders Festival have a long history for one Buffalo family that goes back well over 100 years.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Jackson’s Vertical Hydroponic Farm Goes National With First-Of-Its-Kind Urban Farm Model
Vertical Harvest in Jackson is North America’s first vertical hydroponic greenhouse. Because of its success, it is opening a 51,000-square-foot vertical farming facility in Maine and will break ground on another in Detroit.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Wyoming Convenience Store Grandma Won't Ever Retire But Says She's OK With That
Rebecca Burnett of Gillette has decided to never retire, so she eagerly pulls night shifts at a Big D Kwik Shop convenience store in Gillette and considers herself everyone’s grandma.
Renée JeanMay 19, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Party Like A Viking At Gillette’s Big Lost Meadery
Sam Clikeman’s Big Lost Meadery in Gillette is an interesting bar. It's named after his friend who got mauled by a leopard in Namibia. It has a firefighter museum in it. And Sam sometimes serves his mead in horns -- as a salute to Vikings.
Renée JeanMay 18, 2024
Cattle Hauler’s Mission: Get The Mommas And Babies To Summer Pasture
A day in the life of a Douglas-based cattle hauler in May involves lining up to ranch cattle chutes and successfully getting calves and momma cows onboard for a trip to their summer pasture.
Dale KillingbeckMay 18, 2024
Massive 362,000-Square-Foot Mega Hotel Planned For Downtown Jackson
Jackson changed its zoning laws years ago to refresh its downtown. Now it’s looking at a 362,000-square-foot mega hotel that far exceeds anything the town imagined at the time. The former mayor says she's "aghast" at the project.
Renée JeanMay 18, 2024
Surging Prices Make Planned Wyoming Gold And Copper Mine Worth $3.7 Billion
The economy may be tough these days, but gold and copper prospects for Cheyenne-based U.S. Gold are surging, making the mine worth an estimated $3.7 billion.
Pat MaioMay 16, 2024
After Closing In Winter For Too Little Snow, Ski Resort Closes In Summer For Too Much Snow
Sleeping Giant Ski Area and Zipline near Cody had to close for the winter ski season because of a lack of snow, now damage caused by too much spring snow is keeping its popular zipline shut down for the summer.
Andrew RossiMay 15, 2024
Thermopolis Locals Fear New Hot Springs State Park Operators Will Price Them Out
Dozens of Thermopolis-area residents peppered a Wyoming State Parks official Monday about their worries that a new operator will price out locals who enjoy Wyoming’s most popular state park.
Renée JeanMay 14, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Casper’s Wild Lunch Market, As Mom-And-Pop As It Gets
The Wild Lunch Market is easy to miss in downtown Casper, but for those in the know, it’s a favorite spot that’s as mom-and-pop as it gets for homemade sandwiches, wraps and cool movie memorabilia.
Dale KillingbeckMay 12, 2024