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Wyoming Cowboy Wanted To Buy A Saddle, And Became A World-Class Chocolatier
Tim Kellogg, aka the Meeteetse Chocolatier, got his start trying to earn money to buy a saddle. Now he’s a master at his craft, traveling the world to source unique, high-quality ingredients and techniques. His world-class chocolates sell out in minutes.
Renée JeanAugust 03, 2025

Record Beef Prices Has Aging Ranchers Selling Off Herds And Cashing Out
Record beef prices are reshaping the ranching landscape as aging ranchers weigh cashing out and selling off their herds. Others are holding on for another profitable year, creating the tightest ranch real estate market in decades.
David MadisonAugust 02, 2025

Turbulence Over Wyoming Forces Delta Jet To Divert; 25 Hospitalized
Passengers described a terrifying midair ordeal as severe turbulence over Wyoming injured dozens Wednesday aboard a Delta flight bound for Amsterdam, forcing an emergency landing in Minneapolis. Upon landing, 25 were sent to hospitals for evaluation.
Justin GeorgeJuly 31, 2025

Cheyenne To Get Massive AI Data Center Powered By Gas And Carbon Capture
Cheyenne is about to get its largest artificial intelligence data center yet, at 1.8 gigawatts. Wyoming company Tallgrass and Texas-based Crusoe say the center will be powered by Wyoming natural gas, along with carbon capture technology.
Renée JeanJuly 29, 2025

Wyoming Mining Tech Company Sells Its First 100-Ton-Per-Hour Separation System
Casper-based DISA Technologies has made the first sale of its mineral separation system, which can handle 100 tons of ore an hour. In development for years, the proprietary system can extract minerals as well as be used to clean up abandoned uranium mines.
David MadisonJuly 29, 2025

Wyoming Landowner Builds Golf Course Around Charles Kuralt’s ‘Mistress Cabin’
Buzz Warner, a former Wyoming Landowner of the Year, is close to opening his new golf course in Montana. It’s a monument to conservation that’s built around former owner Charles Kuralt’s infamous “Mistress Cabin.”
David MadisonJuly 27, 2025

Artists Team Up To Build New Foundry In Meeteetse After Cody Foundry Burned Down
Bronze sculptor Vic Payne lost nearly $8 million and eight years of work when the Caleco Bronze Foundry in Cody burned down last year. Now he and a pair of artists are working to fill that void by building a new foundry in Meeteetse.
Andrew RossiJuly 26, 2025

Cheyenne’s Rodeo Week Inspires Huge Shopping Sprees, Millions In Economic Impact
Rodeo season in Cheyenne brings a surge of shoppers and record-breaking sales. Local businesses are projected to reap millions in economic benefits during the city’s iconic Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Renée JeanJuly 25, 2025

Crypto Test Shows Wyoming’s System Can Get People Instant Payment During Disasters
A test of Wyoming’s digital currency system last week shows paying government contractors can take seconds instead of weeks, as it does now. That could be a game-changer during disasters, when people and local responders can get payments almost instantly.
Justin GeorgeJuly 23, 2025

KelTec Gun Factory In Rock Springs Aims To Churn Out 1,000 Pistols Per Week
The KelTec firearms factory in Rock Springs is up and running, producing unusual PR57 pistols the company hopes will grab a big share of the self-defense market. It aims to make 1,000 pistols a week.
Mark HeinzJuly 21, 2025

Dubois Café Worker Brought To Tears With $1,500 Tip
Two Iowa women on an annual road trip are on a mission to leave huge tips for local servers across the nation. They were in Dubois on Friday and brought their server to tears with a $1,500 tip.
Jackie DorothyJuly 20, 2025

Famous Sculptures Placed Around The World Come From Lander's Eagle Bronze
Outside the art world, few may recognize the name of Lander’s Eagle Bronze Foundry. But sculptures created there are prominent around the world, including 70 larger-than-life 6-foot-tall longhorn steers in Dallas, the longest continuous-themed bronze sculpture collection in the U.S.
Renée JeanJuly 20, 2025

Wyoming Company Helps Develop Tech-Driven Early Alzheimer’s Detection Tool
Wyoming technology company Lunavi has helped develop a tech-driven digital tool to detect Alzheimer’s disease before most other tests can. It will make the tests inexpensive and available to anyone with an internet connection.
Renée JeanJuly 18, 2025

Bearded Bison Advocate Started His Own Buffalo Ranch North Of Yellowstone
Matt Skoglund is a bearded bison advocate who left a law career in Chicago for a Western ag lifestyle. Now his bison ranch north of Yellowstone has become a model of natural ranching that serves customers in Montana, Wyoming and as far away as Florida.
David MadisonJuly 13, 2025

Meet Dr. Cowboy, The Animal Chiropractor Putting More Buck Into Rodeo Bulls
When a rodeo bull refuses to buck, Dr. Cowboy uses his animal chiropractic tools to bring them back to life. He has successfully convinced even the most stubborn cowboy that this newfangled tool and technique is just the cure for their ailing bulls.
Jackie DorothyJuly 13, 2025

How A Young Cuban Exile Became A Wyoming Ag Hall-Of-Fame Rancher
Once an 11-year-old exile from Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuba, Juan Reyes was recently named to the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. Juan Reyes knew nothing about the U.S. when he arrived, but says ranching in Wyoming became his American dream.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 13, 2025

Fluff And Fold With Culture: Dubois Buffalo Skull Laundromat To Host Art Exhibit
A pair of artists in Dubois are planning an art show in an unusual space. Instead of a gallery, their show is going inside the town’s famous laundromat, the one with the giant buffalo skull entrance.
Renée JeanJuly 13, 2025

Visitors Can’t Find Rooms In Dubois, So Military Museum Owner Is Building A Motel
Despite a number of mom-and-pop motels and 90-some Airbnbs in the area, Dubois is often out of rooms for tourists in the summer. It was impacting growth for the National Museum of Military Vehicles, so owner Dan Starks is building a new 70-bed motel.
Renée JeanJuly 12, 2025

$9.95M Jackson Home Once Frequented By Peyton Manning Is Perfect For Golfers
A luxury Jackson, Wyoming, home perfect for an avid golfer and once frequented by Peyton Manning has hit the market for $9.95 million.
Renée JeanJuly 11, 2025
Casper’s $7.3M Cardio Lab Will Save People Hours Of Travel For Simple Treatments
A new $7.3 million lab has opened at Banner Wyoming Medical Center in Casper that targets the electrical part of the heart. It will save central Wyoming heart patients hours of travel, sometimes out of state, to get 15-minute procedures.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 10, 2025

Wyoming Data Center Hires Public Service Commissioner Mary Throne
Prometheus Hyperscale, a new data center project in western Wyoming, has hired Wyoming Public Service Commissioner Mary Throne to help it navigate the regulatory environment. Throne starts Aug. 1 and will step down from her role at the PSC.
Renée JeanJuly 10, 2025

Lightning Not Only A Wildfire Threat, It Also Kills A Lot Of Cows And Livestock
People were stunned by the death of a local animal celebrity, Larry the camel, who was stuck and killed by lightning last week but animal deaths from lightning are more common than many people might think.
Mark HeinzJuly 10, 2025

Gravel Mine Developer Appeals State Land Board Denial Of Casper Mountain Leases
The company pushing to mine gravel on state-owned land at the base of Casper Mountain isn’t giving up. After the State Land Board denied renewing the leases for Prism Logistics, the company this week filed a judicial appeal of the land board’s decision.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 09, 2025

Town Of Shoshoni In Talks For State-Of-The-Art Cardiology Clinic
The town of Shoshoni has a population of less than 500 people but its town hall sits on one of the state's busiest crossroads. To attract economic development, the city offered it for sale. A cardiology clinic has proposed building a 7,620-square-foot clinic there.
Renée JeanJuly 06, 2025