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Welcome to Wyoming's Grand Targhee Resort, which sits just inside the Wyoming state line near Driggs, Idaho. As the resort expands, will Idaho expand its laws to allow Teton County, Idaho, to impose a 2% lodging “user fee” — aka tax.

Idaho Wants To Charge Tax For Impact Of Wyoming Tourists

Teton County, Idaho, wants a 2% fee on short-term rentals as the Grand Targhee resort expansion in Alta, Wyoming, promises millions in tax revenue for Wyoming. The Idaho side of the Jackson-Driggs community will get little lodging tax benefits.

David MadisonSeptember 16, 2025

If you’re easily offended, just keep driving by the Talking Bird in tiny St. Regis, Montana, on Interstate 90. That’s because George, the talking bird at the Talking Bird, can curse like a sailor when the mood hits him.

Drinking Montana: The Talking Bird At The Talking Bird Can Curse Like A Sailor

If you’re easily offended, just keep driving by the Talking Bird in tiny St. Regis, Montana, on Interstate 90. That’s because George, the talking bird at the Talking Bird, can curse like a sailor when the mood hits him.

Anna-Louise JacksonSeptember 15, 2025

A worker connects each cow to milk tubes. In one turn around the carousel, each cow will give an average 3.5 gallons of milk.

Wyoming Ranch Family Builds A 6,200-Cow Mega-Dairy On Eastern Plains

The Burnett family has built a 6,200-cow mega dairy in Carpenter on Wyoming’s eastern plains that helps supply Pizza Hut’s cheese maker. The dairy says it’s pioneering innovations that could change the industry.

Renée JeanSeptember 14, 2025

Tons of timber cut fighting last year’s Elk Fire will be sold for lumber and firewood instead of being wasted, helping local contractors. The fire burned nearly 100,000 acres across the eastern face of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains.

Wyoming Timber Cut While Fighting 100,000-Acre Elk Fire Won’t Go To Waste

Tons of timber cut fighting last year’s Elk Fire won't be left to rot as it typically would. The timber left from battling the nearly 100,000-acre blaze across the eastern face of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains will be sold for lumber and firewood instead.

Renée JeanSeptember 13, 2025

Staffing shortages and equipment failure have created a shortage of Wyoming’s new license plate design. It’s causing counties to scramble, while some Wyomingites, who don’t like the new design (seen in this file photo), are happy for a delay.

Shortage Of Wyoming’s New License Plates Has Counties Scrambling

Staffing shortages and equipment failure have created a shortage of Wyoming’s new license plate design. It’s causing counties to scramble, while some Wyomingites, who don’t like the new design, are happy for a delay.

Renée JeanSeptember 12, 2025

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Judge Rules Wyoming Customers Owe Rocky Mountain Power $23.5 Million

A judge has ruled that Wyoming customers owe up to $23.5 million to Rocky Mountain Power. How much each will have to pay and when remains uncertain.

Renée JeanSeptember 11, 2025

A Visionary Broadband technician climbs a communications tower in Wyoming.

Wyoming Set For $348M Broadband Expansion, But Some Aren’t Sold They’ll Get It

Count the Parkman Bar and Grill in northern Wyoming among those who aren't sold that a $348 million federal broadband expansion will actually reach rural areas like theirs. That’s OK for some, who say they’re fine without it.

Renée JeanSeptember 09, 2025

Rural hospitals across America are closing, but not in Riverton, Wyoming. Fed up with what they say is inadequate health care, a grassroots group of locals are building a new 71,000-square-foot, $57 million hospital.

As Rural Hospitals Close Across America, Riverton’s Building A New $57 Million One

Rural hospitals across America are closing, but not in Riverton, Wyoming. Fed up with what they say is inadequate health care, a grassroots group of locals are building a new 71,000-square-foot, $57 million hospital.

Renée JeanSeptember 08, 2025

Mark Mortimore with MS-1, the ambulance that bears the #1 call sign for Medical Service in Wyoming. After nearly 80 years, his family will no longer be in the emergency service and will be focusing on their funeral home. His dad, Clark, had designed the unique logo that bears the bucking horse and the medical symbol which adorned all the ambulances and uniforms for the crew.

Mortimore Funeral Home Ends 80 Years of Ambulance Service In Rural Wyoming

After eight decades of ambulance service, Mortimore Funeral Home in Thermopolis is retiring its ambulance operations. In the 1950s, it was common practice to run an ambulance out of funeral homes because they had a big enough car to fit the cot, patient and attendant.

Jackie DorothySeptember 07, 2025

A new Wyoming Life Flight helicopter base at Evanston Regional Hospital will expand access to critical care for residents and visitors within 150 miles of the city. Southwest Wyoming will see two-hour response times cut to 15 minutes.

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

Liberty Belle Lodge in Aladdin has new owners who hope to breathe new life into it. The owners are a couple who moved away from the state of Washington to escape city life.

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

Danny Warner talks about a recent comp he did at WyoTech. He graduates in two weeks with a job at a Ferarri dealership in Denver.

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

Piles of random clothing on a bed often don't have much competition for Macradee Aegerter, who is looking for vintage clothing items that were made in America, back when making things to last was still important.

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

Wyoming's historic Pitchfork Ranch outside Meeteetse is for sale, listing at $67 million.

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

A Clearpath Robotics Warthog unmanned ground vehicle — aka a robot — fitted with cameras and sensors in action at a Mississippi State University research center.

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

Dr. Michael Dickey and his research group have made many advances in understanding the properties and behavior of a certain class of liquid gallium alloys. The group pioneered creating the alloys and some of their early uses as flexible electronics and self-healing wires.

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

Rock Springs residents are used to apologizing for where they’re from when visitors came through its airport. Those days are over now that a new high-tech, $43 million terminal is operational at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport.

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

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 shoppers are skeptical.

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

The Double Dub's crew celebrates another successful festival with a total of four awards this year. (Anna-Louise Jackson for Cowboy State Daily)

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

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.

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

Small resort owners are fighting to keep skiing affordable as major mountains push daily tickets to record highs. It’s forcing skiers to buy single-day tickets that cost as much as some used to pay for a full season pass. At Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, single-day lift tickets for the 2025-2026 season range from $110 to $255 a day depending on the day of the week and the month. That's with discounts up to 45% offered through promotions for the resort's 60th anniversary, according to its website.

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

What began as a house of ill repute lives on as a tourist attraction for ghost hunters and history buffs drawn to Butte, Montana, where the men spent their wages in the red light district and the working women got busy building a community. The Dumas Brothel welcomed gentlemen in need of certain services for 92 straight years. Tours are available through October by visiting dumasbrothel.com.

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

Historic downtown districts in rural towns across America are dying. Not in tiny Meeteetse, Wyoming, which is doubling down on small-town charm to make a Main Street comeback.

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 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.

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

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