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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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