Caught up with thousands of other travelers stranded at Denver International Airport by mass airline cancellations, a Utah couple made new friends and a harrowing 13.5-hour winter drive through the Rockies for their holiday homecoming.
Some Wyomingites never made it to their destinations while others found finding alternative routes to their destinations a logistical nightmare.
All of Wyoming’s nine commercial service airports charge some sort of landing fee. Depending on the airplane being flown and how much it weighs, the cost varies depending on where it lands.
Air travel boomed at small Wyoming airports in 2021 after a bleak 2020.
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Wyoming’s travel spending declined by 23% last year due to the pandemic, the Wyoming Office of Tourism recently concluded.
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Travel Wyoming, the state’s tourism office, is “honored” to be chosen as one of the top 50 places to travel in 2021 by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Wyoming residents visiting 15 states and Washington, D.C. are being asked to keep to themselves for two weeks.
Yellowstone National Park is seeing a dip in visitors this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, has advocated for an amendment to the Great American Outdoors Act that would raise entrance fees to national parks.
A brief stroll through Lander City Park and the main campground in Sinks Canyon State Park reveals crowds of of vans, pop-up campers, RVs, and SUVs, many of them sporting license plates from such far-flung states as California, Tennessee, Washington, Texas, and Iowa.
Famed novelist and Wyoming native C.J. Box thanked citizens for getting the legislature to approve the lodging tax.
On Saturday, 23 ice skating students will put on their annual performance, this year titled “Skating Through Wyoming: A Historical Ice Skating Musical.”
The Western Wyoming Sportsman’s Expo will be held Friday through Sunday at the Sweetwater Events Complex.
The Sundance Winter Festival on Saturday is a mix of activities aimed at creating a little fun in the middle of Wyoming’s long winters.
The Great Bug Battle, entering its second year, gives fly tyers a chance to compete in what organizers describe as an “Iron Chef” type of contest.
A plethora of unusual winter activities awaits those who travel to Encampment this weekend for the town’s annual Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. The carnival on Friday and Saturday, entering its 34th year, features activities ranging from the artistic to the athletic, including a snowman painting contest , “human saucer bowling”, and snow-golf. The event was…
Ice, fish and cash prizes will take center stage this weekend as one of Wyoming’s most notable ice fishing derbies — the Saratoga Lake Ice Fishing Derby — marks its 37th year.
A longtime all-women’s hunting competition will enter its 41st year on Saturday as teams take part in the Wyoming Women’s 5-Shot Rabbit Hunt near Shoshoni.
For the angler who likes to catch his or her fish through the ice, this weekend will offer up the first opportunity of the new year to compete in an ice fishing derby.
Santa Claus’ big night may be past for 2019, but before his trip around the world, a party in his honor was held in Cody.
A nine-year tradition of welcoming the new year with a large, glittering ball will be observed again in Cheyenne this week.
A New Year’s celebration for those who love macaroni and cheese and may not be able to stay awake until midnight is on tap in Casper on Dec. 31.
A celebration of holiday traditions from around the world will greet visitors to the Burns brach of the Laramie County Library on Friday.
A Christmas celebration featuring fireworks and the reading of a holiday story by a nationally acclaimed author will be on tap this weekend for visitors to an artist’s colony near Sheridan.
The art of ice sculpting will be on display in Gillette this weekend as the city launches its celebration of the holidays.
An interesting twist on “Black Friday” that puts the emphasis on shopping local is taking place Friday in Rock Springs.
Those wishing for an early start to both the holidays and the weekend should head to Powell this week for the city’s annual “Festival of Trees.”
The art of sheep herding will be on display in Gillette this weekend and the stars of the show will be man’s best friend.
Art produced in a hurry and sold to benefit community activities will be the big event this weekend at the Mammoth Quick Draw in Worland.
A giant replica of a sugar skull will greet visitors to the Cheyenne Botanic Garden on Friday and Saturday as the facility takes part in the traditional Mexican holiday of Dia De Los Muertos or “Day of the Dead.”
If solving mysteries and tracking down terrorists sounds like a good way to spend some time, then Douglas is the place to be this weekend for an escape room fundraiser.
A wealth of rocks, gems and minerals awaits those who travel to Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs this weekend.
Attendees and pourers in appropriate “Oktoberfest” garb take part in last year’s Snowy Mountain Brewery Beerfest at the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort. This year’s beerfest will open at 10 a.m. Saturday with a golf tournament, with beer tasting to begin at noon in the resort’s courtyard. (Photo courtesy of the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort)
A plethora of pumpkins and a collection of scarecrows can be seen on the streets of Sundance this weekend as the city hosts its annual Pumpkin Patch Festival.
Folks who live on the east side of the Wind River Mountains have a tradition of getting “looped,” as often as possible. This is my term for driving the spectacular Loop Road.
Some hands-on experience with archaeology awaits those who visit Gillette’s Rockpile Museum this weekend.
Fans of Wyoming music will want to be in Ten Sleep this weekend for the state’s second annual Singer-Songwriter Competition.
It’s not widely known that Lander once was once such a leading producer of apples that it earned the nickname of Wyoming’s “Apple City.”
Hop back in time to the era of stage coaches and mining camps through a visit to the abandoned mining town of Kirwin, Wyoming.
Antique tractors, toy tractors, feats of tractor strength, a tractor parade — if it has to do with tractors, it’s in the spotlight this weekend at Encampment’s annual Copper Days Festival.
Most Wyomingites think of the city of Evanston as more of a gateway than a getaway. But upon closer examination, many might find their opinion changed.
A celebration of air travel at a Wyoming airport named with an eye to the future is in the cards this weekend.
The island where explorer John Wesley Powell launched his two groundbreaking explorations of the Green and Colorado rivers in the 1800s will be the site this weekend for Green River’s official final party of the summer.
What is on your ‘Cowboy State Bucket List?
In a land of 97,000 square miles full of mountains, canyons, rivers, historical trails and outposts, Native American sites, and modern marvels, it is easy to compile such a list. And yet, there are so many more places to see it seems like my list is getting longer rather than shorter.
A plethora of art forms, from music to poetry and theater, will be on display in Lander this weekend when the Lander Art Center hosts its annual Riverfest Art and Music Festival.
Art lovers interested in seeing noted artists at work should head for Big Horn’s Brinton Museum on Saturday for the annual Bighorn Rendezvous.
Even though it’s been three years since the last new episode of “Longmire” aired, thousands of people last week visited the town that inspired the setting for the books written by Ucross author Craig Johnson.
Every year, the day of commemoration first recognized 2005 is held on the fourth Saturday of July. In Dubois, that celebration takes the form of a rodeo, parade and special events that may not be seen at just any community event — like the “cowhide race.”
The catch phrase for this weekend will be “Up, Up and Away” as balloonists from across the region take advantage of the Wind River Valley’s calm weather for the annual Riverton Rendezvous and Balloon Rally.
Several hundred people will lend their talents this weekend to the annual staging of one of Wyoming’s oldest pageants celebrating life on the plains for settlers making their way west.
The beaver fur trade may be long gone, but there’s still a way to get a glimpse of how things looked when the fur trappers and mountain men of the mid-1800s got together.
Those who like to dress up as fantasy or science fiction characters will feel right at home in Casper this weekend as the Casper Events Center hosts the city’s first Comic Con.
If variety is the spice of life, then Glenrock is the place to be this weekend for the community’s annual “Deer Creek Days” festival.
When a restaurant is prominently mentioned in a popular western book and television series, you have to reckon it offers up some pretty good food.
Buffalo’s Busy Bee Cafe, a regular stop for fictional western lawman Walt Longmire, does not disappoint.
The chips will fly in Encampment this weekend as competitors from around the region gather for the town’s annual Woodchoppers Jamboree and Rodeo.
A celebration the makes old tractors the stars of the show is one of the top draws this weekend in Wyoming.
The centuries-old art of quilting gets its moment in the spotlight this weekend with a show, classes and lectures all dedicated to quilts at Green River’s Expedition Island.
Pie contests, sheep dog trials, a quilt show, horse races and many more activities are in the spotlight in northern Wyoming this weekend as Hyattville holds its annual Cowboy Carnival.
The sounds of spirited bidding will fill the air around Jackson’s Town Square this weekend as buyers vie for antlers shed by elk on the National Elk Refuge in the town’s annual ElkFest.
A horse arena will go up in front of Cody’s historic Irma Hotel this week in preparation for what has been referred to as the “prom of the horse sales.”
Costumes, video gaming and panel discussions on major pop culture topics are on the schedule for this weekend’s WyoCon at the White Mountain Library in Rock Springs.
People interested in learning more about the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area should visit the recreation area near Lovell this weekend for “Junior Ranger Day.”
A battle of the bakers will take center stage this weekend as the Campbell County Public Library hosts its eighth annual “Cupcake Wars.”
Outdoor living — whether gardening, enjoying the wonders of your own backyard or traveling the streams and mountains of nature — is the focus of this weekend’s Garden Expo in Lander.
The distillery itself and attached tasting room opened in November of 2017. Since then, more than 500 gallons of Pine Bluffs Distilling’s spirits has been released, but thousands more gallons are in barrels to be aged for a few years.
An unusual race that sees competitors — often in costume — ski, bike, run and float more than 34 miles from the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort to a spot south of Jackson is being held for the 44th time this weekend.
Anyone with a taste for Celtic music, food and fun or a fake Scottish accent they want to show off should head for Evanston this weekend to take part in the city’s Ceili at the Roundhouse Celtic Festival.
Sixteen airplanes parked at the old Cheyenne Regional Airport are being stored for Great Lakes Airlines while the company tries to sell them.
A unique fundraiser by a Casper-based horse riding group this weekend will see a filly put up for raffle and people get a shot at $1,000 just for dancing.
