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Mid-June Winter Blast Brings Record Lows, 3-Foot Snowdrifts To Parts Of Wyoming
The Wyoming Department of Transportation is working Monday to clear 3-foot snowdrifts off the Beartooth Highway after a blast of mid-June winter blew through Wyoming over the weekend. Other parts of the state saw record-low temperatures.
Andrew RossiJune 23, 2025

Wyoming History: Thermopolis Was Founded By A Dashing Outlaw Bachelor
Ben Hanson was the founder of Thermopolis, Wyoming, and a well-respected businessman and cattleman. He also was a dashing outlaw bachelor who was quick with his gun and friends with the notorious Wild Bunch.
Jackie DorothyJune 23, 2025

You’ve Seen This Casper Man Wearing Rare 130-Year-Old Mule-Ear Boots In Movies
Jim Robinson of Casper found a pair of rare mule-ear cowboy boots from the 1890s in a dusty old cabin in Colorado. You’ve likely seen him wearing the boots in several movies, including “Rough Riders.”
Renée JeanJune 23, 2025

Majestic Andalusian War Horse Wows Wyoming Crowd
Watching the Spanish war horse Romano perform, one would never guess that this majestic Andalusian horse was thought to be untrainable. The beautiful stallion, who appeared at Chris LeDoux Days, danced in time to music like the spirit of some Spanish dancer lives inside him.
Renée JeanJune 22, 2025

Scientists Use Cutting-Edge Tech To Look Inside Spectacular Wyoming Allosaurus
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis took two big rocks containing a dinosaur skull to the hospital for a CT scan. The cutting-edge technology was used to learn more about a spectacular Allosaurus found at Wyoming’s famed Jurassic Mile fossil site.
Andrew RossiJune 22, 2025

Rockies Announcer Jack Corrigan Calling Games For What Could Be Worst Team Ever
Ever since losing out on a part to Superman (Christopher Reeve), Jack Corrigan has known how to handle defeat. The voice of the Colorado Rockies told Cowboy State Daily that although the team is struggling through one of the worst losing seasons in baseball history, things will get better.
Justin GeorgeJune 22, 2025

Popular Wyoming Facebook Group Decimated By Algorithm Revamp
Wyoming Through The Lens has nearly 465,000 members, making it one of the state’s largest Facebook communities. But a revamp of the platform’s algorithm has decimated its traffic, leaving its creator saddened. "It breaks my heart to see what’s happened to it,” Lorri Lang said.
Zakary SonntagJune 22, 2025

Wyoming History: That Time A Yellowstone Park Ranger Lassoed Polar Bears
Carl Dunrud steadied himself against the small schooner. It was 1926 and the Yellowstone Park ranger and Wyoming cowboy had a lasso ready as he eyed his target. Looking back at him was a polar bear swimming in the cold Arctic Sea.
Jackie DorothyJune 21, 2025

Wyoming Suicide: Rock Springs Teen Screamed He Wanted To Die, Then Made It Happen
The mother of a Rock Springs teen said she desperately tried to get help for her tormented son, even as he refused it. He would scream he wanted to die, until the day he made it happen.
Zakary SonntagJune 21, 2025

Wyoming History: ‘The Cheyenne Kid’ Muggsy Schoel Was Boxing Champ In Early 1900s
Wyoming’s “Muggsy” Schoel fought some of the biggest names in professional boxing including the lightweight champion of the world in 1909. Also known as “The Cheyenne Kid,” he was the featherweight champion of the West before he was 20 and fought his last fight when he was 50.
Dale KillingbeckJune 21, 2025

Where Research Animals Have A Future: Life At Kindness Ranch
At Hartville’s Kindness Ranch, former research animals get a rare second chance. But before healing can begin, labs must be convinced to release them into the ranch's care. This short documentary tells the stories of the animals learning to live life after the laboratory.
Reilly Strand & Hannah BrockJune 21, 2025

Another ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff, ‘Y: Marshals’ Continues Story Of Kayce Dutton
The latest spinoff of the hit TV show Yellowstone has been announced and will begin filming in Utah this summer. Utah officials say the filming of Y Marshals -- which continues the story of Kevin Costner's son Kayce Dutton -- will generate 380 jobs and $57.4 million in revenue.
Andrew RossiJune 21, 2025