Wyoming Life

California House Cat Lost In Yellowstone Makes It Home 800 Miles Away

Only Rayne Beau, a house cat from Salinas, California, knows how he survived 60 days on his own and traveled 800 miles from Yellowstone National Park to a shelter in Roseville, California, about 200 miles from home.

Andrew RossiSeptember 20, 2024

Winter hit the Beartooth Highway in northwest Wyoming full-force overnight Wednesday, with 4-5 inches of snow that drived to 4 feet in spots. The highway had been closed in anticipation of the storm.

Wacky Wyoming Weather: 4-Foot Snowdrifts On Beartooth Highway, 80 In Cheyenne

Snowplows cleared 4-foot snowdrifts off the Beartooth Highway on Thursday morning after a storm dropped 5 inches in Wyoming’s high country. Meanwhile, the forecast calls for sun and a high of 80 in Cheyenne.

Andrew RossiSeptember 19, 2024

Wyoming’s Beartooth Highway Is A Great September Drive — When It’s Open

The Beartooth Highway that snakes through northwest Wyoming and southern Montana is a spectacular drive during September — when it’s open. Weather makes it the best, and worst, month for people searching for stunning scenic views.

Andrew RossiSeptember 18, 2024

Comedian and famous gearhead Jay Leno was on the Big Boy 4014 locomotive Monday, which will be featured on his Sept. 23 episode of "Jay Leno's Garage."

Jay Leno Climbs Aboard Cheyenne’s Big Boy Locomotive For His TV Show

Big Boy No. 4014 will be featured on “Jay Leno’s Garage” show on September 23. The former “The Tonight Show” host climbed aboard Big Boy on Monday somewhere in the Missouri Valley to help drive the locomotive to Iowa.

Renée JeanSeptember 17, 2024

A supermoon shines bright over the shoulder of the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne on Tuesday night, Sept. 17, 2024.

Huge Supermoon Peaks Over Wyoming, Still Time To See It

Tuesday night's huge supermoon peaked over Wyoming with a partial lunar eclipse to boot. But it's not over. There's still time to see it over the next couple of nights.

Andrew RossiSeptember 17, 2024

George Clark talks about the ideas he's putting into an accessible sheep wagon that can be used by someone in a wheelchair.

Wheelchair Doesn’t Limit Buffalo Man In Making His Wyoming Sheep Wagons

George Clark is Scotch-Irish stubborn. When his dad told him he couldn’t build a sheepwagon because he was in a wheelchair, his response was watch me. Now he’s got a popular business crafting custom sheep wagons in the Bighorn Mountains.

Renée JeanSeptember 15, 2024

Andrew Rossi chiseling and isolating a jacket of dinosaur fossils at the Nail Quarry near Medicine Bow.

Reporter’s Notebook: The Good, Bad And Ugly Of Digging Wyoming's Dinosaurs

When people ask reporter Andrew Rossi how he ended up in Wyoming, his answer is simple — dinosaurs. From his first discovery in 2012 — what he calls “the ugliest, least exciting piece of dinosaur possible” — he’s been hooked.

Andrew RossiSeptember 15, 2024

Teacher Erin Beck and the first class of students at Homestead Learning microschool in Campbell County, Wyoming.

Gillette Mothers Create Their Own Little Schoolhouse On The Wyoming Prairie

They call it a “microschool,” but in many ways, a pair of Gillette mothers have brought the one-room schoolhouse concept back. Starting with eight students, what they’ve built is literally their own little schoolhouse on the Wyoming prairie.

Jen KocherSeptember 15, 2024

Earl Durand is infamous for his last 11 days, when he was arrested for poaching, escaped jail, killed four people, tried to rob a bank the finally shot himself. He even left a last note, listing the undertaker's office as a forwarding address.

There’s More To “Wild Man” Earl Durand Than His Murderous Final 11 Days

Wyoming's “Wild Man” Earl Durand killed four people after escaping a Cody jail and trying to rob a bank in Powell during an 11-day rampage back in 1939. Before that, he also “was a good neighbor,” says an author and scholar on Durand’s life.

Andrew RossiSeptember 14, 2024

The Casper Tribune-Herald reports on the tragic loss of life near Cheyenne after a United Airlines passenger flight crashes.

Wyoming History: 23 Died In 5 Crashes In 1935, A Terrible Year For Aviation

A six-month span in 1935 was terrible for plane crashes in Wyoming. Overall, 23 people died in crashes that made national headlines, including two lost United Airlines planes.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 14, 2024

Believe it or not, Falling Rock in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains is a giant 75-foot square boulder that is all natural. No human or alien influences shaped this huge cube.

How The Heck … Can That 75-Foot Square Boulder In The Bighorns Be Natural?

A huge 75-foot-tall square boulder deep in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains has been baffling people since it was discovered. Called Falling Block, it’s all natural even if it looks like it was cut from a quarry.