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Another Northern Lights Show Is Anticipated Over Wyoming This Week
A surge of solar energy will make the Northern Lights even more visible Tuesday and Wednesday nights — and Wyoming will be in a prime location to view them.
Andrew RossiApril 21, 2025

Don Day Says Don’t Be Fooled By 80-Degree Days In April In Wyoming
Lifelong Wyomingites might know not to trust 80-degree days in April, but it’s difficult all the same to not get summer fever when it happens. Meteorologist Don Day says not to be fooled, that there’s still plenty of potential for more winter.
Andrew RossiApril 21, 2025
Cheyenne Celebrity Chef Is Part Of Martha Stewart’s New Cooking Competition
Cheyenne celebrity chef Petrina Peart came within one vote of beating Food Network star Bobby Flay on his hit cooking competition show. Now she’ll try to do the same against 12 other chefs on Martha Stewart’s new show on NBC, “Yes, Chef!”
Renée JeanApril 21, 2025

Wyoming Girl Gets Her Ranch Chores Done Before Winning Gymnastics Titles
Raelee Warner was up early doing her usual daily chores feeding chicks and driving cattle April 12. Then the seventh grader went to the state gymnastics meet and won two events. All in a day’s work for a true Wyoming cowgirl.
Renée JeanApril 21, 2025

Wyoming Ranch Family Learns Raising Rodeo Bulls Nearly As Tough As Riding Them
Dallas Willis grew up in Wyoming around rodeo and was a bull rider through college. Now his family raises bulls for rodeo, and he’s learned that’s nearly as tough as riding them. And the best bulls don’t like people.
Jackie DorothyApril 20, 2025

How Pilot Survived Crashing Airmail Plane On Way To Rock Springs In Winter 1922
In 1922, an open-cockpit airmail bi-plane crashed on the way to Rock Springs in winter. The pilot somehow survived, but it took more than 40 years to recover the wrecked plane. Now it hangs in the National Postal Museum.
Dale KillingbeckApril 20, 2025

Gillette Family Builds A Frankensteined Six-Door F-350, And It’s A Monster
The Porter family in Gillette Frankensteined together a 2015 F-350 truck with an Excursion, and it’s a six-door monster. Now they’re selling the custom creation that has four rows of heated seats, a tow-behind truck bed and plenty of great memories.
Andrew RossiApril 20, 2025

Man Promises To Pay Fines On Wyoming Library Book He Checked Out 31 Years Ago
Josiah Harlow checked out a Robin Hood novel from the Cheyenne Central High School library 31 years ago, and never returned it. It’s still a treasured part of his collection, and he promises to “swing by to pay my overdue fees” the next time he’s in town.
Renée JeanApril 20, 2025

What The Heck … Is That Herd Of 39 Blue Steel Horses On A Montana Hillside?
Even though it’s been 12 years since a herd of 39 blue metal sculptures of horses first appeared on a hillside along Highway 287 north of Three Forks in central Montana, people are still surprised when they get close to find out they’re not real.
Anna-Louise JacksonApril 20, 2025

Wyoming Man Starts Treasure Hunt Similar To One Now Featured On Netflix
A Douglas man is still searching for a missing emerald from Forest Fenn’s treasure chest that was found in Wyoming and is featured in a Netflix documentary. If found, he plans to add it to his own treasure chest.
Renée JeanApril 20, 2025

It’s Official: Guinness Says Casper Man Has World’s Largest Earlobes
Marc Greenleaf of Casper has been stretching his earlobes with increasingly larger hoops since he was 13. After 26 years, Guiness World Records made it official last April — he has the world’s “largest earlobe flesh tunnel.”
Anna-Louise JacksonApril 20, 2025

After Son’s Suicide Devastates Family, DNA Reveals Miracle Grandchild
When Matt Cundy of Casper took his own life at age 27, the family he left behind was devastated. DNA later revealed that he had also left them with something special — a 5-year-old daughter they never knew he had.
Jen KocherApril 20, 2025

Softball-Sized Hail Leaves Path Of Destruction Across Eastern Nebraska
The same cold front that blasted Wyoming with winter thunderstorms caused tornadoes, 80 mph winds and baseball- to softball-sized hail in eastern Nebraska. It left a huge swath of destruction behind.
Andrew RossiApril 19, 2025

Visit To War Memorials Emotional For Casper Vet, 96, Who Served In WWII, Korea
It’s been decades since Casper resident Bob Cook served in the Army during World War II and Korean War. Now 96, he finally got to visit his memorials in Washington, D.C., a trip that was extremely emotional and meaningful.
Jackie DorothyApril 19, 2025

'Star Trek,' 'Twilight Zone' and 'Ocean's 11' Writer Had A Rough Childhood In Cheyenne
George Clayton Johnson wrote screenplays for “Star Trek,” “The Twilight Zone” and the original “Ocean's 11” before he turned 40. Born in a barn in Cheyenne, he went on to write some of the most celebrated classic TV episodes and screenplays.
Andrew RossiApril 19, 2025

Video: In Jeffrey City, One Son Cleans Out A Motel And Makes Peace With The Past
The son of a late motel owner in Jeffrey City is sorting through the unexpected inheritance his father left behind with memories scattered everywhere. Randy Robinett returns almost every weekend to fix and clean it up, despite the painful memories of his dad’s unexpected death in May 2024.
Hannah Brock & Reilly StrandApril 19, 2025

Saxsquatch, The Baddest Sax-Blowing Bigfoot, Comes Out Of Hiding For Concert
Bigfoot came out of wherever he hides in the woods to make a rare public appearance Wednesday night in Fort Collins, Colo. Going by the stage name Saxsquatch, the baddest sax-blowing bigfoot in the forest, put on a monstrous concert.
Leo WolfsonApril 19, 2025

It’s Been 20 Years Since Two Evanston Firefighters Died Trying To Save Children
It was 20 years ago on April 18, 2005, when Evanston, Wyoming, firefighters Robert Henderson and Jacob Cook ran into a burning apartment building to rescue children they thought were inside. The children had gotten out, but they died in the attempt.
Dale KillingbeckApril 18, 2025

Wyoming's Spring Could Be Full Of Fast, Furious Winter Thunderstorms
When the warm air of spring mixes with the cold air of winter, it can create intense winter thunderstorms across Wyoming that causes snow to fall faster than it can melt, which can quickly make driving dangerous.
Andrew RossiApril 18, 2025

Cody’s Luke Talich Dominates Spring Game, Could Start For Notre Dame Football
Cody native Luke Talich has gone from a walk-on to full scholarship football player for the University of Notre Dame. After dominating on defense in the annual spring game, Talich is a strong contender to earn a spot in the starting lineup.
Leo WolfsonApril 18, 2025

Wyoming’s Huge Fossil Finds Inspire Artist To Recreate Its Ancient Landscapes
Wyoming has been giving up huge fossil finds for well over a century. Those discoveries have inspired an artist to recreate Wyoming’s ancient landscapes, which in many ways are nothing like they are today.
Jackie DorothyApril 18, 2025

50-Degree Temperature Plunge, Snow On The Way For Much Of Wyoming
A slow-moving cold front is heading for Wyoming, which will drop temperatures by as much as 50 degrees for most of the state. It’ll also bring up to 4 inches of wet snow and black ice to some of the most hazardous roads and highways.
Andrew RossiApril 15, 2025

Rising Wyoming Country Star Ian Munsick To Be On ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show'
Wyoming’s Ian Munsick is a rising country music star who’s about to find a huge audience. On Tuesday, he’ll perform his latest song, “God Bless the West,” on national television on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
Renée JeanApril 15, 2025

Park County Animal Shelter Director Resigns Over Cat Abortions Policy
Cody resident Jona Harris recently resigned her position as executive director of the Park County Animal Shelter over the shelter’s policy to perform spay abortions on pregnant cats.
Leo WolfsonApril 14, 2025