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Now that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement, the rumors are thick the pop culture power couple is moving to Montana. They’ve been spotted at the uber-exclusive Yellowstone Club, and it’s No. 1 on the Bozeman gossip hit parade.

Taylor Swift - Travis Kelce Engagement Fuels Rumors Their Next Move Is To Montana

Now that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement, the rumors are thick the couple is moving to Montana. They’ve been spotted at the uber-exclusive Yellowstone Club and people say they’ve been shopping for real estate in Bozeman.

Anna-Louise JacksonAugust 30, 2025

From left, Deputies Mosbacher, Harriso and Konegni with the Laramie County Sheriff's Office

Texas Uses Cowboy Hats To Recruit Cops — In Wyoming It's The Culture, Not A Perk

Earlier this week, the Dallas Police Department made a big deal about adding cowboy hats to their official uniform. In Wyoming, it's ingrained in the culture and as automatic as underwear, where “going commando” could easily mean you’re not wearing your cowboy hat.

Andrew RossiAugust 30, 2025

Traffic drives through a Wyoming snowstorm in this file photo.

Computers Say Snow For Labor Day In Wyoming, But Don Day Doesn’t Buy It

A long-range computer forecast calling for snow in the first week of September, and possibly on Labor Day, can be misleading, meteorologist Don Day says. Those computer predictions “drive me nuts and gets people all ramped up,” he says. “I hate it.”

Andrew RossiAugust 26, 2025

Paint crew members and their famlies pose in front of Cheyenne's water tank murals as they near completion.

Huge Mural Of Wild Horses On Cheyenne Water Tank Nearly Done And Turning Heads

What seems like a herd of wild horses cresting the hill over Storey Boulevard in Cheyenne is turning heads as people drive along one of the city’s major east-west roads. The huge mural on one of a pair of water tanks is nearly done.

Renée JeanAugust 26, 2025

Forget the night before Christmas, Santa hits Yellowstone National Park four months before. Christmas in August was celebrated Monday, and has been an annual tradition in Yellowstone National Park for more than 70 years.

Why Are They Celebrating Christmas In Yellowstone -- In August?

Forget the night before Christmas, Santa hits Yellowstone National Park every August. Christmas was celebrated on Monday, and has been an annual tradition in Yellowstone for more than 70 years.

Andrew RossiAugust 25, 2025

A prolonged power outage shut down the street lights and many businesses in Rawlins and other Carbon County communities.

Much Of Carbon County Without Power For 16 Hours After Substation Hit By Lightning

The power is finally back on across much of southern Carbon County after lightning hit a power substation and left about 5,600 homes and businesses without electricity for more than 16 hours Sunday and Monday.

David MadisonAugust 25, 2025

Evanston artist Michelle ‘Chely’ Gomez adds a few touchups to her work at the Evanston Skate Park, as local scooter enthusiast Cutter Nicholson looks on.

No Longer Called A Vandal, Evanston Artist Gives Skate Park A Funky-Cool Makeover

Evanston spray-paint artist Chely Gomez was hired to give the local skate park a funky-cool makeover that’s now drawing praise from residents. That's a change because when she started, she was visited many times from the police over complaints that she was vandalizing city property.

Don CoggerAugust 24, 2025

Blair Sanchez and her 4-H hog Slate pose for a poster shot to be used at the Laramie County Fair.

Wyoming Make-A-Wish Teen With Rare Heart Disease Donates Sale Of Her 4-H Hog

Blair Sanchez from Burns, Wyoming, has a rare heart disease and was gifted a dream trip by Make-A-Wish. Wanting other kids to get their wishes granted, she’s pledged thousands of dollars from the sale of her 4-H hog.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 24, 2025

You may have never met Frank Alvarado, but you likely have his best friends — a pair of green aliens along the road to Yellowstone’s East Entrance. His daughter thinks they’re “hideous,” but her Vietnam Vet dad loved them, so the aliens stay. They've also been known to do some sightseeing from time to time.

Those Green Aliens Along The Road To Yellowstone A Tribute To Wapiti Vietnam Vet

You may have never met Frank Alvarado, but you may have seen his best friends — a pair of green aliens who occasionally appear on the road to Yellowstone. Now they serve as mobile memorials to the kind Wapiti man, a former Los Angeles cop who survived nearly 50 missions during the Vietnam War.

Andrew RossiAugust 24, 2025

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Sidelined By Smoke-Damaged Lungs, Career Wildland Firefighter Now Reports Fires

Forced to retire because of his smoke-damaged lungs, Darren Clifford of Lander now keeps people informed about wildfires. Clifford, who needs a lung transplant, created a popular Facebook page called  "Caught The Fire Bug" which reports up-to-date information available about large wildfires in Wyoming and across the West.

Jackie DorothyAugust 23, 2025

Lt. Josh Williams, seated, listens while his crewmate Lt. Harrison Martin speaks inside the control room.

Inside An F.E. Warren Air Force Base Secret Underground Missile Bunker

Welcome to an F.E. Warren Air Force Base secret underground missile bunker, where the dry desert air tastes like old socks. It’s also where two-person teams man equipment old enough to be in a museum and are ready to press the nuclear button at any time.

Renée JeanAugust 23, 2025

Travis Clyde’s world changed forever the day a welding explosion burned him to the bone, fractured his skull and left him clinging to life. Doctors say the Jeffrey City husband and father of five faces at least a year of recovery.

Burned To Bone In Welding Explosion, Jeffrey City Father Of 5 Faces A New Reality

Travis Clyde’s world changed forever last month when a welding explosion burned him to the bone, fractured his skull and left him clinging to life. Doctors say the Jeffrey City husband and father of five faces at least a year of recovery.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 23, 2025

When a car hits a deer or antelope, it can mean expensive repairs. Hitting a cow is much worse — and possibly demolish you as well. Wyomingites would be wise not to underestimate how devastating hitting a 1,000-pound cow can be.

Hitting A Cow Won't Just Total Your Car, It'll Demolish It — And You

When a car hits a deer or antelope, it can mean expensive repairs. Hitting a cow is much worse, it will likely destroy your car and you as well. Wyomingites would be wise not to underestimate how devastating hitting a 1,000-pound cow can be, assuming they don't become hamburger in the impact.

Andrew RossiAugust 23, 2025

A week after a 7-year-old Siberian husky named Beo got lost in the Wind River Mountains while on a camping trip with his family, he was back in Cheyenne with his family Friday. He was found by a pair of hikers more than 55 miles from where he ran off.

Husky Lost For 7 Days In Rugged Wind River Wilderness Is Back Home in Cheyenne

A week after a 7-year-old Siberian husky got lost in the Wind River Mountains while on a camping trip with his family, he was back in Cheyenne at home on Friday. He was found by a pair of hikers more than 55 miles from where he ran off.

Andrew RossiAugust 22, 2025

People meet, mingle, and admire the 103 pieces of art selected for the 44th Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale.

World Famous Buffalo Bill Western Art Show And Sale Opens For 44th Year

The world-famous Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale in Cody is open for its 44th year. More than 100 works of Western art valued at more than $1.25 million are on display through the show’s live auction Sept. 19.

Andrew RossiAugust 19, 2025

Ryan Pasborg, right, receives the Carnegie Medal from Gov. Mark Gordon on April 27, 2024, at the Governor's Mansion in Cheyenne. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor for heroism. He saved a mother and her young son from a burning trailer on his way to work the morning of Feb. 1, 2022.

Wyoming Carnegie Medal Hero Nearly Killed In Crash With Semi

Ryan Pasborg, the Green River man who was given the Carnegie Medal for heroism for saving a mother and young boy from a burning house, is lucky to be alive after a crash with a semi. The crash left the hero with a multitude of injuries and sky high medical bills.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 19, 2025

If Samuel L. Jackson is tired of all those mother-bleeping snakes on that mother-bleeping plane, he should steer clear of Wyoming. Rattlesnakes are so common at the Greybull airport, the staff is used to them, although they might freak visitors out.

Snakes In A Plane (Hangar): Greybull Airport Is Rattlesnake Central

If Samuel L. Jackson has had it with all those mother-bleeping snakes on that mother-bleeping plane, he should steer clear of Wyoming. Rattlesnakes are so common at the Greybull airport, the staff is used to them, although they might freak visitors out.

Mark HeinzAugust 18, 2025

Cold temperature bank

Don Day’s Way-Too-Early Winter Forecast: Colder, Snowier And Longer

If Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day's extended winter forecast is right, the 2025-2026 winter season will come early, stick around longer, and be colder and snowier. It’s what he calls “a good, old-fashioned Wyoming winter.”

Andrew RossiAugust 18, 2025

If you’re traveling along I-90 east of Butte, take exit 241 and a 30-minute drive north on a dirt road to a unique geological formation with a Whitehall address. There you’ll find a big pile of rocks, aptly known as Ringing Rocks, which chime if you tap them lightly with a hammer.

Explore Montana: Stunning Views, Rocks That Chime Like Bells And Bathing In Radon Gas

From quirky cabin signs to historic landmarks, there are a number of off-the-beaten-path destinations around Montana. They include rocks that chime like bells when hit with a hammer to radon bathing to stunning views from Beartooth Pass.

Anna-Louise JacksonAugust 17, 2025

Caitee Cooper is eager to partner with Wyoming artisans, such as soap and candle makers, to create a unique niche for her contemporary fantasy trilogy, the Portlock series. She said she is inspired by the outdoors and legends to write her stories.

Bigfoot, Alaska And Evil: Wyoming Author Channels Depression Into A Wild Trilogy

Caitee Cooper grew up in the Wyoming outdoors, which she draws on to build her fantasy novels inspired by bigfoot, Alaska, evil, and a pretty wild imagination. But it was her depression that gave Cooper the courage to start writing. 

Jackie DorothyAugust 17, 2025

Heather Hossack of Heritage Quilts & Fabric Shoppe in Riverton, Wyoming, is a quilter that loves to create uniquely Wyoming patterns of rodeo life and wildlife.

Wyoming’s Wildlife, Rodeo And The West Inspires Riverton Woman’s Quilt Art

Riverton's Heather Hossack has turned her passion for horses and wildlife into a career designing unique Wyoming quilt patterns. Quilters from all over the world have purchased her original patterns to create their own art with a distinctly Wyoming flair.

Jackie DorothyAugust 17, 2025

The 1865 tomahawk linked to the death of Caspar Collins outside the city later named for him was found in Arizona. Bob Coronato and a partner bought it and brought it back to Wyoming, but efforts to sell and preserve it in a Wyoming public collection ultimately failed.

The Strange Saga Of A Historic Tomahawk Linked To Death Of Caspar Collins

A collector called the condition of a tomahawk linked to the death of Caspar Collins at the Battle of Platte Bridge "miraculous" especially because it was found in such good condition at a yard sale in Arizona. But all efforts to have it secured in a Wyoming collection has failed and now a private collector has it.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 17, 2025

Fed up with loud crotch rockets and cars racing around Cheyenne, the City Council is ready to crack down on vehicles that blatantly violate the city’s noise regulations. It’s considering sound camera technology to catch offenders.

Fed Up With Loud Crotch Rockets And Cars, Cheyenne City Council To Crack Down

Fed up with loud crotch rockets and cars racing around Cheyenne, members of the City Council are trying to crack down on vehicles that blatantly violate the city’s noise regulations. They're proposing to use sound camera technology to catch offenders.

David MadisonAugust 17, 2025

Bob Beck listens while covering the Wyoming legislature. He said he appreciated the “sense of humor” that seemed to be part of the Capitol corridors in his day.

Wyoming Radio Icon Bob Beck Back On The Air At Syracuse University

For 34 years, Bob Beck was a familiar voice on Wyoming radio. He retired three years ago and moved to Syracuse, New York. The university there has lured him out of retirement to teach and go back on the air.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 17, 2025

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