Wyoming Life

White Mountain and Pilot Butte near Rock Springs, Wyoming, viewed from a distance. The search for a missing 16-year-old boy in 1963 led to the formation of Sweetwater County Search and Rescue. But the boy, Edward Eskridge, was never found. That still haunts a now 90-year-old George Liska, who helped with the search for the teen.

The Boy Never Found Still Haunts Wyoming Searcher 63 Years Later

When a 16-year-old boy went missing in the Wyoming Wilderness in 1963, a desperate search was launched. More than 200 looked for Edward Eskridge, including the National Guard, but he was never found — and it still haunts one of those searchers, 92-year-old George Liska.

Jackie DorothyNovember 07, 2026

A 60-foot-long steel doomsday bunker hangs from a crane at a remote construction site.

Meet The Montana Man Who Builds Luxury Doomsday Bunkers Across The Rockies

Andrew Mazzella builds luxury doomsday bunkers deep in the Rockies for clients preparing for nuclear war, civil unrest or whatever. The end result is a fortified sanctuary with its own power, water, sewage, air filtration, and groceries to last a decade.

Kolby FedoreNovember 07, 2026

Dodging flying debris in 100 mph winds that toss semis around Wyoming highways like toy trucks is stressful enough. Cheyenne wreckers did it with a camera crew in their faces during a record-breaking windstorm.

Rocky Mountain Wreckers TV Followed Cheyenne Wreckers During Record 100-MPH Winds

Camera crews for the Discovery reality show "Rocky Mountain Wreckers" followed Cheyenne wreckers last spring as Wyoming's capital city was blasted by record 100-plus mph winds. Those crews which cleaned up dozens of semis were featured on Friday’s show.

Emma Jane JacksonNovember 07, 2026

Wyoming has recorded 22 e-bike crashes this year, more than double last year's total. The increase has city leaders across the state — including Rock Springs — wrestling with how to handle kids zipping down sidewalks, darting into traffic and moving faster than cars.

Wyoming E-Bike Crashes More Than Double As Cities Debate Safety Rules

Wyoming has recorded 22 e-bike crashes this year, more than double last year's total. The increase has city leaders across the state wrestling with how to handle kids zipping down sidewalks, darting into traffic and moving faster than cars.

Kolby FedoreNovember 07, 2026

Now-late Teton County Resident Fred Miles was 105 years old when he set the world record for oldest person to go tandem paragliding in 2023.

Teton County Reports Life Expectancy At A Staggering 94 Years, Tops In The Nation

Teton County residents have a life expectancy of 94 years, easily the highest in Wyoming and about 15 years longer than the national average, according to county health department data. Experts say outdoor recreation, healthy habits and wealth help explain why.

Kate MeadowsNovember 06, 2026

Corin Neff enjoys kids and has homeschooled his children while his wife, Ellice, taught at Torrington High School

41-Year-Old Torrington Father of 3 Fights For Life After Sudden Halloween Stroke

A 41-year-old Torrington stay-at-home father of three and musician is fighting for his life in a Denver-area hospital ICU after a sudden stroke on Halloween. Corin Neff's wife "is going to have to make some difficult decisions," his father-in-law said.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 06, 2026

Sommer Chase and her husband, Cody Chase, who first noticed the lights while working night shift at a Montana coal mine.

UFO Investigator Stumped By Gillette Woman’s Video Of Rotating Lights In Night Sky

A Rock Springs UFO investigator says he has "no explanation" for video of mysterious rotating lights a Gillette woman captured. “They're everywhere,” she says about seeing them multiple times in Wyoming and Montana.

Emma Jane JacksonNovember 05, 2026

Mark Call has been waiting almost a year to get mail service started to his neighborhood. It's complicating financial transactions and deliveries.

As Some In Lincoln County Wait A Year For Mail Service, Another Post Office Closes

Mail troubles are brewing in the Afton area. A homeowner in a new subdivision has been waiting over a year to receive mail service, while nearby Grover residents must now travel to Afton to collect mail after their local postal services were closed.

Renée JeanNovember 05, 2026

Rock Springs Housing Authority Closes Waiting Lists With Hundreds Still Needing Help

With 408 applicants waiting for housing vouchers and 158 waiting for one-bedroom public-housing units, the Rock Springs Housing Authority is closing both waiting lists Dec. 1. "We don't have the ability to help 408 people,” said the agency’s director.

Kate MeadowsNovember 05, 2026

Semitrailer driver Roberto Figueroa passed this military convoy carrying ballistic missile components on Interstate 80 near Burns, Wyoming, one day.

Yes, You Can Pass A Nuclear Missile Driving On Interstate 80 Through Wyoming

For those who’ve wondered what’s in those industrial-looking semitrailers with military escorts on I-80 through Wyoming, it could’ve been a nuclear missile. “I was thinking, ‘Oh my god.’ I was terrified,” said a trucker who passed a missile convoy.

Andrew RossiNovember 04, 2026

Paul and Lynn Montoya still have few answers a week removed from being stranded in Cambodia when their cruise ship abruptly went bankrupt and kicked them off.

A Week After Cruise Ship Dumped Them In Cambodia, Wyoming Couple Has Few Answers

A Wyoming couple still has few answers a week removed from being stranded in Cambodia when their cruise ship abruptly went bankrupt and kicked them off. They’re now lugging suitcases around Kuala Lumpur and trying to regroup.

Renée JeanNovember 03, 2026

Wyoming Forecasters: Earlier-Than-Ever Polar Vortex Could Mean Frigid Thanksgiving

Wyoming meteorologists are watching the earliest polar vortex forming in the Arctic Circle in recorded history and it could mean significant winter weather by Thanksgiving. "This is Mother Nature saying, ‘Hold my beer,’” said meteorologist Don Day.

Andrew RossiNovember 03, 2026

A paedomorphic western tiger salamander found in LaBonte Lake retains the feathery external gills characteristic of its juvenile form.

'Peter Pan' Salamanders That Get Bigger, But Never Grow Up, Found In Laramie Lake

Scientists have discovered what they call “Peter Pan” salamanders in a Laramie pond. While their siblings move onto land and area residents escort them across roads, this version of Wyoming's only native salamander grows up but never leaves home.

Kolby FedoreNovember 02, 2026

Roger Huckfeldt of Torrington was shocked to find his lilacs blooming in November.

Why The Heck … Are Wyoming Lilacs Still Blooming In November?

Roger Huckfeldt’s lilacs in Torrington are doing a strange thing. They are blooming out as if it were spring, leaving Huckfeldt to wonder if his longtime lilac shrubs are doomed. In the meantime, he's getting a lot of really bad advice....

Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026

Residents of an Evanston mobile home park are angry that while rents go up every year, the roads remain pothole-riddled and unplowed in the winter, fences crumble and overall poor maintenance of the development.

Evanston Mobile Home Park Residents Say Rent Goes Up While Roads, Fences Crumble

Residents of an Evanston mobile home park are angry that while rents go up every year, the roads remain pothole-riddled and fences crumble. “We're not asking for luxury amenities. We're asking for roads that don't destroy our vehicles,” said one resident.

Kate MeadowsNovember 02, 2026

Samantha Thompson says she feels blindsided by the death of the “love of my life” in an Oct. 22 workplace accident. It’s a double blow following the premature birth and death of their daughter just two months earlier.

Laramie Woman Blindsided By Death Of Her Partner And Their Daughter Within Two Months

A Laramie woman says she feels blindsided by the death of the “love of my life” in an Oct. 22 workplace accident. It’s a double blow following the premature birth and death of their daughter just two months earlier.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 02, 2026

Archaeologist Richard Adams stumbled across an ancient village high in the Wind River Range 20 years ago.

Wyoming’s Machu Picchu Is An Ancient 4,000-Year-Old Village Hidden In Wind River Range

A University of Wyoming archaeologist and his team discovered a sprawling ancient village high in the Wind River Range 20 years ago. The 4,000-year-old lodge sites, what they have called Wyoming's Machu Picchu, have helped redefine prehistoric life in the mountains.

Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026

People who live next to and near a newly opened LDS Cody temple say the lights and traffic are as intrusive as they feared. "There is truly never peace," said Sarah Frances McClure, who lives next to the temple.

Neighbors Living Next To Cody LDS Temple Say Lights As Intrusive As They Feared

People who live near a newly opened LDS Cody temple say lights and traffic are as intrusive as they feared. One resident says the light keeps her babies awake and headlights strobing from the parking lot are a battle. "There is truly never peace," she says

Leo WolfsonNovember 01, 2026

Now blocked by a gate and a radiation warning "no trespassing" sign, the Split Rock uranium mine and mille operated in Wyoming's Gas Hills from 1957 through 1981. As a girl in the area, Roni Roemmich played with uranium, and decades later can still set off Geiger counters.

Wyoming Woman Who Played With Uranium As A Kid Still Sets Off Geiger Counters

A Riverton woman who spent a summer in Wyoming's Gas Hills playing in the raw yellow uranium with her best friend and a poodle still sets off Geiger counters. At least "I don't glow in the dark," she said about other side-effects decades later.

Jackie DorothyNovember 01, 2026

Jerry Ewen flew more than 1,000 missions during a year in Vietnam as a Dustoff pilot, flying wounded soldiers from battle zones medical care.

Greybull Vietnam Vet Gets Gold Medal For 1,000 Medevac Missions To Save Wounded

Greybull Vietnam veteran Jerry Ewen has been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for flying medevac helicopters on more than 1,000 missions during the war. His efforts to save lives nearly cost him his own on his last flight before coming home to the U.S.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 31, 2026

UW geology undergraduate and Williams Conservatory student employee Heizkah Jackson, 20, points toward the black bamboo that recently flowered and is beginning to die.

‘Bad Omen’: UW’s Black Bamboo Has Finally Bloomed, Which Means We're Doomed

A black bamboo plant located in the University of Wyoming's Williams Conservatory since 1994 has bloomed for the first time and is turning into a corpse. According to legend, this only happens every 50 to 120 years and means we're all doomed.

Kolby FedoreOctober 31, 2026

Dan Koldenhoven with his wife, Misty, and their two children.

‘He Loved His Rig’: Fallen Wyoming Oilman Honored With 3D-Printed Replica Of Rig

When a Cheyenne oilman died suddenly after coming home from a shift, his grieving family wanted a special way to honor him. A local business made a 3D-printed replica of the oil rig he helped build from the ground up. “He loved his rig,” his widow says.

Emma Jane JacksonOctober 31, 2026

Jackson Officer Has Severe Brain Injury, Does Not Recall Hitting Bear With Harley

Nearly a month after hitting a black bear with his Harley, longtime Teton County Detention Officer Bart Churches is still recovering from a severe brain injury — and has no memory of the crash or the days leading up to it.

Kolby FedoreOctober 30, 2026

Paul and Lynn Montoya of Laramie, Wyoming, talk about abruptly being kicked off the cruise ship they were living on in Cambodia.

Wyoming Couple Who Sold Everything To Live On Cruise Ship Stranded In Cambodia

A Laramie couple who sold their home so they could live on a cruise ship is stranded in Cambodia after the company ran out of money for fuel. After spending $450,000 so far, Paul and Lynn Montoya are stuck. "I'm angry," Lynn Montoya said.

Renée JeanOctober 30, 2026

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