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Perfect Weather Conditions Can Create Stunning Light Pillars Across Wyoming
Light pillars aren't rare or hard to see in Wyoming, but they require perfect weather conditions to create their stunning columns of color streaking into the night sky. It has to be freezing out and have hexagonal ice crystals to reflect the light.
Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2025
Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race Returns To Dubois After 20-Year Hiatus
Dubois will once again host a leg of the world-famous Pedigree Stage Stop Dog Race after a 20-year hiatus. The town is planning an over-the-top weekend as the final stage for the event’s 30th year.
Renée JeanJanuary 12, 2025
Wyoming Pioneer Family Has Been Taming Casper Mountain For 90 Years
For more than six decades, Casper Mountain has been Julie York's home. Her family homesteaded there in 1932 and used to run the Wa-Wa lodge. And they had a pet deer named Bimbo.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 12, 2025
Wyoming History: Early Air Mail Pilots Put Lives On The Line To Connect The West
From 1920 to the late 1930s, pilots in open-cockpit planes put their lives on the line to deliver mail across Wyoming. All they had was a compass and nerves of steel.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025
Mills Man’s 1964 Ford Galaxie Cop Car Looks Like It Came Right Out Of Mayberry
When Hurk Wahl gets behind the wheel of his 1964 Ford Galaxie, he says he feels like he's in a parade or on patrol. The black-and-white police cruiser with the round bubble cherry light looks like it drove out of a TV set from the “Andy Griffith Show.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025
Pickleball: It's Unavoidable -- Even In Wyoming
Even in Wyoming, where rodeo is king, pickleball appears to be unavoidable. It's considered easier to learn than tennis and more active than pingpong. The state’s second indoor pickleball facility is opening in Cheyenne on Saturday.
Leo WolfsonJanuary 11, 2025
North America's Earliest Dinosaur Is A 230-Million-Year-Old Chicken-Sized Wyomingite
Paleontologists released a new report last week showing that the earliest dinosaur ever discovered in North America is from Wyoming. It's a small, chicken-sized dino found in the Wind River Mountains.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2025
For The Most Part, It's O.K. To Wash Your Car In Wyoming's Harsh Winters
When Wyoming's temperatures go below freezing, should you wash your car or just allow it to become an ice-encrusted dirt machine? Car washers explain that, for the most part, it's OK. But there are limits.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025
If You Like 8:30 a.m. Sunrises In Winter, You'll Like Permanent Daylight Saving Time
If Congress passes the Sunshine Protection Act, which was introduced earlier this week, daylight saving time would be permanent. That means later sunrises and sunsets in Wyoming and no changing of the clock.
Andrew RossiJanuary 11, 2025
Huge Chinook Choppers Refuel In Riverton On Way To Fight California Fires
Two huge firefighting helicopters touched down Thursday in Riverton on their way to water-bomb the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. The Chinook choppers can carry up to 26,000 pounds.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 10, 2025
Moose Butt Wins Contest To Guess What Shattered A BMW Windshield Near Afton
A Cody auto glass company decided to have some fun by hosting a contest to guess what shattered the windshield of a BMW while driving near Afton, Wyoming. The winning guess? Moose butt at 9 mph.
Andrew RossiJanuary 10, 2025
Campbell County Uses Tacos To Explain Difference Between Winter Storm Watch And Warning
Campbell County is trying to help Wyomingites understand winter weather better by comparing the various alerts to tacos. It can be an appetizing and appropriate analogy — depending on the ingredients and how they come together.
Andrew RossiJanuary 10, 2025
Broncos Or Josh Allen — Who Will Wyoming Fans Cheer For On Sunday?
Sheridan's John Baggett worked in Denver radio for decades, including at 850 KOA, the Broncos flagship station. The longtime sports fan is wrestling with who to root for on Sunday: his beloved Broncos or former Wyo quarterback Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills.
Justin GeorgeJanuary 09, 2025
C.J. Box Going On Book Tour For New Joe Pickett Novel, Which Drops In February
Wyoming author C.J. Box will travel across the country to promote “Battle Mountain,” the latest novel in his popular Joe Pickett series, which goes on sale Feb. 25. In it, Pickett spans Wyoming in search of missing elk hunters.
Andrew RossiJanuary 07, 2025
Huge Second Half From Montana State’s Touchdown Tommy Not Enough To Win FCS Title
Montana State University quarterback Tommy Mellott lived up to his nickname Touchdown Tommy in the second half of Monday’s FCS title game. But it wasn’t enough to overcome a big North Dakota State lead, losing 35-32.
David MadisonJanuary 07, 2025
Craig Johnson’s Next Novel Drops May 27, Was Inspired By Cowboy State Daily Story
Craig Johnson’s newest novel “Return to Sender” will drop May 27. The Ucross, Wyoming, writer said his latest mystery was inspired by a story he read in Cowboy State Daily about the mail carrier who has the most remote route in the United States.
Renée JeanJanuary 06, 2025
Total Eclipse, Meteors And Space Probes — A Lot’s Going On Over Wyoming In 2025
From a total lunar eclipse to meteor showers to space probes, 2025 will be stellar for celestial viewing. Those and more will keep Wyoming stargazers looking up this next year.
Andrew RossiJanuary 05, 2025
Montana Roadside Museum Is Packed With Rare, Cool Nuggets Of Americana
A roadside museum in northwest Montana has been dedicated to all things Americana for more than 40 years. It's packed to the rafters with rare, cool and eclectic collections, from vintage firearms, military artifacts and even Teddy Roosevelt's saddle.
Anna-Louise JacksonJanuary 05, 2025
Wyoming Couple Sells Home To Sail Around The World Over Next 10 Years
Jim Bob and Marlie Schell have have traded their home in Hoback Junction for a sailboat. They're not only going to sail around the world over the next 10 years but they're homeschooling their son on the high seas.
Renée JeanJanuary 05, 2025
Parents Of Murdered Casper Teen Say She’s “Not The Only One That Died That Day”
It’s been nearly eight months since 17-year-old Lene’a Brown’s ex-boyfriend shot and killed her in a Casper park. Her parents tell Cowboy State Daily that the fear, pain and grief are as raw as the day it happened.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 05, 2025
Wyoming Woman Was An Office Clerk, Now Is A World-Class Western Horse Artist
Karmel Timmons of Sheridan is recognized as a world-class Western horse artist. That’s far from where she was not too many years ago — working as an accounts receivables clerk for “some company.”
Amber SteinmetzJanuary 05, 2025
A Young Jimmy Carter Wasn't Pleased His First Navy Assignment Was The USS Wyoming
In 1946, Ensign Jimmy Carter was assigned to serve on a by-then aging and broken-down USS Wyoming after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. The future president wasn't pleased to draw the Wyoming as his first posting.
Andrew RossiJanuary 05, 2025
Lost Home Videos From 1940s, ’50s And ’60s Coming Home To Wyoming
After a woman in Hayward, California, discovered a cache of old home videos in the attic of her newly purchased home, she's been on a mission to find family members connected to them. The videos were filmed in Cheyenne in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Jackie DorothyJanuary 05, 2025
Wyoming Motorcycle Racer Recovers From Broken Back To Go Pro At 17
Jason Harris of Lyman, Wyoming, learned to ride a motorcycle at age 4. He broke his back in a 2023 crash, but recovered quickly and, at 17, is going pro as a long-distance racer.
Mark HeinzJanuary 05, 2025