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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
Casper Artist Saves Vintage Wyoming Neon Landmarks One Sign At A Time
Casper artist Connie Morgan has a passion for intense heat, bending glass and neon gas. She’s saving Wyoming’s vintage neon landmarks one sign at a time, like the giant Tumble Inn Cowboy.
Dale KillingbeckApril 13, 2025
That Time Robbers Only Got Away With $40 From Richest Bank In The Bighorn Basin
The First National Bank of Meeteetse, Wyoming, was never hit by the infamous Wild Bunch. It was the richest bank in the Bighorn Basin and a tempting target in 1958 when robbers used a crowbar to break into the vault. They only get away with $40.
Jackie DorothyApril 13, 2025
Cowboy State Daily’s Wendy Corr Wins National Award For Podcast
Cowboy State Daily’s Wendy Corr shared a stage with Reba McEntire, Graham Greene, and Brooks & Dunn in Oklahoma City on Saturday for the Western Heritage Awards. Her podcast won the 2025 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Lifestyle Program.
Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025
Rare Full Pink Micromoon Is Smaller Than A Normal Moon, And Really Not That Pink
April's full moon is known as the Pink Moon, but it's also a micromoon, the smallest moon of the year and the one the Catholic Church uses to tell us when to celebrate Easter. It’s visible now, but really not that pink.
Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025
Wyoming Sheriff Returns Stuffed Dog To 8-Year-old Lost Along Interstate 80
William Kay, 8, couldn’t sleep without his well-worn stuffed dog named Dog, which blew out of the family car at a rest stop along Interstate 80 in Wyoming. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office found Dog and returned it.
Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025
Wyoming’s Queen Of Moguls Skiing Sweeps World Cup Championships
Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf of Alta, Wyoming, made history in March when she swept all three World Cup events in mogul skiing. She also won gold in dual moguls at the World Championships.
Amber SteinmetzApril 13, 2025
Robot Horses Are Coming — Would A Real Wyoming Cowboy Ride One?
It’s not science fiction anymore — Kawasaki has unveiled it’s developing a futuristic, hydrogen-powered, fully-functional and rideable robot horse. Would Wyoming cowboys ever replace their real horses with robots?
Zakary SonntagApril 13, 2025
Wyoming’s ‘Hoosiers’: How Tiny Reliance Beat The Unbeatable To Make Run At 1949 Title
Forget Hollywood, Wyoming had its own real “Hoosiers” Cinderella story in 1949. That’s when the high school basketball team from the tiny coal town of Reliance beat the unbeatable, defending state champion Cheyenne High School, to make the title game.
Leo WolfsonApril 12, 2025
Mass Grave Of Prehistoric Amphibians With Toilet Lid-Shaped Heads Found Near Dubois
Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near Dubois, Wyoming. They may have been victims of “boiling frog syndrome.”
Andrew RossiApril 12, 2025
Montana’s Historic Frontier Town Bar Made From A Single Giant 50-Foot Log
A California couple bought Frontier Town, the inspiration for Disney’s Frontierland. It’s also home to one of the largest bars ever made from a single giant 50-foot, and the new owners hope to reopen it.
David MadisonApril 12, 2025
He Thought He Was Going To Die, Then He Killed Osama bin Laden
The man credited with killing the world’s most wanted terrorist tells Cowboy State Daily the May 2, 2011, mission to kill Osama bin Laden “went to hell” from the start. He thought he was going to die, then put three bullets into bin Laden’s head.
Zakary SonntagApril 12, 2025
Wyoming Humanities Shell-Shocked By Federal Cut, Loses 80% Of Its Budget
Wyoming Humanities has been shell-shocked by the federal government cutting a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. That money makes up 80% of its operating budget.
Jackie DorothyApril 11, 2025
19-Year-Old Wyoming Wind Technician Dies In Fall From Turbine
Liam Cobb, 19, a wind turbine technician from Douglas, died Wednesday from a fall while working on a turbine in Carbon County. His family says he’ll be remembered for his kindness and intense curiosity about the world.
Leo WolfsonApril 11, 2025
Newly Discovered Comet Can Be Seen From Wyoming If You Wake Up Early Enough
It's been less than two weeks since Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN) was discovered, but it can already be seen from Wyoming with binoculars. If you wake up early enough, you can see it, and it could be brighter than Uranus if it survives rounding the sun May 1.
Andrew RossiApril 11, 2025
Wyoming’s Normal Winds Blow Away Record-Breaking March For Other States
Number crunching shows that March was one of the windiest on record overall in the U.S. and record-setting for many states. But Wyoming is always windy, which means even with a normal year, it blows away a record-breaking March for other states.
Andrew RossiApril 10, 2025
Wyomingites Say Washington, D.C., Is OK, But The Ranch Is Better And Friendlier
A group of young Wyoming ranchers and farmers toured Washington, D.C., last week, experiencing the history and culture shock of the nation’s capital. They also say that while it’s OK, life on the ranch is better — and friendlier.
Sean BarryApril 09, 2025
Mischievous Rancher Behind Those Mysterious Lights In Rural Hot Springs County
The mysterious red, blue and green lights that flash in the middle of nowhere around Hot Springs County aren’t UFOs. They belong to Eddie Shumway, a mischievous rancher who likes giving people something to talk about.
Jackie DorothyApril 06, 2025
Archeologists Have Only Begun Digging Up Wyoming’s Secrets Of The Past
Archaeologist Colin Ferriman travels around Wyoming and the region searching for historic artifacts at project sites for developing energy development. The Cowboy State has only begun giving up its secrets of the past.
Jackie DorothyApril 06, 2025
Meet LoRayne Day, The Casper Beauty Who Became A Hollywood Star
Before she gained fame in the 1950s as a Hollywood and Western star, LoRayne Day was a student at Natrona Count High School in Casper. A beauty, she got the lead in a Western, had a hit record and even had a doll made of her.
Dale KillingbeckApril 06, 2025