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The original concept for Mount Rushmore included not only the heads of the four presidents, but their torsos as well.

Did You Know The Presidents On Mount Rushmore Were Supposed To Have Bodies, Too?

It took more than 400 workers 14 years to carve the heads of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln into Mount Rushmore. Did you know the original plan was for them to have bodies, too?

Jackie DorothyJanuary 18, 2025

A $95,000 sculpture titled "Sunriser" was knocked over by a truck in the yard of Deselms Fine Arts in Cheyenne on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Truck Takes Out $95,000 Sculpture In Yard Of Cheyenne Art Gallery

A collision at a busy downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming, intersection caused a truck to crash into a $95,000 bronze sculpture Thursday. It also nearly took out another large bronze worth $165,000.

Greg JohnsonJanuary 17, 2025

Between Friday and Tuesday, Wyomingites will experience the coldest temperatures of the winter season so far. Don Day says to expect dangerously low wind chills, black ice and wind-driven snow squalls. In this file photo, all three are happening along a Wyoming highway.

Subzero Surge To Bring Snow Squalls, Black Ice And Dangerous Wind Chills

Between Friday and Tuesday, Wyomingites will experience the coldest temperatures of the winter season so far. Don Day says to expect dangerously low wind chills, black ice and wind-driven snow squalls.

Andrew RossiJanuary 16, 2025

Jeanne Bryan, former executive director of the Wyoming Centennial Commission, died Jan. 8. She was 82.

Remembering Jeanne Bryan: State Centennial Director And Wyoming Booster

Jeanne Bryan, longtime Wyoming booster and former executive director of the Wyoming Centennial Commission died Jan. 8. Former Gov. Mike Sullivan said Jeanne "was immensely dedicated to Wyoming."

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 13, 2025

A glitch in the software of this electronic sign at Alpine Animal Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming, shows it's minus 196 degrees. If true, it would by far be the coldest place ever recorded on the planet.

Get Ready To Shiver — Cold Wave To Plunge Wyoming Below Zero This Week

A surge of polar air from Canada will move into Wyoming by the end of the week, plunging much of the state into below zero temperatures. It’s the start of what could be a prolonged period of serious cold.

Andrew RossiJanuary 13, 2025

Strong winds and gusts can make it dangerous for high-profile vehicles and semitrailers driving on Wyoming's interstates.

Just How Windy Does It Get In Wyoming?

The most powerful wind gust ever recorded in Wyoming was in the town of Clark in April, 2022. That's when the wind hit 128 mph. Luckily, wind speeds don't get this high that often.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 12, 2025

Elmer Fudd arrives in "Jellostone National Park" for a camping trip in the 1941 classic cartoon "Wabbit Twouble."

That Time Bugs Bunny Tormented Elmer Fudd While Camping In Yellowstone

The 1941 cartoon "Wabbit Twouble" had Bugs Bunny antagonizing Elmer Fudd in Jellostone National Park, aka Yellowstone. The cartoon was a crucial step for the iconic characters while also providing one of the internet's favorite memes: Big Chungus.

Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2025

Kathleen and Michael Gear, Wyoming's first couple of writing.

Michael And Kathleen Gear: Wyoming’s First Couple Of Writing Have Published 88 Books

Every book New York Times best-seller Michael and Kathleen Gear write is influenced by Wyoming. After 88 published books, the Gears are scratching a new itch to write short stories.

Jackie DorothyJanuary 12, 2025

The 47 million-year-old plant fossil that continues to baffle researchers. It's become known as the "alien plant."

Fossils Of 47 Million-Year-Old "Alien Plant" Raise More Questions Than Answers

Researchers have found nearly every plant part they need to trace the prehistoric history of a 47 million-year-old "alien plant" from Utah. That’s why it's baffling that it remains so elusive and unlike anything else ever found on the planet.

Andrew RossiJanuary 12, 2025

Pinedale photographer Dave Bell says one of his most talked about photos was of light pillars in a cold Wyoming sky in 2017.

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

The 30th annual Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race across Wyoming begins Feb. 1. The sixth stage is in Lander.

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

A pet deer named Bimbo was part of the Wa-Wa Lodge staff in the 1950s. Here Jack Cummings and staff members give Bimbo some love.

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

A U.S. Air Mail Service DH-4 in flight provides an example of an airplane modified for night-flying. Note the extended exhaust designed to keep flame from blinding the pilot at night, and the landing lights on the bottom of the top wing.

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

The 1964 Ford Galaxy restored as a vintage police car. Mills resident Hurk Wahl won the car in a raffle.

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

Teh Picklr in Cheyenne is Wyoming's second indoor pickleball facility, showing that the growing sport continues to gain traction in the Cowboy State.

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

David Lovelace, a museum scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience, works on a fossil in plaster, part of the earliest dinosaur ever discovered in Wyoming.

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

Even in sub-freezing temperatures, car washes are open and do a brisk business. But there are risks washing cars when temperatures plummet.

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

A spectacular Wyoming sunrise looking west from Waiti in northwest Wyoming.

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

Two firefighting helicopters touched down Thursday in Riverton, Wyoming, on their way to water-bomb Los Angeles County.

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

What hit this BMW's windshield to cause this damage? That was the question in a contest by a Cody, Wyoming, glass repair shop. The answer is moose butt.

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

A meteoroligist and taco expert say using tacos to describe the difference between a winter storm warning and a watch is a good idea, even if it makes you hungry.

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

Former Denver radio host, and Wyoming native, John Baggett stands in front of the Denver Broncos' three Vince Lombardi trophies.

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

Wyoming author C.J. Box is dropping the next installment of his wildly popular Joe Pickett series, "Battle Mountain," next month.

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

Montana State University football fan Tino Woodburn sports a “Party Like It’s 1984” T-shirt, harkening back to the last time MSU won a national championship. On Monday, the Bobcats came up a few points short.

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

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