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Beartooth Highway Will Finally Be Fully Open After Snowstorm, Repair Delays
After a monster snowstorm and corresponding avalanches, the entire 69 miles of the Beartooth Highway should finally be open Saturday morning — and hopefully stay open for the summer season.
Andrew RossiMay 31, 2024
Millions Lost In Overnight Fire At Cody Bronze Art Foundry, 100% Loss Says Owner
Millions of dollars of art and equipment were destroyed in an overnight fire at the Caleco Foundry in Cody. The establishment, one of only two bronze foundries in Wyoming was totally gutted. One artist says he lost over $5 million worth of art.
Andrew RossiMay 30, 2024
Wyoming May Be In For Another Spectacular Aurora Show
The same group of sunspots that delivered mid-May's amazing aurora displays across Wyoming and the rest of the United States is turning toward Earth this week, meaning another spectacular show may be on the way.
Andrew RossiMay 29, 2024
Skiing On Memorial Day Weekend in Wyoming? Absolutely.
While most people were planning Memorial Day barbecues, Wyoming’s hardcore skiers and snowboarders were still getting some turns in with about a half-foot of fresh high-elevation snow, proving there’s no offseason for those who really want it.
Leo WolfsonMay 29, 2024
Families Snubbed At Cheyenne National Cemetery On Memorial Day
As many as 100 showed up at Cheyenne National Cemetery on Monday morning for an advertised Memorial Day service in honor of fallen heroes and loved ones. But the VA never showed up to host the service.
Pat MaioMay 27, 2024
Gigantic Boulders Not Crashing Down On Highway In Wind River Canyon Is Good Sign
It's a good year so far in Wind River Canyon as there's been a decrease in rocks and boulders crashing down on the highway. The Wyoming Dept of Transportation believes it could be a sign that rockfall mitigation projects are working.
Andrew RossiMay 27, 2024
No National Air Race Championship For Casper But Town Could Get Other Races
Casper won’t be the new home for National Championship Air Races, but the racing association plans to expand with other racing events, and says Casper is on the short list for one of those.
Renée JeanMay 27, 2024
NFL Network Puts Wyoming In Spotlight With Documentary On Heart Mountain Eagles
The NFL Network will premiere a half-hour documentary Monday on the Heart Mountain Eagles, the high school football team for the Wyoming Japanese-American internment camp during World War II that went undefeated in 1942.
Andrew RossiMay 27, 2024
Champions Of The Outdoors Featured In Original Jackson Musical
Just about everyone in Jackson who has ever hiked, biked or paddled in the backcountry knows of famed conservationists Olaus and Mardy Murie. Celebrated Jackson playwright Andrew Munz has made a musical celebrating them.
Jake NicholsMay 27, 2024
Casper Man Committed To Keeping Mountain Man History Alive
Dale Gregory of Casper never quite grew out of his childhood dream of being a Wyoming mountain man. Now he lives the lifestyle and shares it with others at the Fort Caspar Museum because he says it's important to keep the history of the West alive.
Dale KillingbeckMay 27, 2024
Cheyenne’s Historic C.B. Irwin Barn Once Stabled Steamboat
Cheyenne’s historic C.B. Irwin Barn, about a block from the Wyoming Capitol and now home to Cowboy State Daily, once stabled the legendary Steamboat.
Renée JeanMay 27, 2024
Wyoming Mother Of Nine Gets Personal Best In Triathlon Despite Breaking A Rib
Evanston's April Lange, a mother of nine, set a personal best by 10 minutes in a 70-mile triathlon earlier this month in St. George, Utah. Even more impressive, she did it with a broken rib that she suffered five minutes into the race.
Clair McFarlandMay 27, 2024
Getting Wyoming’s Iconic 1 Million Pound Big Boy Locomotive Ready For Summer Tour
The race is on to get Wyoming’s iconic Big Boy locomotive ready for its summer 2024 tour. It takes a lot of work for the largest operating steam engine on the planet at more than 1 million pounds.
Renée JeanMay 27, 2024
Wyoming History: No. 115 In Sheridan Is State’s Last Original Streetcar
For a time in the early 1900s, Sheridan was a modern municipal wonder with electric trolleys and inter-urban cars ferrying people to mines, shopping and the old fort. Now car No. 115 is Wyoming’s last original streetcar.
Dale KillingbeckMay 26, 2024
Wyoming Dog Dazzles At Westminster Show, Wins Best Of Breed
Rowan, a Bracco Italiano dog who lives in Douglas, won Best of Breed at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He received a giant medallion for the win and bragging rights that the best Bracco Italiano dog in the world lives in Wyoming.
Dale KillingbeckMay 26, 2024
100 Years Of Driving Through Spectacular Wind River Canyon
At $1 million, building the Yellowstone Highway through Wind River Canyon in 1924 was the most expensive American road project ever. What’s followed has been a century of breathtaking views and nearly unbelievable stories.
Renée JeanMay 26, 2024
Wyoming Man Says Becoming A Certified Beer Judge Harder Than Masters In Biology
Paul Dey of Cheyenne has an enviable hobby — he’s a certified beer judge. And he said earning that certification was harder than getting his Master of Biology degree.
Renée JeanMay 26, 2024
Cowboy Hat 101: What Your Western Topper Says About You
From cut to color to cost, a cowboy hat tells a story. Buying a new cowboy hat when visiting out West is fun and flirty, but wearing one for real Wyoming cowboys and cowgirls is serious business.
Jake NicholsMay 26, 2024
Wyoming History: FDR Escaped A Political Pressure-Cooker At Yellowstone
It was September 1937 and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was politically exhausted from unsuccessfully trying to stack the Supreme Court, so he escaped the pressure cooker of Washington, D.C., politics in Yellowstone.
Dale KillingbeckMay 25, 2024
Wyoming Has A Front-Row Seat For Rare Parade Of Planets Lineup
People in Wyoming have a front-row seat to view a rare “parade of planets” lineup of six planets and a crescent moon that will be visible in a line June 4. It's the first time such an alignment has been visible in at least 30 years.
Andrew RossiMay 25, 2024
Gigantic Corpse Flower Set To Bloom Over Memorial Day Weekend
Cosmo, a rare 7-year-old corpse flower at Colorado State University, is preparing to bloom for the first time over Memorial Day Weekend. The gigantic flower, which can grow up 12 feet tall, is known for the overwhelming stench of death it produces when it blooms
Andrew RossiMay 25, 2024
Engine 4420 Helped Save Evanston 100 Years Ago, Now Evanston Saving Engine 4420
Engine 4420 is a workhorse of a switch steam locomotive that helped saved Evanston in the 1920s. Now it’s 4420’s turn to be restored to its former glory.
Renée JeanMay 25, 2024
Massive Snowstorm Keeps Beartooth Highway Closed, Other Yellowstone Routes Shut Down
It's still winter in some parts of the Rocky Mountain West. Two feet of snow on Thursday stopped the Beartooth Highway from opening. Many other Yellowstone routes were closed down too as winter refuses to give up.
Andrew RossiMay 23, 2024
Wyoming Detailer Who Cleaned Bear Sprayed Truck Says It’ll Never Be The Same
The Cody detailer who cleaned out the cab of a truck owned by a Yellowstone worker that was bear sprayed when a can of the noxious stuff exploded inside says it’ll never be the same, and will probably always itch.
Andrew RossiMay 22, 2024