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Sturgis Bikers Give 108-Year-Old South Dakota Woman Her Own Private Rally
After Sturgis, some of the motorcycle rallygoers held another small rally at Hazel Baumberger’s senior living center Monday. The 108-year-old woman is South Dakota’s oldest person and attended the first Sturgis rally in 1938.
Justin GeorgeAugust 13, 2024
Epic Year For Auroras Over Wyoming May Have Just Gone Legendary
What’s already been an epic year for colorful auroras over Wyoming may have just gone legendary early Monday. Another spectacular celestial lights show likely peaked, but expect more through the rest of the year.
Andrew RossiAugust 12, 2024
Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Over Wyoming Early Tuesday
The prolific Perseids Meteor Shower hits its peak early Tuesday morning over Wyoming. From a dark spot, people could see as many as 100 meteors per hour streak across the sky.
Andrew RossiAugust 12, 2024
Wyoming History: The ‘Tough Luck’ Teen Gangster Who Ran Into A Tougher Sheriff
A wild South Dakota 16-year-old “tough luck” gangster in a stolen car killed a Douglas man in a crash and shot the sheriff three times in 1934. But he ran into a tougher Wyoming sheriff, who kept getting shot but survived every time.
Dale KillingbeckAugust 11, 2024
Wyoming Teen Ranked Among The Best Fortnite Players On The Planet
Ryder Tillard of Douglas recently achieved the highest rank in the online video game Fortnite. That puts the 19-year-old among the top 0.2% of the more than 3.8 million ranked players worldwide.
Amber SteinmetzAugust 11, 2024
Original Hulett Ham And Jam Girl Remembers A More Wild, Raucous Party
Brandi Kelly was one of the first Ham and Jam girls for the annual party that brings 30,000 people to tiny Hulett, Wyoming, during the Sturgis rally. She says it was wilder then, but it’s still magic because it brings people together.
Renée JeanAugust 11, 2024
Wyoming Senior Olympian Still Winning Gold Medals At 105
Laramie resident Gerry Meyer is 105 years old and still winning gold medals at the Wyoming Senior Olympics. At this year’s games, he won the 50- and 100-meter dashes, beating his 2023 50-meter mark by 3 seconds.
Renée JeanAugust 11, 2024
Wyoming Supersaurus Was The Shaq Of The Jurassic: Super-Sized, But Not Super-Old
New research on the age of Wyoming's largest dinosaur determined the 108-foot-long, 50-ton giant from Douglas was definitely an adult when it died, but probably wasn't as old as its bones might suggest.
Andrew RossiAugust 11, 2024
How One Rowdy Bar Customer Sparked 50 Years Of Sturgis-Week Burnouts In Sundance
The annual Burnout Wednesday during Sturgis rally week in Sundance, Wyoming, has been a must-do for bikers for nearly 50 years. It began with one rowdy customer who threatened to burnout inside the Dime Horseshoe Bar.
Renée JeanAugust 11, 2024
Fair Week Is Super Bowl For Wyoming’s 4-H Champions
Fair week is like the Super Bowl for hundreds of 4-H kids across Wyoming. Like Timber and Morgan Elkins, who spent an exhausting — and exhilarating — week with their champion cows at the Campbell County Fair.
Jen KocherAugust 10, 2024
Wyoming Roller Derby Players Share A Common Passion — Hitting People
Almost to the last player, women who make up Wyoming’s roller derby scene say there’s one thing they love about their sport — hitting people. But there’s actually a method to the mayhem these divas on roller skates commit.
Dale KillingbeckAugust 10, 2024
Want To Be A Character In A C.J. Box Book? Once A Year, You Get A Chance
Being a character in a “Joe Pickett” novel would be a dream come true for many fans of Wyoming author C.J. Box. So, he offers it up as an auction item to benefit his hometown Saratoga Museum.
Renée JeanAugust 10, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Interview: 50 Years Of George Thorogood Is Awesome To The Bone
Ahead of his Aug. 14 date at the Wyoming Ford Center in Casper, Cowboy State Daily’s Jake Nichols caught up with blues-rock legend George Thorogood. He still loves touring and never tires of playing his signature “Bad to the Bone.”
Jake NicholsAugust 10, 2024
From Top Of Everest To Biking Across Russia, Wyoming Adventure Writer Gets Around
Laramie’s Mark Jenkins still travels the world seeking adventure. The longtime National Geographic writer who has climbed Mount Everest, covered the war in Afghanistan, cycled through Russia, and kayaked inside glaciers plans to get back on his bike for a trek across Europe.
Dale KillingbeckAugust 10, 2024
Teddy, Stolen Poodle Found During Wyoming Police Stop, Finally Back Home
A miniature poodle named Teddy is back with his owner nearly a year after a man allegedly stole him and smuggled him into Riverton, Wyoming. After about three weeks and more than 3,500 miles, Teddy arrived home Friday night.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2024
Wyoming Artist Bob Coronato’s “Trump Train” Painting Catches Fire With MAGA Nation
Hulett, Wyoming, artist Bob Coronato already has a painting in the Smithsonian. The artist, best known for painting historical figures, has painted six Trump campaign posters, and is planning to show them to the former president at a fundraiser this weekend in Jackson.
Renée JeanAugust 10, 2024
The Party Next Door: Hulett's Ham And Jam On Wednesday Of Sturgis Week
Although the topless rodeo is no longer allowed, Hulett's annual Ham and Jam still gets wild. Some 30,000 bikers head to the town on Wednesday of Sturgis week for free pork sandwiches, music, insanity, and surprisingly, very few arrests.
Renée JeanAugust 10, 2024
Severe Wyoming Weather, And Threat Of More, Cuts Short Gillette Camporee
The International Pathfinder Camporee brought 60,000 people to Gillette, Wyoming. But after a week of severe Wyoming weather, and threat of more, has cut short the huge gathering of Seventh-day Adventists.
Jen KocherAugust 09, 2024
Photographer At Fort Caspar Uses Civil War Techniques To Make New History
This prominent Civil War-era reenactor isn’t a soldier for either side, he’s the photographer. At Fort Caspar, he makes his own vintage images using the same techniques — and in some cases same equipment — as during the Civil War.
Dale KillingbeckAugust 09, 2024
Camporee Brought 60,000 People To Gillette, But Not Enough Porta-Potties
The International Pathfinder Camporee brought 60,000 people to Gillette this week but not enough porta-potties. One youth leader says the foul situation ruined it for his group, while the sanitation contractor says they needed 1,000 more.
Jim LuksicAugust 09, 2024
“They Are Brothers”: Wyoming Honor Guard Never Lets A Soldier Be Buried Alone
The members of the Natrona County United Veterans Honor Guard have attended thousands of Wyoming military funerals over the years. No matter when they served, they say veterans deserve an honor guard because “they are brothers.”
Dale KillingbeckAugust 08, 2024
Fire Crews Use High-Tech Drones To Keep Clearwater From Yellowstone Entrance
High-tech drones dropping incendiary “dragon eggs” are among the tools wildland firefighters are using to keep the Clearwater Fire in northwest Wyoming from closing the East Entrance to Yellowstone.
Jackie DorothyAugust 08, 2024
How An Important 1877 Soldier’s Diary Wound Up In A Wyoming Bank Vault
Maj. George “Sandy” Forsyth’s 1877 diary was on its way to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in 1960. But its owner decided it belongs in Wyoming where it was written, and it’s been in a Thermopolis bank vault for nearly 65 years.
Jackie DorothyAugust 08, 2024
Sick Wyoming Woman Pulls Out Of World’s Toughest Horse Race, Then Is Abandoned In Mongolia
Dede Anders knew she was too sick to ride 620 miles across Mongolia, then was abandoned halfway around the world Wednesday. The Wyoming woman was there to compete in the Mongol Derby, but race organizers left her in a hotel room without medical care.
Andrew RossiAugust 07, 2024