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Forget Tik Tok, This Wyoming Girl Is Influencing With A Sewing Machine
When other teens spend most of their time on their smartphones and other devices, 16-year-old Madi Dunning from Encampment, Wyoming, has become a national champion with her sewing machine.
January 27, 2024
How Thermopolis, Wyoming, Got Its Name Is As Legendary As The Name Itself
History doesn’t record the exact conversation that led to the naming of Thermopolis but it does involve whiskey, outlaws, and a cowboy with a thick Irish brogue who convinced the townspeople it was the perfect name.
Renée JeanJanuary 27, 2024
Jackson Rookie Steps In For Mentor To Run Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
“Promise me someone is going to run those dogs.” Those were Alix Crittenden’s last words before she went under the knife for a brain tumor less than two weeks before the start of the 2024 Pedigree Stage Stop Race. Her understudy is stepping in.
Jake NicholsJanuary 27, 2024
Craig Johnson’s New Longmire Novel Takes Sheriff Walt Back To Summer 1964
Wyoming author Craig Johnson will release his 20th novel in May, “First Frost." Only this time, it’s 1964, and Walt Longmire is in his early 20s and has just been drafted into the Vietnam War.
Amber SteinmetzJanuary 27, 2024
Jackson High Phenom Tai McBride Wrestles Like A Girl — And Can’t Be Beat
16-year-old Tai McBride is pretty much like any other Wyoming teenage girl, until the whistle blows. Then she becomes 120 pounds of, 'f*** around and find out.'
Jake NicholsJanuary 27, 2024
Not Enough Snow This Season To Build Gigantic 25-Foot Wyoming Snowman
It was not a Christmas miracle for the Garvin Family in Jackson this year. Due to a lack of snow, they couldn't build their 25-foot snowman as they've done every year since 2012. Weather permitting, they vow it will return next year.
Andrew RossiJanuary 26, 2024
Casper College Bareback Rider In Horrific Rodeo Wreck Out Of Hospital
Austin Broderson, the 19-year-old Casper College cowboy who survived being dragged and trampled by a horse Jan. 15 at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver, is out of the hospital and on his way back home.
Renée JeanJanuary 26, 2024
Wyoming’s Jekyll-And-Hyde Winter Swings 100 Degrees, From -50 To 50
Wyoming’s Jekyll-and-Hyde El Niño winter has seen 100-degree temperature swings in a matter of weeks, from minus 50 polar vortex wind chills to over 50 above to finish January.
Andrew RossiJanuary 25, 2024
Utah Town’s ‘WHOA’ Signs Show Cowboy Spirit, But Can't Happen In Wyoming
Alton, an ag/ranching community in Utah, has a lot of similarities to a Wyoming town, except for the stop signs. They have "WHOA" signs instead. It's a good idea but not allowed in Wyoming
Mark HeinzJanuary 23, 2024
Casper College Bareback Rider Recovering, Still Can't Use Arm After Wreck
The family of Austin Broderson, the 19-year-old Casper College bareback rider trampled during a horrific wreck at the National Western Stock Show rodeo last week says he’s doing better every day, but still has no use of his left arm.
Renée JeanJanuary 22, 2024
New Look At Wyoming’s Deadliest Train Wreck Reveals Potential Murder Plot
A Casper historian's investigation into Wyoming’s deadliest train wreck where a train plunged into a roaring creek bed between Casper and Glenrock in 1923, has unearthed many new details -- including a potential murder plot.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 21, 2024
Dinosaur World Thrilled Over Allosaurus Found In Wyoming’s Jurassic Mile
A rare discovery of an Allosaurus found in Wyoming’s famous Jurassic Mile has the dinosaur world excited over the bones which are mostly intact with evidence of injuries and even skin.
Andrew RossiJanuary 21, 2024
Sheridan Rancher Passes On The Wyoming Way One Subscriber At A Time
Peter Burgess, a fourth-generation rancher near Sheridan, showcases Wyoming values and the toil and fun of working a cattle ranch, one subscriber at a time through his YouTube channel "The Wyoming Way."
Clair McFarlandJanuary 20, 2024
Why Is There A Bike On Top Of The Historic Lander Grain Elevator?
Trey Warren is an unusual and outgoing person who, in his own eclectic way, saved the historic 75-foot-tall Lander grain elevator. He also bolted a mountain bike on top of it, and has even saddled up to ride it like a bull.
Renée JeanJanuary 20, 2024
Spaghetti Westerner Gap Pucci, 88, Is The Last Wyoming Mountain Man Of His Time
Spaghetti Westerner and modern-day Wyoming mountain man Gap Pucci is the last of his kind. The 88-year-old legendary outfitter still lives like he always has — straight-up cowboy. No phone, no internet, no modern amenities.
Jake NicholsJanuary 20, 2024
Casper College Bareback Rider Survives Horrific Wreck At National Western Stock Show
Austin Broderson, a 19-year-old bareback rider and sophomore at Casper College, is recovering after enduring what many rodeo insiders are calling the worst wreck they’ve ever seen at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Monday.
Renée JeanJanuary 19, 2024
With Homeless Shelter At Capacity, Cheyenne Church Opened Doors During Severe Cold Snap
When temperatures plunged well below zero last weekend and the COMEA Shelter was overflowing, a Cheyenne church opened its doors to more than 30 homeless people, some of them with ashen frostbite already bubbling on their hands.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 17, 2024
Yellowstone Visitor Captures Video Of Rare Arctic Air ‘Diamond Dust’
“Diamond Dust” – or glittering, frozen precipitation lingering in the air – is a rare phenomenon that occurs under extremely cold conditions when water vapor in the air freezes and very small water crystals are the result.
Mark HeinzJanuary 17, 2024
Frosty Flowers Cover Boysen Reservoir Like A Sea Of ‘Sagebrush’
On an ice fishing trip to Wyoming’s Boysen Reservoir, Ed and Deanna Reish, along with grandson McCrae Puckett, stumbled on to a beautiful phenomenon -- the lake was covered with a field of large hoarfrost crystals that looked like a sea of frosty “sagebrush.”
Andrew RossiJanuary 17, 2024
Formerly Listed At $24.5 Million, Casper Mansion Back On Market At $7.9 Million
The McMurry Mansion in Casper is one of Wyoming’s largest homes at nearly 23,000 square feet. It boasts nine bedrooms, 13 full baths, commercial kitchen and banquet hall. The mansion once listed for $24.5 million and is now on the market for $7.9 million.
Renée JeanJanuary 16, 2024
When Cold Strands Ranching Family At Home, Wyoming Troopers Deliver Milk For Kids
When this weekend’s polar freeze forced a Converse County couple to reach out for help when their vehicles wouldn’t start, a pair of Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers delivered some much-needed milk for their young kids.
Renée JeanJanuary 15, 2024
Back From Reaching Tallest Peak In Antarctica, Climber Says Wyoming Feels Just As Cold
Fresh off reaching the peak of the tallest mountain in Antarctica, Casper’s Dr. Joe McGinley said he returned to Wyoming to find his home state feels just as cold as the South Pole.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 15, 2024
Wyoming Temps Are Cold Enough To Freeze Bulls' Balls Off, Rancher Warns
A Sheridan rancher warned that temperatures in Wyoming are so cold that ranchers should lay out straw for their bulls to lie on so the bulls don't freeze their testicles and lose their stud potential.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 15, 2024
Arctic Deep Freeze Sees Record -36 In Worland, Windchills Of -60 Around Wyoming
Monday brought the coldest of a four-day Arctic deep freeze across Wyoming, with Worland smashing its previous record low by 7 degrees with a 36 below zero, while Buffalo and Gillette saw windchills hit -60.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024