Wyoming Life

This image released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service via X on Aug. 30, 2026, shows remnants of stone bridge pylons along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood. Inset: Timothy Smith, courtesy

Wyoming Pilot Missing In Grand Canyon Flash Flood That Killed His Two Friends

A Wyoming pilot and father of three remains missing after a devastating Grand Canyon flash flood over the weekend that killed two of his friends. His wife and children are holding out hope through what she calls a “journey of not knowing where Tim is.”

Kolby FedoreSeptember 02, 2026

Broderick Thomas, the Becks' son, prepares a cut of meat alongside his father, Dana, and ranch hand Quinton Boyles.

Uinta County Ranch Family Builds USDA Meat Processing Plant From The Ground Up

After years of hauling cattle and beef to Utah, a Uinta County ranch family decided to take matters into their own hands and build a USDA-inspected meat processing facility on their ranch. The plant will have its final USDA inspection on Friday.

Kate MeadowsSeptember 01, 2026

A 5-year-old girl in Rock Springs got off at the wrong bus stop. She was found wandering behind a strip club.

5-Year-Old Gets Off At Wrong Rock Springs School Bus Stop, Found Behind Strip Club

A Rock Springs mom says her 5-year-old was let off her school bus several stops early and found wandering behind the Astro Lounge strip club. She said neither the bus driver nor the school district contacted her to say her daughter was missing from the bus.

Kolby FedoreSeptember 01, 2026

Aaron Vigil is an engineering student from University of Wyoming and grew up Worland. Although he was fascinated by space, he never thought he would work for NASA. Sunday morning, a telescope he has worked on for the past four years was launched into space.

Worland Engineer 'In Awe' Watching Sunday Launch Of NASA Telescope He Helped Build

Worland’s Aaron Vigil watched in awe Sunday as the powerful Roman telescope he helped build was launched successfully on a million-mile journey. The University of Wyoming grad spent four years helping to construct the telescope's Solar Array Sunshield.

Jackie DorothyAugust 31, 2026

After a hot summer, snow arrived on the Beartooth Highway early Sunday for the first time in more than two months.

It's That Time Of Year: Beartooth Highway Gets Snow

The first snow of the season was recorded on the highest points of Beartooth Highway on Sunday. September 1 is the first day of 'meteorological fall,' so snow isn't that unusual. Temperatures are dipping as well as Jackson recorded 31 degrees Monday morning.

Andrew RossiAugust 31, 2026

Sheridan product Dane Steel celebrates with teammates after scoring defending national champion Montana State's first touchdown of the season Saturday night, in a 54-0 romp at Utah Tech.

Sheridan's Dane Steel Has Career Night In Defending Champ Montana State's Romp

Less than nine months after he helped propel Montana State to a national football championship, Sheridan's Dane Steele had a career night with eight catches for 174 yards in a 54-0 win. “I never had that many yards in high school,” he said afterward.

Jeff WelschAugust 31, 2026

Frank Jones’ classic cars are lined up in preparation for the trek to Deadwood.

Wheatland Man Takes 18 Of His Classic 1950s-Era Chevys to South Dakota Car Show

A Wheatland man with a passion for classic cars took 18 from his collection — mostly 1955-57 Chevys — for a 210-mile drive to Kool Deadwood Nites in South Dakota. Frank Jones has been collecting cars for 40 years and has attended this show for 31 years.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 30, 2026

For a brief moment, the huge 8,100-pound Mills eagle really did fly. A crane carries the massive sculpture after wind damage forced the city to take it down for repairs. It was rewelded, reinforced and eventually reinstalled about 10 feet lower.

What The Heck ... Is A 48-Foot, 8,100-Pound Eagle Doing In Mills, Wyoming?

A 48-foot, 8,100-pound steel eagle in Mills was the biggest of 95 giant birds created by Montana artist Todd Berget. When a Casper businessman saw it while on a bus going to Glacier National Park, he decided to bring it to Wyoming.

Kolby FedoreAugust 30, 2026

Anyone exploring in the vicinity of Little Goose Falls, near the Penrose Trail, will find the school bus sitting at the top of a rocky uphill trail in the Bighorn Mountains.

How Bullet-Ridden Yellow Bus Got Into Bighorn Mountains And Who Lived In It A Mystery

A rusty yellow school bus riddled with bullet holes in the trees in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest is similar to the bus made famous by the book and movie “Into the Wild" — minus the tragedy. How it got there and who lived in it is a mystery.

Andrew RossiAugust 30, 2026

Melissa Cook explodes a bad canteloupe with a 12-guage shotgun.

Rural Wyoming Woman Takes Out The Trash With A 12-Gauge

After living 20 years in remote corners of Alaska, Melissa Cook is back home in rural Wyoming, where adventure means Jeeping the backcountry — and taking out the trash with a 12-gauge when a watermelon goes bad.

Kolby FedoreAugust 30, 2026

The finish line is in place for what will be Wyoming's first 1-mile, horse racetrack.

Wyoming’s First 1-Mile Horse Track Sprinting Toward October Opening In Cheyenne

Crews are working around-the-clock to meet a Tuesday deadline that will determine whether Wyoming’s first 1-mile oval track will be up and running for an October debut at Cheyenne Park. The 16-day horse racing season could have $100,000 purses per day.

Renée JeanAugust 30, 2026

The Old West Bar in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, is the social hotspot for the tiny town of 240 people. “The people in this town want to live their life, make their money, and be left alone," says Mayor Justin George. "That’s the culture of this town.”

Drinking Wyoming: Nut Buckets, Red Bull And No Police At Medicine Bow's Old West Bar

It’s Saturday night and there are seven people at the Old West Bar in Medicine Bow. A local is explaining one feature of life in rural Carbon County: eating livestock testicles. “Cut em off quick, then put em with a little salt water in the nut bucket."

Zakary SonntagAugust 30, 2026

Wyoming History: Whose Bones Are Buried In Pinckney Sublette’s Grave Near Daniel?

In 1935, bones alleged to be Pinckney Sublette's were reburied overlooking the rendezvous grounds of mountain men near Daniel, Wyoming, after sitting in a Missouri courthouse closet. Whether those bones are actually his remains a mystery.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 29, 2026

The Bettis family of Danville, Virginia, has just biked through Wyoming on their 2,700-miles on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

Mom, 8 Kids Nearly Caught In Wyoming Wildfire On 2,700-Mile Great Divide Bike Ride

A Virginia mom and eight of her 15 kids nearly got caught in a wildfire near Lander and a hit-and-run in Montana while on an epic ride of the 2,700-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. She's doing it to help heal from the effects of domestic violence.

Jackie DorothyAugust 29, 2026

The “307” mile marker on Interstate 80 west of Laramie was routinely stolen, so the Wyoming Department of Transportation has replaced it with "306.99."

Wyoming's Only '307' Mile Marker Was Stolen So Often On I-80 It Is Now '306.99'

The iconic “307” mile marker on Interstate 80 west of Laramie was the only one in the state — and stolen so often the Wyoming Department of Transportation changed it to "306.99." The sign is one of more than 80,000 signs WYDOT maintains statewide.

Kerry DrakeAugust 29, 2026

Suzi Taylor, reference archivist at the Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne, examines a photograph of cowboys that Charles Kirkland took at the Diamond Ranch near Chugwater.

How 50,000 Glass Photo Negatives Of Cheyenne's Early History Landed In The Dump

As many as 50,000 glass negatives that captured Cheyenne's early history landed in the city dump in 1935 when nobody was willing to pay $10,000 for the massive collection of photos. About 60 years of Cheyenne history chronicled in those images were lost.

Kerry DrakeAugust 29, 2026

Players for the Meeteetse High School 6-man football team during a 2022 practice. The school doesn't have the numbers to field a team this season.

Three Small Wyoming High Schools Don’t Have Enough Players To Field Football Teams

Three smaller communities in the state won't be fielding varsity high school football teams this season. Though coaches are hopeful of a turnaround, Wyoming's rural population decline is impacting school enrollment — and a Wyoming Friday night tradition.

Leo WolfsonAugust 29, 2026

Pete Smet has had a fascination with John Deere tractors since his youth on a Wisconsin farm.

Worland Man Has 205 John Deere Tractors On His Property, Causes Tour Buses To Stop

A Worland man’s John Deere obsession has grown into a collection of 205 tractors stretching across his property. His collection is so impressive that tour buses along U.S. Highway 20 make regular stops.

Dale KillingbeckAugust 29, 2026

Michael Addleman recently started 307 Bin Cleaning as a side hustle, taking on the dirty garbage cans most people would rather not touch.

Cheyenne Man Makes Extra Cash Cleaning Maggots, Mold And Poop From Garbage Bins

It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it. A Cheyenne man makes extra cash cleaning dumpsters and garbage bins of maggots, spoiled meat juice and even dog poop. “When you're in the middle of it, you kind of second-guess your whole life," he said.

Kolby FedoreAugust 29, 2026

Trump Moves To Allow Ranchers And Farmers To Process Their Own Food

President Trump announced Friday he is authorizing the preparation of legal documents that would allow farmers and ranchers to process their own food, saying he wants to take on a “nasty monopoly” in the nation’s food-processing industry.

Kate MeadowsAugust 28, 2026

Giant Geyser, one of the two largest and most powerful geysers in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted twice in two months. It could signal another active period for the geyser, with hour-long eruptions sending 1 million gallons of water to 200 feet. Above, Giant Geyser goes off during an eruption in 2014.

Giant Geyser, Yellowstone's Second Largest & Often Dormant, Explodes To Life

Giant Geyser, one of the two largest and most powerful geysers in Yellowstone, has erupted twice in two months. That's a big deal because it can go for decades without erupting. The most recent eruption was estimated at 200 feet tall for over an hour.

Andrew RossiAugust 28, 2026

Tymber Cozzens races downfield during a Little Snake River 6-Man game last year.

From Baggs To Canada: Wyoming 6-Man Champs Fly To Saskatchewan For Season Opener

The Little Snake River Valley Rattlers raised thousands of dollars in the Baggs community to send its 6-Man football team to Canada for a preseason matchup Friday. It's only the second time a Wyoming high school team will play north of the border.

Renée JeanAugust 28, 2026

Wyoming's Pumpkin Kings See Potential For Three 2,000-Pound Behemoths At Weigh-Off

State-record-holder Andy Corbin of Cheyenne has three pumpkins he says could each weigh a ton by the Wyoming State Champion Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off and Pumpkin Drop next month. Corbin is aiming to surpass his record 2,085-pounder from 2025.