Wyoming Life

Brock Pedersen and Robert Prescott pose before a game. On Saturday, they'll be playing against longtime friend and teammate Xander Jarosh, inset.

Cheyenne Trio Reunites As College Football Rivals In North Dakota Showdown

Three former Cheyenne high school buddies and teammates will take to the college football field Saturday in North Dakota as their families reunite to watch in the stands. This time, the former teammates and close friends will be rivals on the field.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 16, 2025

Bob Dakin, a local radio lifer, is now chief operating officer at Big Horn Basin Media in Cody.

Wyoming Radio Searches For Sweet Spot Between Satellite And Live Local Announcers

Radio station managers across Wyoming are trying to find the sweet spot between cost-saving satellite programming with live local announcers and programming. Owners say Spotify can't find your lost dog or tell you when I-80 closes in a whiteout.

David MadisonNovember 15, 2025

Wyoming Author With Tourette Syndrome Finds Voice By Writing Characters With It

Jessica Baehr was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome in college, and she has turned her awkward tics into a writing career. She's found a voice by writing characters who also live with Tourette syndrome in their lives.

Jackie DorothyNovember 15, 2025

Miss Frontier perpetually waves at the entrance of the Old West Museum in Frontier Park.

Life-Sized Miss Frontier Bronze Unveiled as Cheyenne’s Newest Icon at Old West Museum

A new life-size Miss Frontier bronze was unveiled last week in Cheyenne, representing 95 years of Cheyenne Frontier Days royalty. The oldest living Miss Frontier Jeanette Tyrrell Daly, who was crowned in 1958 by Gov. Milward Simpson, was honored at the ceremony.

Renée JeanNovember 15, 2025

Leo Feller, 5, of Hurricane, Utah, suffered a brutal dog attack that left him with severe facial injuries. The attack is similar to one suffered by Bridger Walker of Cheyenne, who was then 6 and now 11, who had to get 90 stitches to sew up his face when he got between a vicious dog to save his younger sister. The Walker family has reached out to Leo's family with an offer of help and support.

Wyoming Hero Who Saved Sister Reaches Out To Utah Boy Attacked By Dog

A recent dog attack that severely hurt a 5-year-old Utah boy has prompted an offer of help from the Cheyenne family of Bridger Walker. Walker was severely attacked and hailed a hero for protecting his sister from a vicious German shepherd in 2020.

Scott SchwebkeNovember 15, 2025

The dean of storytelling at The Mint Bar in Sheridan: John Zingg.

Mint Bar Legend John Zingg Survived Bullets, Spiders, Lightning, and Vietnam

Sheridan’s Mint Bar regular John Zingg survived a lightning strike, a helicopter crash in Vietnam, a bullet lodged in his brain and an attack on his life via tarantula. Now dealing with serious medical issues, the community is rallying around their friend to help.

David MadisonNovember 15, 2025

This 1985 Chevy Silverado pickup recently sold for $27,000.

40 Years Later, Wyoming Still Loves Legendary Square Body Trucks

Chevrolet and GMC ended their legendary square body pickup line in 1987, and their square body Suburban and Blazer line a few years later. Now they’re hot again, and truck nuts around Wyoming want them.

Mark HeinzNovember 15, 2025

Evanston Man’s Over-The-Top Christmas Light Display Wreaking Havoc In Community

An Evanston man’s over-the-top and bright display of Christmas lights is causing a lot of conversation in the town. Some people are thrilled with his lights while others say it’s way too much.

Jackson WalkerNovember 14, 2025

Pig Wrestling Could Be Axed From Teton County Fair Amid Cruelty Claims

After a five-year hiatus, pig wrestling is set for a return at the Teton County Fair in 2026, but now county commissioners are reconsidering the event after activists have raised concerns that the tradition could be cruel to the animals.

Jackson WalkerNovember 13, 2025

Horses at Little Jennie Ranch below the Sawtooth in Bondurant

Record High Temperatures Ahead In Wyoming On Friday & Winter By Monday

Wyoming will have its "last hurrah" of warmth with record-high temperatures likely on Thursday and Friday. But our luck's running out. Wyoming meteorologists say the second half of November will be much colder and snowier.

Andrew RossiNovember 13, 2025

Many Wyomingites are grieving with news of the death of longtime Casper journalist Susan Anderson. Anderson, 80, died Monday due to complications with ovarian cancer.

Susan Anderson Remembered As ‘Superstar’ In Wyoming Journalism

Longtime Wyoming journalist Susan Anderson died Monday due to complications with ovarian cancer. Although she may be remembered most as the anchor on KTWO-TV, she was also the business editor of the Casper Journal and served in the Wyoming legislature.

Jackson WalkerNovember 12, 2025

Photographers Say Tuesday Night’s Intense Aurora Was 'Best Ever' For Wyoming

A night of intensely colorful auroras put on a show over Wyoming and much of the Northern Hemisphere Tuesday night. They were so powerful that even photographers with decades of experience capturing auroras say they were the “best ever” seen in Wyoming.

Andrew RossiNovember 12, 2025

Tom Jurek salutes while the American flag is presented at American Legion Post 6 on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2025. He served in the Army from 1967-1970.

More Than 300 Pack Into Cheyenne American Legion To Celebrate Veterans

Military service has been Mark Pfenning’s life since the day he was born in an Army hospital in France. Along with 300 others packed into the American Legion Post 6 meeting hall in Cheyenne on Tuesday, Pfenning said he felt like celebrating.

Greg JohnsonNovember 11, 2025

At Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Gillette, Wyoming, more than 1,000 veterans are buried. Two historians from the Rockpile Museum have been researching about 12 veterans a year to bring to life the names on the graves. These stories highlight the service and lives of the veterans and help to ensure that they are not forgotten.

Stories Of Forgotten Wyoming Veterans Unearthed By Gillette Museum

Two local historians are researching and sharing the lives of Campbell County veterans buried in Gillette’s Mount Pisgah Cemetery. Their work digs into the veterans’ backgrounds so the service members are vividly remembered — and not just names on graves.

Jackie DorothyNovember 11, 2025

Cody Gets Early Start On America's 250th Celebration With New Patriotic Mural

While the nation prepares for the 250th anniversary of America in 2026, Cody's doing a year of celebrating before and after the Fourth of July. A new mural depicting a starred and striped eagle over the city's mountains is the latest patriotic placement.

Andrew RossiNovember 10, 2025

The nearly 24,000 raw and real images created by Encampment photographer Lora Webb Nichols is creating a global buzz — 63 years after her death. Lifelong friend Nancy Anderson has devoted decades to preserving Nichols' huge library of photos and house.

Through A Woman’s Lens: Encampment Photographs Offer New Look At Wild West

Nancy Anderson devoted decades to preserving thousands of pioneer photographs taken by Lora Webb Nichols of Encampment. The 24,000 photos offer a female vantage point, at a time when the West was making itself into a gritty, mostly male, thing of legend.

Renée JeanNovember 09, 2025

Gracies, an eight-room high-class brothel, operated in Hudson, Wyoming, from 1906 to the 1960s. After being shut down, the building was abandoned and left to decay over the past nearly 60 years.

Wyoming History: Hudson’s Wild Legacy Of Brothels And Bootleggers

In the early 1900s until the 1960s, Hudson, Wyoming, was one of the liveliest towns in Fremont County, living up to a legacy of brothels and bootleggers. Even today, the town's website boasts that it had the most brothels in the region.

Jackie DorothyNovember 09, 2025

Saratoga Hot Springs Resort owner Michael Janssen is a world-renowned spinal surgeon. He’s also a powerboat racing champion, which makes him the best guy for the job when it comes to treating injuries in Key West at powerboat races. And there can be plenty of injuries with powerboats that go so fast that they often go airborne.

Wyoming People: World-Renowned Spinal Surgeon And Powerboat Champion Michael Janssen

When the world’s fastest powerboats converge on the Florida Keys for the world championship powerboat races, no one is in higher demand than Wyoming resident Dr. Michael Janssen, the world-renowned spinal surgeon and medical director of the event.

Zakary SonntagNovember 09, 2025

In 1881, telephone service arrived in the modern city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. But for most rural residents, phones did not become common until 70 years later partly because without insulators, lightning strikes proved dangerous.

Wyoming History: Early Rural Telephones Were Convenient — And Dangerous

In 1881, telephone service arrived in the modern city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. But for most rural residents, phones did not become common until decades later partly because without insulators, lightning strikes proved dangerous.

Jackie DorothyNovember 09, 2025

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior 50 years ago, and no bodies were ever recovered. Wyoming meteorologist Don Day grew up in Michigan and remembers the famous wreck — and the weather phenomenon that sunk her, "The Witch of November."

Edmund Fitzgerald: Wyoming Meteorologist Vividly Recalls 'The Witch Of November'

Wyoming meteorologist Don Day was living in the Great Lakes when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago on Nov 10, 1975. Only 8 years old, he vividly recalls hearing storm bulletins crackle through the kitchen radio announcing "The Witch Of November."

Zakary SonntagNovember 08, 2025

People Panic And Call Cops When Man Spotted Riding Bull In Ohio Parking Lot

If you’re spotted riding a bull through a parking lot in Pinedale, Wyoming, people may take note. If it happens in Ohio, they call the cops, as they did Thursday. “I have so many questions,” an officer says as he pulls up to the store.

Scott SchwebkeNovember 08, 2025

Campbell County Head Football Coach Fired For Profanity-Laced Outburst

The head coach of the Campbell County High School football program in Gillette has been terminated for a profanity-laced outburst aimed at a player. Former coach Orah Garst says he’s remorseful and that, “I deserve the consequences.”

Greg JohnsonNovember 07, 2025

Jo Orchard, 84, of Ten Sleep has been inspired by Wyoming and its people since the 1970s. She has channeled that love into her original buckskin dresses, beaded art and quilts.

Ten Sleep Buckskin Artist Tans Hides With Brains And Makes Thread From Sinew

Mavis “Jo” Orchard of Ten Sleep creates authentic Wyoming artistic masterpieces from buckskin and makes hand-appliquéd quilts. She’s taught herself traditional methods, like brain-tanning hides and making her own thread from sinew.

Jackie DorothyNovember 06, 2025

Miracle Cat Survives Being Impaled By Blow Dart And Shot With Gun

A yellow-orange tabby stray in Platte County, Wyoming, has earned the name Lucky. Despite long odds, he survived being impaled by a blow dart and shot in the shoulder.

Renée JeanNovember 05, 2025

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