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A paedomorphic western tiger salamander found in LaBonte Lake retains the feathery external gills characteristic of its juvenile form.

'Peter Pan' Salamanders That Get Bigger, But Never Grow Up, Found In Laramie Lake

Scientists have discovered what they call “Peter Pan” salamanders in a Laramie pond. While their siblings move onto land and area residents escort them across roads, this version of Wyoming's only native salamander grows up but never leaves home.

Kolby FedoreNovember 02, 2026

Roger Huckfeldt of Torrington was shocked to find his lilacs blooming in November.

Why The Heck … Are Wyoming Lilacs Still Blooming In November?

Roger Huckfeldt’s lilacs in Torrington are doing a strange thing. They are blooming out as if it were spring, leaving Huckfeldt to wonder if his longtime lilac shrubs are doomed. In the meantime, he's getting a lot of really bad advice....

Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026

Residents of an Evanston mobile home park are angry that while rents go up every year, the roads remain pothole-riddled and unplowed in the winter, fences crumble and overall poor maintenance of the development.

Evanston Mobile Home Park Residents Say Rent Goes Up While Roads, Fences Crumble

Residents of an Evanston mobile home park are angry that while rents go up every year, the roads remain pothole-riddled and fences crumble. “We're not asking for luxury amenities. We're asking for roads that don't destroy our vehicles,” said one resident.

Kate MeadowsNovember 02, 2026

Samantha Thompson says she feels blindsided by the death of the “love of my life” in an Oct. 22 workplace accident. It’s a double blow following the premature birth and death of their daughter just two months earlier.

Laramie Woman Blindsided By Death Of Her Partner And Their Daughter Within Two Months

A Laramie woman says she feels blindsided by the death of the “love of my life” in an Oct. 22 workplace accident. It’s a double blow following the premature birth and death of their daughter just two months earlier.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 02, 2026

Archaeologist Richard Adams stumbled across an ancient village high in the Wind River Range 20 years ago.

Wyoming’s Machu Picchu Is An Ancient 4,000-Year-Old Village Hidden In Wind River Range

A University of Wyoming archaeologist and his team discovered a sprawling ancient village high in the Wind River Range 20 years ago. The 4,000-year-old lodge sites, what they have called Wyoming's Machu Picchu, have helped redefine prehistoric life in the mountains.

Renée JeanNovember 02, 2026

People who live next to and near a newly opened LDS Cody temple say the lights and traffic are as intrusive as they feared. "There is truly never peace," said Sarah Frances McClure, who lives next to the temple.

Neighbors Living Next To Cody LDS Temple Say Lights As Intrusive As They Feared

People who live near a newly opened LDS Cody temple say lights and traffic are as intrusive as they feared. One resident says the light keeps her babies awake and headlights strobing from the parking lot are a battle. "There is truly never peace," she says

Leo WolfsonNovember 01, 2026

Now blocked by a gate and a radiation warning "no trespassing" sign, the Split Rock uranium mine and mille operated in Wyoming's Gas Hills from 1957 through 1981. As a girl in the area, Roni Roemmich played with uranium, and decades later can still set off Geiger counters.

Wyoming Woman Who Played With Uranium As A Kid Still Sets Off Geiger Counters

A Riverton woman who spent a summer in Wyoming's Gas Hills playing in the raw yellow uranium with her best friend and a poodle still sets off Geiger counters. At least "I don't glow in the dark," she said about other side-effects decades later.

Jackie DorothyNovember 01, 2026

Jerry Ewen flew more than 1,000 missions during a year in Vietnam as a Dustoff pilot, flying wounded soldiers from battle zones medical care.

Greybull Vietnam Vet Gets Gold Medal For 1,000 Medevac Missions To Save Wounded

Greybull Vietnam veteran Jerry Ewen has been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for flying medevac helicopters on more than 1,000 missions during the war. His efforts to save lives nearly cost him his own on his last flight before coming home to the U.S.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 31, 2026

UW geology undergraduate and Williams Conservatory student employee Heizkah Jackson, 20, points toward the black bamboo that recently flowered and is beginning to die. 

‘Bad Omen’: UW’s Black Bamboo Has Finally Bloomed, Which Means We're Doomed

A black bamboo plant located in the University of Wyoming's Williams Conservatory since 1994 has bloomed for the first time and is turning into a corpse. According to legend, this only happens every 50 to 120 years and means we're all doomed.

Kolby FedoreOctober 31, 2026

Dan Koldenhoven with his wife, Misty, and their two children.

‘He Loved His Rig’: Fallen Wyoming Oilman Honored With 3D-Printed Replica Of Rig

When a Cheyenne oilman died suddenly after coming home from a shift, his grieving family wanted a special way to honor him. A local business made a 3D-printed replica of the oil rig he helped build from the ground up. “He loved his rig,” his widow says.

Emma Jane JacksonOctober 31, 2026

Nearly a month after hitting a black bear with his Harley, longtime Teton County Detention Officer Bart Churches is still recovering from a severe brain injury — and has no memory of the crash or the days leading up to it.

Jackson Officer Has Severe Brain Injury, Does Not Recall Hitting Bear With Harley

Nearly a month after hitting a black bear with his Harley, longtime Teton County Detention Officer Bart Churches is still recovering from a severe brain injury — and has no memory of the crash or the days leading up to it.

Kolby FedoreOctober 30, 2026

Paul and Lynn Montoya of Laramie, Wyoming, talk about abruptly being kicked off the cruise ship they were living on in Cambodia.

Wyoming Couple Who Sold Everything To Live On Cruise Ship Stranded In Cambodia

A Laramie couple who sold their home so they could live on a cruise ship is stranded in Cambodia after the company ran out of money for fuel. After spending $450,000 so far, Paul and Lynn Montoya are stuck. "I'm angry," Lynn Montoya said.

Renée JeanOctober 30, 2026

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Wyoming's Not-So-Scary Trick-Or-Treat Forecast: Warm And Drizzly In Some Spots

Wyoming's not-so-frightening forecast for Halloween calls for temps in the 40s and 50s, a little rain, and no howling winds. "This is looking like a really good evening for trick-or-treaters," Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day said.

Andrew RossiOctober 30, 2026

Jackson Police Officer Liam Fowler spotted smoke while driving on Flat Creek Drive and knew "something was off." His decision to pound on the door got the family out safely. “We had no idea our house was on fire,” homeowner Jim "Jimbo" Rooks said.

Hero! Jackson Police Officer Spots ‘Something Off,’ Saves Family From Burning Home

Jackson Police Officer Liam Fowler spotted smoke while driving on Flat Creek Drive and knew "something was off." His decision to pound on the door got the family out safely. “We had no idea our house was on fire,” homeowner Jim "Jimbo" Rooks said.

Kolby FedoreOctober 30, 2026

Towering skeletons and other Halloween decorations are already waiting for trick-or-treaters at a home in the Wolcott Street area of Casper. The neighborhood has become a Halloween destination for families from across the city.

Halloween Mecca: Casper Neighbors Spend $500 Each For Up To 1,300 Trick-Or-Treaters

Casper’s Wolcott Street is a Halloween mecca, where homes get as many as 1,300 trick-or-treaters and spend up to $500 each on candy. “There have been times when there were 100 people standing in front of our house,” Wolcott resident Greg Groves says.

Kolby FedoreOctober 29, 2026

The Big Piney, Wyoming, football team left Thursday afternoon for the roughly 800-mile round trip to their playoff game against Pine Bluffs.

800 Miles For One Playoff Game? For Wyoming Athletes, That's Just How It Is 

Big Piney’s football team faces an 800-mile round trip for its first playoff game Friday. Mountain View coach Dustin Rees, whose team could log over 3,000 miles this season, says that’s just how it is in Wyoming — especially when the playoffs begin.

Kolby FedoreOctober 29, 2026

When water is on the floor in the boiler room of the old Deming Elementary School in Cheyenne, it forms the outline of a body.

The Ghost At Cheyenne's Deming Elementary Hates Cussing, Sex And Drugs

A former custodian at Cheyenne’s Deming Elementary says the school’s ghost — reportedly a janitor murdered there 80 years ago — seems to hate cussing, sex and drugs. She’s heard footsteps and saw a mysterious man on stage vanish when she turned to him.

Renée JeanOctober 29, 2026

Two loose dogs take off after chasing horses at Kaylee Little’s horse breeding business in Gillette on Tuesday night. Little said she recognized the pair from photos shared by another local owner whose horse was attacked earlier this month.

'They Don't Quit': More Gillette Livestock Mauled And Pony Killed By Roaming Dogs

After a Gillette veterinarian reported an attack on her horse, other livestock owners say roaming dogs are a growing threat across the county. One encounter proved fatal. “He didn't deserve to suffer like he did,” one owner said of her pony Woodrow.

Emma Jane JacksonOctober 29, 2026

UFO natrium terra power

UFO Experts Tell Kemmerer Residents to Keep Their Eyes on the Skies Above Natrium

Robert Hastings, a world-renowned UFO researcher and author says whatever has watched nuclear sites for decades will take notice of Wyoming’s, too. “There are many cases where these objects have maneuvered around civilian nuclear-power plants,” he said.

Emma Jane JacksonOctober 29, 2026

J.R. Larsen, left, returns George Long’s long-lost wallet and family keepsakes to his daughters in Cheyenne.

Daughters Overjoyed When Stranger Finds Father's Wallet Lost For Decades

While hiding Christmas gifts, a Cheyenne man stumbled upon a hidden wallet dating to 1959. Decades after it vanished, he tracked down the owner’s daughters, who were thrilled Wednesday to get back a piece of their father's past 20 years after his death.

Kolby FedoreOctober 29, 2026

A 2009, 2010 and baby-blue 2011 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor were among the former city fleet vehicles Cheyenne sold at its annual surplus auction this month. The three old cop cars have between 92,000 and 112,000 miles.

Once The King Of Police Cars, Cheyenne’s Old Crown Vics Head To Auction

Three Crown Vic Police Interceptors hit Cheyenne’s auction block this month. For a generation of Americans, they were the silhouette of Five-O: Long hood, huge trunk, upright roof and headlights that could inspire a brake check from a quarter-mile away.

Kolby FedoreOctober 28, 2026

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Laramie Woman Wouldn't Give Up On A Cow That Couldn't Get Up For A Month

A cow that had been hit by a vehicle was down for weeks, in snow and bitter cold, before a Laramie woman finally got someone to intervene and end its suffering. It took perseverance and a lot of dead ends. "I couldn't stop thinking about her," she said.

Kolby FedoreOctober 28, 2026

Gracies was a brothel in Hudson until it was shut down 60 years ago by Gerry Spence. It has been converted into a haunted house nine years ago and this year, over 2,000 came to be spooked by both actors and the real spirits said to haunt the old brothel.

Halloween Haunted House In Hudson, Wyoming's Haunted Brothel Freaks Out Volunteers

The historic Gracie's brothel in Hudson, Wyoming, is a great place to stage a haunted house because it's actually haunted, people say. The owner won't walk through the building by herself, even in the daytime. "I find the building to be highly creepy."

Jackie DorothyOctober 28, 2026

In the 1880s, the Axelby Gang reportedly hid out in a cabin near Devils Tower, from which they stole horses and sold them through a network of ranchers, bankers and other prominent men. Locals say they still play ghost poker in tunnels below the cabin.

Ghosts Along Horse Thief Trail Still Play Poker In Tunnels Below Remote Cabin

In the 1880s, the Axelby Gang reportedly hid out in a cabin near Devils Tower, from which they stole horses and sold them through a network of ranchers, bankers and other prominent men. Locals say they still play ghost poker in tunnels below the cabin.

Jackie DorothyOctober 27, 2026

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