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Chef Petrine Peart talks about the latest episode of "Yes Chef!" during a Watch Party at Brownies Tasting Bar in Cheyenne.

Wyoming Celebrity Chef Brought Back After First-Round Knockout On ‘Yes, Chef!’

Cheyenne celebrity chef Petrina Peart was knocked out of Martha Stewart's reality television show “Yes, Chef!” on NBC in the first round. But she was brought back and is hosting watch parties to celebrate. She's still in contention for the $250,000 grand prize.

Renée JeanJune 14, 2025

A Gillette couple enjoys raising alpacas, a challenging line of work given their stubbornness and tendency to spit and kick when cornered. That’s especially true on shearing day, which happens once a year.

Spitting, Kicking And Screaming — It’s Shearing Day At Gillette Alpaca Ranch

A Gillette couple enjoys raising alpacas, a challenging line of work given their stubbornness and tendency to spit, kick and bray when cornered. That’s especially true on shearing day, a once-a-year adventure that occurred last week.

Jen KocherJune 14, 2025

Since 1978, Carlo Betti Ricci has sold all sorts of items celebrating Wyoming and the American West and in his store, Jack and Gill, that's located in the beach destination of Rimini, Italy. He also loves Donald Trump, but says Ronald Reagan is his favorite U.S. president.

Meet The Italian Shop Owner Who Loves Wyoming, Trump And Everything American West

For nearly 50 years, Carlo Betti Ricci has run a store in Rimini, Italy, that shows his love for Wyoming, Donald Trump and the American West. That includes Wyoming flags, a jackalope and even framed underwear worn by John Wayne.

Anna-Louise JacksonJune 14, 2025

Archaeologists looking for artifacts in Sunrise, Wyoming, which lies in Platte County, where the historical society said it plans not only to leave Wyoming Historical Society, but will likely keep the dues money it had been sending the organization.

Wyoming Historical Society Kicks Out County Chapters As Rift Widens

Wyoming Historical Society has announced it is kicking out all of its county chapters. It’s a move that widens a growing rift that has divided Wyoming’s historical community.

Renée JeanJune 12, 2025

The U.S. Air Force so far only has five of its new EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare planes, making it one of its newest and rarest advanced aircraft. One of them landed at the Casper/Natrona County Airport on Tuesday.

US Air Force’s Newest And Rarest Advanced Warfare Plane Lands In Casper

The U.S. Air Force so far only has five of its new EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare planes, making it one of America's newest and rarest advanced aircraft. One of them landed at the Casper/Natrona County Airport on Tuesday.

Andrew RossiJune 11, 2025

A full moon hangs low in the sky just above Sheep Mountain, aka the Sleeping Indian, in the Gros Ventre Mountains of Wyoming.

Tuesday’s Full Moon Will Be At Its Lowest In 37-Year Span

When June’s full moon rises Tuesday night, it will be at its lowest spot in a 37-year span, and it won't drop this low again until 2043. It’s also a strawberry moon and could appear just as red as its namesake when it rises.

Andrew RossiJune 10, 2025

Kevin Costner will air a long-unrevealed truth about the famous 1866 Fetterman Fight — that Capt. William Fetterman wasn’t the arrogant buffoon he was made out to be. The episode of his new docuseries is based on research by a Wyoming historian.

Kevin Costner Series Airs Long-Unrevealed Truth About Wyoming's Fetterman Fight

Kevin Costner will air a long-unrevealed truth about the famous 1866 Fetterman Fight — that Capt. William Fetterman wasn’t the arrogant buffoon he was made out to be. The episode of his new docuseries is based on research by a Wyoming historian.

Jackie DorothyJune 09, 2025

Artwork, wax figures and wildlife mounts are interspersed in the exhibits at the Wind River Heritage Center in Riverton, Wyoming. After the death of Jake Korell, the founder of the center, the future of the collection was uncertain. A new board has recently taken over and with partners such as the Wyoming Historical Society, are saving the collection and once more opening the museum to the public.

One-Of-A-Kind Wyoming Wax Figure Collection On Track To Be Sold, Saved Instead

After years with an uncertain future, a collection of one-of-a-kind Wyoming wax figures that was on track to be dismantled or sold off has been saved instead. Now volunteers and the Wyoming Historical Society plan to display them again.

Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025

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Welcome To Pete’s Service: More Than A 100-Year-Old Pine Bluffs Gas Pump Graveyard

Pete’s Service along U.S. Highway 30 in Pine Buffs, Wyoming, has become a local landmark for the dozens of rusted out old gas pumps that fill up its yard. But the 101-year-old Mobil station is much more than a gas pump graveyard.

Greg JohnsonJune 08, 2025

A Jackson, Wyoming, woman wants to convince at least 500 people to join her in Davey Jackson Soccer Field wearing long underwear and butterfly wings. It’s all about setting a Guinness World Record.

Jackson Woman Wants 500 People To Dress Up As Butterflies To Set A World Record

A Teton County woman is trying to convince 500 people to join her in a local soccer field later this month wearing long underwear and butterfly wings. She's trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most people dressed up in a butterfly costume.

Renée JeanJune 08, 2025

Henry P. Williams, nicknamed High Powered, tracked the Custer wolf for eight long months. The infamous wolf was finally trapped and shot on Oct. 11, 1920 in Custer County, South Dakota.

Wyoming History: How The Custer Wolf Got The Best Of A Famed Outlaw Hunter

Wyoming’s premier hunter “High Powered” Williams, who had once bested a Hole-in-the-Wall gang member, finally met his match in the 1920s. But it wasn’t another outlaw, it was the notorious Custer wolf that was terrorizing the countryside.

Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025

Losing a pet is heartbreaking and most owners don’t want their animals to end up discarded in a landfill, while a shovel and a shoebox also won’t do. The New Hope Shelter in Worland, Wyoming, has a pet crematorium and cemetery for pets.

When A Shovel And A Shoebox Won’t Do, There’s The Worland Pet Cemetery

Losing a pet can be heartbreaking, and most owners don’t want their animals to end up discarded in a landfill. That's why people drive hundreds of miles to bring their deceased pets to Worland to use a specially designed pet crematorium chamber at the New Hope Shelter.

Jackie DorothyJune 08, 2025

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