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The Science Zone in Casper is one of a number of groups that get money from AmeriCorps.

Wyoming Groups Lobby To Reverse $400 Million In Cuts To AmeriCorps

A number of Wyoming groups are lobbying the state’s congressional delegation to reverse $400 million in cuts to AmeriCorps. But, so far, they have expressed support for DOGE and its mission to cut wasteful spending.

Zakary SonntagMay 05, 2025

Horse racing in Gillette, Wyoming, is growing more popular as horses from around the nation are being entered and the Wyoming races are becoming known for their safety.

Wyoming’s Home-Grown Live Horse Racing Sparks Resurgence Of Industry

Jack Greer grew up on the racetrack, and the Gillette resident is now part of a home-grown movement that’s sparking a resurgence of live horse racing in Wyoming. That’s partly because he and others in the Cowboy State are racing their own horses.

Jackie DorothyMay 05, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake — Monday, May 5, 2025

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Jake NicholsMay 05, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, May 5, 2025

Monday's headlines include: * GOP Elects New Chair * Horrific Crash Outside Yellowstone * Manhunt After Wyo Man Murdered In Michigan

Wendy CorrMay 04, 2025

Patsy Dorman poses in front of her line of clear glass insulators. Her passion for collecting the glass relics began on a camping trip to Tough Creek. Lineman had tossed the insulators aside and she thought they were too pretty to abandon.

For Wyoming Collectors, Vintage Glass Power Line Insulators Are Prized Finds

Those funky glass blobs that used to hang on and around power lines are highly prized by Wyoming collectors. These vintage glass insulators are prized finds for those with a passion for them.

Jackie DorothyMay 04, 2025

A view from the old Cheyenne Regional Airport control tower shows the former United Airlines terminal, top center, and warehouse top right. The building with the curved roof is the former airport terminal that closed in more recent years.

Wyoming History: In 1930s-40s, United Made Cheyenne The ‘Air Capital Of The West’

In the 1930s and 1940s, United Airlines made Cheyenne its hub for maintenance, research and training, even making the city the “air capital of the West.” But in 1961, the last of the airline’s ties to the city took off for the last time.

Dale KillingbeckMay 04, 2025

Parent Of Powell Teen Finds Stolen Highway Sign In Garage, Turns Son In

Teens stealing road signs isn’t unusual, but catching the culprits and getting the signs back is. Within 20 minutes of posting the theft of a large sign at the Buffalo Bill Dam tunnel, a teen boy from Powell was turned in by a parent.

Andrew RossiMay 04, 2025

The Milky Way galaxy shines through the clear night sky over Teton County, Wyoming, near the Grand Tetons.

Wyoming’s Teton County Is World's First DarkSky-Certified County

The town of Jackson and Teton County became official International DarkSky Communities for efforts to reduce light pollution. While many towns have the DarkSky certification, this is the first time for an entire county.

Andrew RossiMay 04, 2025

9-year-old Mikey Jonnassen of Casper is pictured here with his mom Shantae Smith, stepdad Roy Smith and younger sisters Kinsley and Ella Jonnassen. The family hopes to find a service dog to help Mikey with his medical needs.

After Surviving A Brain Tumor, Casper Boy Can’t Wait To Get A Service Dog

After Mikey Jonnassen was diagnosed with a brain tumor, doctors told his mom that he would spend the rest of his life bedridden. But he wasn’t having any of that. Now he’s walking, talking and looking forward to a service dog.

Mark HeinzMay 04, 2025

Expect More E-Bikes Than Ever On Wyoming Trails This Summer

From a new trail system in the Bighorns to a revised e-bike policy for U.S. Forest Service trails around Jackson, summer in Wyoming appears poised to bring out more e-bikers than ever.

David MadisonMay 04, 2025

Demonstrators gather to protest against the deportation of illegal immigrants to El Salvador

Letter To The Editor: Alarmed At Ignorance In Illegal Immigrant Case

Dear editor: What alarms me is so many Wyomingites supporting issues in complete ignorance. One recent letter said the US has lost due process because the deported Kilmar Abrigo Garcia.

May 04, 2025

Ashley Cuevas found her rooster on Facebook Marketplace and the prior owner was rehoming it because it wasn't getting along with the flock. That rooster quickly blended in with Cuevas' flock at her farm outside Cheyenne.

Roast Or Let Roost? What Should Backyard Chicken Owners Do With Roosters?

Wyoming communities have long been debating whether to allow people in populated areas to keep backyard chickens. Those who have them inevitably face the great debate about what to do with roosters — roast or let roost?

Anna-Louise JacksonMay 04, 2025

Cassie Craven: Leave Our Children Alone

Columnist Cassie Craven writes: “Telling kids anything except they're fearfully and wonderfully made in their given bodies is evil. Saying there's something about them that demands medicalization is an atrocity toward everything it means to be the adult in the room.”

Cassie CravenMay 04, 2025

Gail Symons: GOP Leaders Are Caught Between Power And Independence

Columnist Gail Symons writes: "What the GOP is experiencing is not a violation of rights – it’s the discomfort of having to choose between power and independence. You can’t complain about house rules when you are living rent-free. "

Gail SymonsMay 04, 2025

Wyoming Allows, But Doesn’t Regulate, Self-Driving Cars — Yet

As more self-driving cars are on roads across the country, more states are regulating the use of them. Wyoming hasn’t regulated self-driving vehicles, but legislators say it’s only a matter of when that will happen, not if.

Leo WolfsonMay 04, 2025

Yellowstone National Park is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits on. It’s so far revealed that the magma chamber underneath the volcano is mostly solid.

Yellowstone Makes Earthquakes With 53,000-Pound Vibrator Truck To Study Volcano

Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits on. It’s a sophisticated machine that reveals what’s hidden miles underground.

Andrew RossiMay 04, 2025

Wyoming’s outdoor tourism is booming, and is now a $2.2 billion industry drawing adventure-seekers to all corners. It’s also stressing some smaller communities to provide amenities to support those visitors.

Wyoming’s Booming $2.2 Billion Outdoor Rec Tourism Stressing Some Communities

Pinedale is poised to double in size by 2040, growth that Town Councilman Scott Kosiba believes is due in no small part to the strength of a rapidly growing outdoor recreation economy. Call it a new economic model for boom towns, one driven in part by wealthy remote workers who can locate where they like to play, instead of just where they work.

Renée JeanMay 04, 2025

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Rock Springs Deputy Who Rescued 3-Year-Old 15 Years Ago To Give Him Diploma

David Lew will graduate this month from Rock Springs High School. But he wouldn’t if it hadn’t have been for a Sweetwater County Sheriff’s deputy who rescued him from Flaming Gorge Reservoir when he was 3. Now that deputy will give him his diploma.

Dale KillingbeckMay 04, 2025

Lummis Behind Bill To Force U.S. Mint To Stop Making Pennies

With a $36 trillion national debt, wasteful government spending has to stop, says U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis. She said that’s why she’s behind a bill to make the U.S. Mint stop making pennies, which cost more than 3 cents per penny to make.

Renée JeanMay 04, 2025

Keri Sommer of Cody, Wyoming, started Bears of Honor to remember fallen military service members and first responders. It's become much more, using their uniforms to make Bears of Honor that are cherished by those families.

Wyoming-Made Honor Bears Give Strength To Gold Star Families

A Wyoming woman’s mission to help gold star military and first-responder families does more than give them renewed strength. Her Bears of Honor program uses their uniforms to make Teddy bears that keeps their service and honor alive.

Zakary SonntagMay 04, 2025

Wyoming GOP outgoing Chairman Frank Eathorne, left, urged the state party members to pay attention to an ongoing lawsuit with four members of the Hot Springs Republican Party.

Wyoming GOP Stands Firm On Not Letting Hot Springs County Members Vote

The Wyoming Republican Party firmly stood behind its lawsuit with four members of the Hot Springs County Republican Party on Saturday. Two members from that party who say they were fairly elected weren’t allowed to vote for state party officers.

Leo WolfsonMay 04, 2025

Mark Jenkins of Laramie, Wyoming, credits his upbringing in the Cowboy State with his adventuring spirit. He has climbed peaks worldwide successfully but has failed to summit many times over. Five times, he attempted to climb Hkakabo Raz in Myanmar and failed each time but embraces the lessons he learned along the way.

Laramie Climber Wants Sixth Shot To Summit Highest Peak In Myanmar

Laramie's Mark Jenkins has tried five times to reach the highest peak in Myanmar. Although a successful summit has been elusive, if the political climate changes, the 66-year-old elite climber said he would try a sixth time “in a heartbeat.”

Jackie DorothyMay 03, 2025

The hit HBO MAX series "The Last of Us" has much of its dystopian future set in Jackson, Wyoming, is actually filmed in Albert, Canada.

Sheridan Filmmaker Couldn’t Push Incentives Through In Wyoming, So He Went North

Sheridan filmmaker Sen Patrick Higgins tried to help push Wyoming to give incentives for his industry to film more in Wyoming. When that didn’t work, he went to Montana and lobbied for them there.

David MadisonMay 03, 2025

Cassie's Supper Club in Cody is for sale, and the 92-yeear-old steakhouse’s sordid history is being used as a selling point. The local landmark has a historic — and at times seedy — Western history, including a stint as a house of prostitution.

Cassie's Restaurant In Cody For Sale, Along With Its At-Times Seedy Legacy

Cassie's Supper Club in Cody is for sale, and the 92-year-old steakhouse’s sordid history is being used as a selling point. The local landmark has a historic — and at times seedy — Western history, including a stint as a house of prostitution.

Andrew RossiMay 03, 2025

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