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Cowboy State Daily Video Newscast: Monday, October 6, 2025

* Wyomingites On Joe Rogan * Wyoming’s Giant NBA Star Remembers * Can Gillette Build A Mayo Clinic of the West?

Mac WatsonOctober 06, 2025

The 2B Ranch was one of the neighboring ranches to the haunted Rech Cabin. It is believed that the small clapboard shack was haunted by the ghost of a woman who starved to death after her husband left her at their homestead and a storm blew in.

Haunted Wyoming: The Mysterious Sandwich-Eating Ghost At Bridger Creek In The Big Horn Basin

In the remote Big Horn Basin, cowboys and locals tell of a spooky legend involving a woman’s ghost, eerie lights, and mysterious happenings at the infamous Rech Cabin, where history and the supernatural collide.

Jackie DorothyOctober 05, 2025

In 1894, Laban Hillberry driving his team of cow elk in Big Horn City, Wyoming, He had captured the elk in 1892 on the upper Gooseberry Creek.

Wyoming History: Big Horn Loved A Pair Of Tame Elk, Until A Teacher Got Stomped

Back in the 1890s, a pair of tame elk delighted the townspeople of Big Horn, Wyoming. They even taught the elk how to pull wagons for them. Then one of them stomped the local schoolteacher and the love affair ended.

Jackie DorothyOctober 05, 2025

Angie Valcarce and Megan Robinson on their horses at a Wyoming Horsemanship Academy lesson in Cody.

Wyoming Ranches Cash In On Western Resurgence By Teaching Greenhorns To Ride

Lured by Western movies and TV shows like “Yellowstone,” people are getting drawn to Wyoming to experience cowboy life. Wyoming ranches are cashing in on this Western resurgence by teaching greenhorns to ride horses.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 05, 2025

This pronghorn buck near Pinedale is lucky, having gathered up a huge harem of does. But he’ll have to work hard to keep them all together.

It's The Rut And Wyoming Pronghorn Bucks Are Battling To Build Their Harems

Right now for pronghorn bucks in Wyoming, it's like closing time at the bar. They're hot and heavy and looking for action to build a harem. When they’re not fighting off rival males, they keep an eye out for fickle does who may be looking for a better suitor.

Mark HeinzOctober 05, 2025

Helen Janssen, from left, Elizabeth "Betty" Stimac, Richard Blossom and Virginia Toews are four of 20 centenarians honored by Montana last week.

How To Make It To 100 Years Old? "Don't Even Think About Retirement"

The state of Montana recently celebrated 20 living centenarians, and four of them revealed what everyone wants to know: what’s their secret? It’s simple, they agreed: walk a mile a day and “don’t even think about retirement."

Anna-Louise JacksonOctober 05, 2025

Cheyenne native Sydney Kapp on the fourth season of "The Floor." Kapp was one of two Wyomingites selected for the "America Duels" season, focusing on United States trivia and history.

Cheyenne Native Representing Wyoming On Rob Lowe's Trivia Game Show 'The Floor'

Sydney Kapp is one of two Wyomingites on the fourth season of "The Floor," a game show hosted by Rob Lowe where 100 contestants duel each other in a trivia battle. “You duel until there’s only one contestant left,” she told Cowboy State Daily.

Andrew RossiOctober 05, 2025

Surviving members of the Black 14 at the University of Wyoming in 2019. From left to right, Tony Gibson, John Griffin, Lionel Grimes, Ron Hill, Tony McGee, Ted Williams and Mel Hamilton in front. (UW Athletic Department)

Ray Hunkins: The Part Of The Black 14 Story The Press Never Told

Columnist Ray Hunkins writes, "Even after interest in the story faded, those involved continued to write about it. And the son of then-Wyoming Attorney General James Barrett has provided me with his father’s personal files relating to the Black 14 event. This is the 'rest of the story,' stitched together from those careful accounts."

Ray HunkinsOctober 05, 2025

Cassie Craven: We Want Our Country Back

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “While the leftists are screaming at the top of their lungs about inclusion and fairness, they miss the forest for the trees. We want our country back. It’s time to listen to people who have common sense in politics."

Cassie CravenOctober 05, 2025

Gail Symons: What The Heck Did Pete Hegseth Just Say?

Columnist Gail Symons writes, "Hegseth's speech cast doubt on every female officer, minority commander, and leader who earned their position through grit and competence. That includes me. And I won’t stay silent while someone tries to turn my service, and the service of so many others, into a political stunt."

Gail SymonsOctober 05, 2025

The White Wolf Saloon in Douglas looks much the same as it always has, though it does have a new owner who is moving the bar's focus to more of a Western theme.

White Wolf In Douglas Has A New Owner, But You Can Still Get A Shot For A Bullet

The roots of the White Wolf Saloon in Douglas, one of the most interesting bars in Wyoming, go back to 1887. Its new owner is a Douglas native who wants to retain its Old West heritage. That includes the practice of trading a bullet for a drink — a shot for a shot.

Renée JeanOctober 05, 2025

Wyoming brother and sister Tristan Scott, top, and Anjan Katta are leading the charge for a new, “healthier” way of unplugging while staying connected with the Daylight Computer. The company got a huge boost this summer when the device was praised by popular podcaster Joe Rogan.

Wyoming Siblings And Their Daylight Computer Get Huge Boost From Joe Rogan

A Wyoming brother and sister are leading the charge for a new, “healthier” way of unplugging while staying connected with their Daylight Computer. The company got a huge boost this summer when the device was praised by popular podcaster Joe Rogan.

David MadisonOctober 05, 2025

Jeff Wandler stands outside the vintage automobile-themed Airbnb recently completed, right across from the Frontier Auto Museum that Wandler owns. The Airbnb features not one by two vintage cars, along with lots of vintage car memorabilia and signs.

Sleep Next To Classic Cars And Retro Kitsch At Gillette Auto Museum Airbnb

For those who love vintage cars and classic Americana, the Frontier Auto Museum in Gillette has it all. If a visit isn’t enough, you can sleep next to the classic autos and retro kitsch at the museum’s new Airbnb.

Renée JeanOctober 05, 2025

A pair of technicians work in the control room on the platform of a natural gas drilling rig in this file photo.

Casper Startup Betting On AI Roughneck To Fill Oil Field Gaps Left By Retirements

Experienced roughneck techs in Wyoming's oil and gas fields can hear a pump belt slipping from 20 feet away, but they’re retiring faster than the industry can fill their shoes. A Casper startup is creating an AI roughneck to fill those gaps.

David MadisonOctober 05, 2025

Heidi Moore, right, and Lydia Tripp, front center, learn more about trucks during the annual Trucks Are For Girls Event, held every fall, at Eastern Wyoming College's Douglas campus..

Wyoming College Says Shortage Of Truck Drivers Opens Door For More Women

The trucking industry is short nearly 80,000 drivers to fill jobs that pay near six-figure salaries. Eastern Wyoming College sees that as an opportunity, showing girls how a CDL can lead to great jobs in an industry where only 12.1% are women.

Renée JeanOctober 05, 2025

Mike “Moose” Dabich at home in Hudson, Wyoming. From crashing through doors in tiny Hudson, Wyoming, to battling basketball legends Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell on the court, Dabich’s life journey is a slam dunk of grit, humor and mountain-sized memories.

The Challenging And Charmed Basketball Life Of Hudson’s Mike “Moose” Dabich

From crashing through doors in tiny Hudson, Wyoming, to battling basketball legends Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to snatching a gun pointed at Doug Moe, Mike “Moose” Dabich’s life journey is a slam dunk of grit, humor and mountain-sized memories.

David MadisonOctober 05, 2025

Chad Kurtenbach’s 1,788-pound pumpkin, topped with an 88-pound marrow, is lifted into the air at the 2025 Wyoming Weigh-Off and Pumpkin Drop in Worland. The pumpkin dropped from 200 feet as the climactic end to this year's event.

1,800-Pound Pumpkin Dropped From 200-Foot Crane, Destroys Outhouse

A 1,788-pound pumpkin was dropped on an outhouse from a 200-foot crane on Saturday at the Wyoming State Pumpkin Championship in Worland on Saturday. “You can’t get more redneck than pumpkins, an outhouse, and a 200-foot crane,” Wyoming pumpkin king Jay Richard said.

Andrew RossiOctober 05, 2025

Two Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Casper Home

The Casper Police Department confirmed Saturday that the two people rushed to a hospital with gunshot wounds Friday evening have died. A caller to 911 reported that “a woman’s former boyfriend had shot her mother,” and then himself, the CPD reports.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 05, 2025

A yellow snowplane created by H.L. Wiese races across the snow.

The Man Who Built And Pioneered The Use Of Snowplanes In Yellowstone

Idaho’s Helmet Wiese was a self-taught mechanic and welder who, after he saw a photo of a snowplane in Popular Mechanics, built his own and introduced them into Yellowstone back in the 1940s. He continued to work on snowplanes well into his 90s.

Dale KillingbeckOctober 04, 2025

Wyoming Cattle Baron Otto Franc’s Historic Old West Ranch Lists For $7.95M

Another legacy Wyoming ranch is hitting the real estate market. This time it’s Otto Franc’s historic Old West headquarters on the 288-acre Old Pitchfork Ranch. It’s listing for $7.95 million.

Renée JeanOctober 04, 2025

Bill Sniffin enjoys the view from the crow’s nest near the roof the historical Old Faithful Inn.

Bill Sniffin Has Traveled To Yellowstone 55 Years In A Row

You could feed the bears in Yellowstone until 1970, and there weren’t the crowds of tourists there are now. But Bill Sniffin says after 55 straight years of visiting, in all the ways that count, it's still the same spectacular Yellowstone.

Bill SniffinOctober 04, 2025

Wildly popular in Canada all the time — and a passing interest in the U.S. every four years because of the Olympics — curling is migrating south. In Montana, fans of the sport say that “this weird Scottish game” is growing fast.

Can Curling Actually Catch On In The U.S.? Rocky Mountain Fans Say Yes

Wildly popular in Canada all the time — and a passing interest in the U.S. every four years because of the Olympics — the sport of curling is migrating south. In Montana, fans of the sport say that “this weird Scottish game” is growing fast.

Anna-Louise JacksonOctober 04, 2025

Terri Craft pauses in the doorway beneath Bee Healthy, her health food store. While upstairs is alive with activity, the basement is seldom visited but it is alive with remnants of the past, including an abandoned tunnel that is believed to have been dug during Prohibition when the building was a former saloon and boarding house.

Haunted Wyoming: Locals Say Spirits Are Restless In Worland's Bootlegger Tunnels

When Worland business owners reported intruders in their locked basement, police found no one — but they also heard sounds in the bootlegger tunnels beneath the town. Locals swear spirits are still restless in the tunnels.

Jackie DorothyOctober 04, 2025

Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic in Gillette is aiming to become the Mayo Clinic of the West.

Could A Rural Health Facility In Gillette Really Be The Next Mayo Clinic?

Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic in Gillette believes it can be the Mayo Clinic of the West. They say they’ve had no problem attracting specialists because they're not putting profits first and they don't push them to see patients every 15 minutes.

Renée JeanOctober 04, 2025

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