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The Wyoming Legislature’s YouTube channel already has nearly 220,000 views this year, more than all of 2024. Politics is becoming more of a spectator sport as more people watch livestreamed meetings and floor debates.

Legislature’s YouTube Views Explode As Politics Becomes More Of A Spectator Sport

The Wyoming Legislature’s YouTube channel already has nearly 220,000 views this year, more than all of 2024. State politics is becoming more of a spectator sport as more people watch livestreamed meetings and floor debates.

Leo WolfsonApril 14, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake — Monday, April 14, 2025

Jake in the 307. Weekday mornings 6-10 a.m.

Jake NicholsApril 14, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, April 14, 2025

Monday's headlines include: * Hageman: English Speaking Truckers Only * 19-Year-Old Douglas Man Falls From Wind Turbine * Biologists Say Dire Wolves Would Destroy Everything

Wendy CorrApril 14, 2025

Connie Morgan shows of a sign she created for a pizza place in South Dakota.

Casper Artist Saves Vintage Wyoming Neon Landmarks One Sign At A Time

Casper artist Connie Morgan has a passion for intense heat, bending glass and neon gas. She’s saving Wyoming’s vintage neon landmarks one sign at a time, like the giant Tumble Inn Cowboy.

Dale KillingbeckApril 13, 2025

Mountain Lions Blamed For Killing More Deer Than They Actually Do, Hunters Say

It’s widely assumed that an adult mountain lion kills a deer a week, but some seasoned mountain lion hunters question that. They say the big cats are blamed for killing more deer than they actually do.

Mark HeinzApril 13, 2025

The First National Bank of Meeteetse is listed on the National Historic Register and was once the richest bank in the Big Horn Basin. It's now a museum.

That Time Robbers Only Got Away With $40 From Richest Bank In The Bighorn Basin

The First National Bank of Meeteetse, Wyoming, was never hit by the infamous Wild Bunch. It was the richest bank in the Bighorn Basin and a tempting target in 1958 when robbers used a crowbar to break into the vault. They only get away with $40.

Jackie DorothyApril 13, 2025

Visitors Hold Spontaneous Cleanup Of Trashed Idaho Hot Spring

Piles of trash are the last thing anyone wants to see when visiting a hot spring. When it happened recently at Carey Hot Springs in Idaho, random hot springers banded together for a spontaneous cleanup.

David MadisonApril 13, 2025

Cowboy State Daily’s Wendy Corr Wins National Award For Podcast

Cowboy State Daily’s Wendy Corr shared a stage with Reba McEntire, Graham Greene, and Brooks & Dunn in Oklahoma City on Saturday for the Western Heritage Awards. Her podcast won the 2025 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Lifestyle Program.

Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025

Tabatha Coffey, center, poses with Cosmetology students at Central Wyoming College. Students from left are Lexi Baumann, Ashley Gomez, Karina Frederick and Grayce Fike.

Riverton Students Get Dose Of Tough Love From Celebrity Stylist Tabatha Coffey

Central Wyoming College students got a dose of celebrity stylist Tabatha Coffey’s signature tough love Thursday. Her non-nonsense style drove home that it takes more than dreaming big to make it big.

Renée JeanApril 13, 2025

Cassie Craven: Wyoming Conservatives Should Learn From An 11-Year-Old Girl

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “The divide is deep. Egos have been bruised; people question one another’s motives. But if conservatives can’t get it together and act in unison, I’m worried we’ll squander an opportunity to bring Wyoming into its golden age.”

Cassie CravenApril 13, 2025

The American West: Old Ephraim

A loud ruckus awakened Frank Clark from a sound sleep. Still in his in his underwear, Frank grabbed his rifle, and ran to investigate. He found a legendary grizzly bear named Old Ephraim, enraged and fighting to free himself from a 23-pound bear trap.

R.B. MillerApril 13, 2025

Rare Full Pink Micromoon Is Smaller Than A Normal Moon, And Really Not That Pink

April's full moon is known as the Pink Moon, but it's also a micromoon, the smallest moon of the year and the one the Catholic Church uses to tell us when to celebrate Easter. It’s visible now, but really not that pink.

Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025

Tech Squeezes Millions More Barrels Of Oil From Wyoming Wells

Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute is partnering with private companies to give aging oil fields a new lease on life. The technology is allowing millions more barrels of oil to be squeezed out of existing wells.

Zakary SonntagApril 13, 2025

William Kay, 8, is reunited with Dog after it was lost at a rest stop along Interstate 80, then found by a Carbon County Sheriff's Office deputy and returned to him in St. Louis, Missouri.

Wyoming Sheriff Returns Stuffed Dog To 8-Year-old Lost Along Interstate 80

William Kay, 8, couldn’t sleep without his well-worn stuffed dog named Dog, which blew out of the family car at a rest stop along Interstate 80 in Wyoming. The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office found Dog and returned it.

Andrew RossiApril 13, 2025

Deep fakes and impersonations grow as Wyomingites continue to be scammed out of millions of dollars a year to cybercrimes. That includes a Gillette man who shelled out $11,000 this week in fake warrant scam.

Cybercriminals Get More Personal In Scamming Wyomingites Out Of Millions

Deep fakes and impersonations grow as Wyomingites continue to be scammed out of millions of dollars a year by cybercrimes. That includes a Gillette man who shelled out $11,000 this week in fake warrant scam.

Jen KocherApril 13, 2025

Guest Column: Maybe The Freedom Caucus Should Read The Good Samaritan

Guest Columnist Gail Symons writes: “You can’t claim to ‘protect life’ while voting against suicide prevention. Or say you value families while blocking hospice funding. And you certainly can’t promote ‘truth’ while spreading falsehoods about your colleagues and state institutions.”

CSD StaffApril 13, 2025

Jaelin Kauf of Team United States wins the gold medal during the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships on March 21, 2025, in Engadin, Switzerland.

Wyoming’s Queen Of Moguls Skiing Sweeps World Cup Championships

Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf of Alta, Wyoming, made history in March when she swept all three World Cup events in mogul skiing. She also won gold in dual moguls at the World Championships.

Amber SteinmetzApril 13, 2025

Robot Horses Are Coming — Would A Real Wyoming Cowboy Ride One?

It’s not science fiction anymore — Kawasaki has unveiled it’s developing a futuristic, hydrogen-powered, fully-functional and rideable robot horse. Would Wyoming cowboys ever replace their real horses with robots?

Zakary SonntagApril 13, 2025

Members of the 1949 Reliance state championship basketball team. Top row, from left: Coach Jack Smith, Ronald Wilson, Robert Burns, Tony Tsakakis, Everett Hernandez, John Fortuna, George “Bud” Nelson, Stan Kouris, Claude Thomas, Walter Sawick, assistant coach Thomas Manatos. Bottom row: Manager Henry Telck, George Jelaco, Michael Fresques, James Rafferty, William Strannigan, Ernest Mecca, Spiro Varras.

Wyoming’s ‘Hoosiers’: How Tiny Reliance Beat The Unbeatable To Make Run At 1949 Title

Forget Hollywood, Wyoming had its own real “Hoosiers” Cinderella story in 1949. That’s when the high school basketball team from the tiny coal town of Reliance beat the unbeatable, defending state champion Cheyenne High School, to make the title game.

Leo WolfsonApril 12, 2025

West of Dubois, 17 Rocking Chair Ranch has all the amenities of a ranch with thousands of acres, but it sits on just 22. That makes it a more affordable Western retreat for prospective buyers.

Dubois Property Offers Big Ranch Amenities In A Small Package For $3.5 Million

West of Dubois, 17 Rocking Chair Ranch has all the amenities of a ranch with thousands of acres, but it sits on just 22. That makes it a rare affordable Western retreat for prospective buyers at $3.5 million.

Renée JeanApril 12, 2025

The American West: An Early California-Oregon Cattle Drive

Ewing Young and his men drove a herd of cattle into the Willamette Valley in 1837, providing a basis for the dairy and beef industries in Oregon. This cattle drive was an undertaking that would not occur on such a vast scale again until the late 1860s.

James A. CrutchfieldApril 12, 2025

Yellowstone's Poison Parsnips Can Fool Foragers — And Are Frequently Fatal

Water hemlock is considered the deadliest plant in North America, and these poison parsnips have caused at least two fatalities in Yellowstone National Park. The highly toxic roots can be mistaken for parsnips or carrots.

Andrew RossiApril 12, 2025

Mike Wandler, President of L&H Industrial, Inc., in Gillette, talked about what he's been doing with AI to boost productivity at his company during the Central Wyoming College's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference.

Wyoming And AI: L&H Chief Says Business Must Get Onboard Now Or Get Left Behind

Mike Wandler, president of Gillette-based L&H Industrial, says now is the time for Wyoming businesses to get onboard with artificial intelligence. If they don’t, they’ll get left behind.

Renée JeanApril 12, 2025

Paleontologists uncovered a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near Dubois, Wyoming. The bonebed is a smorgasbord of skeletons, dense with dismembered heads, chests, hips and tails.

Mass Grave Of Prehistoric Amphibians With Toilet Lid-Shaped Heads Found Near Dubois

Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near Dubois, Wyoming. They may have been victims of “boiling frog syndrome.”

Andrew RossiApril 12, 2025

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