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Evansville Man Gets Up To 18 Years For Killing Man In Drug Deal Gone Bad
A 26-year-old Evansville man was sentenced to 12-18 years in prison Tuesday for the Feb. 1, 2024, killing of a 30-year-old Casper man in a drug deal gone bad. The victim’s brother testified he was “not an angel,” but “didn’t deserve to die.”
Dale KillingbeckMarch 26, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Video News: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Wednesday's headlines include: * Hageman Cancels In-Person Town Halls * Human Remains ID'd As Missing Woman * Out-Of-Control Semi Takes Out House In Upton
Wendy CorrMarch 26, 2025
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill Among 3 Nominated For State Supreme Court
A judicial nominating commission Monday named Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill, private attorney Anna Reeves Olson and Judge Stuart Healy as three candidates for a soon-to-be-vacant state Supreme Court seat.
Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2025
After 22 Years, A First For WYDOT Snowplow Driver — He Gets Stuck In A Drift
In what he calls a "humbling experience,” a veteran WYDOT snowplow driver got his plow stuck for the first time in 22 years Monday. He was trying to get through a 4-foot-deep drift blocking both lanes.
Andrew RossiMarch 25, 2025
Guest Column: Trump Is Right — It’s Time To Trust Parents And Local Communities
Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder writes, “I fully support President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the federal Department of Education. … This is not about eliminating education — it’s about improving it.”
CSD StaffMarch 25, 2025
16-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Shooting Two Men Asks To Be Charged As Child
The attorney for Addisyn Rain Marie Fisher is asking a judge to send the 16-year-old's case to juvenile court. Fisher, from Rock Springs, is charged as an adult in the shooting of two men and has an arraignment hearing Thursday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
Delegation: ‘No Truth’ To Report Rock Springs Social Security Office On Cut List
Democrats say Social Security is under siege, but Wyoming’s congressional delegation says that’s not true. They also say there’s “no truth whatsoever” to reports the Rock Springs field office is on a cut list.
Sean BarryMarch 25, 2025
Starting April 1, Wyoming Post Offices May Lose Afternoon Mail Pickup
It's still not clear if afternoon pickup for Wyoming wyoming mail will be impacted under the Delivering for America plan, which starts April 1. It could mean Wyoming post offices will lose it.
Renée JeanMarch 25, 2025
Hageman Cancels In-Person Town Halls Over ‘Democrat Threats Of Violence’
Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman has canceled in-person access for two of her upcoming town hall meetings because of “Democrat threats of violence.” She says incidents at recent town halls in Wheatland, Laramie and Rock Springs make safety an issue.
Leo WolfsonMarch 25, 2025
Wyoming Is First State To Require Proof Of Citizenship To Vote In All Elections
Wyoming has some of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation after the recently competed legislative session. That includes being the first state in the nation to require proof of U.S. citizenship for all elections in the state.
Leo WolfsonMarch 25, 2025
Yellowstone Pool That Exploded Last Summer Is Still Closed — And Still Exploding
Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park has been closed since it violently exploded last July. As the park prepares for the summer tourism season, it remains closed — and is still exploding.
Andrew RossiMarch 25, 2025
Casper Man Empties Handgun As His Truck Is Stolen, Then Catches Up To It
A 41-year-old Casper man is expected in court Tuesday, accused of stealing a truck. The owner of the truck emptied a handgun at it as it was driven away, then caught up to it in another car and held the alleged thief at gunpoint until police got there.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 25, 2025
Full Semitrailer Smashes Through Shed, House In Upton
A semitrailer full of bentonite smashed through the side of a storage shed and a vehicle, then halfway through a house Monday in Upton. The man living in the house was in bed when the truck “pushed his bedroom out the other wall.”
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
The American West: Carving A Homestead In The Black Hills
Ira and Hattie Tillotson homesteaded a quarter section of land south of Hot Springs, Dakota Territory, near Cascade Springs, in 1883. The place is the oldest farm continuously owned by the same family in Fall River County, South Dakota.
Peggy SandersMarch 25, 2025
Candy Moulton: Celebrating John Nesbitt – A Boy From The Country
Columnist Candy Moulton writes: “In his newly published autobiography Boy from the Country, John Nesbitt shares the hard, sometimes painful, stories of his growing up in rural poverty and how that shaped him into the writer he is.”
Candy MoultonMarch 25, 2025
Carbon County Sheriff's Facebook Page Back After Hackers Used It To Sell Crypto
UPDATE: Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken reported Tuesday afternoon that, after days of working with Meta and Cowboy State Daily, his Facebook page has been restored. A hacker took it over Friday and used it to sell cryptocurrency.
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
Human Remains ID’d As Washakie County Woman Missing Since 2023
Dental records identified Breanna Mitchell on Monday as the woman whose remains were found Sunday in rural Washakie County. Mitchell disappeared nearly two years ago. Her cause of death is not known.
Jen KocherMarch 25, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Show with Jake — Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Jake NicholsMarch 25, 2025
Cowboy State Daily Video News: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tuesday's headlines include: * Skeletal Remains Found In Washakie County * Glenrock Woman Sentenced For Stalking Teen * “Trump Force One” Parked At Cheyenne Airport
Wendy CorrMarch 25, 2025
Former Wyoming Legislators Win Big In County Republican Party Elections
Former House Speaker Albert Sommers was elected chairman of the Sublette County Republican Party this month. County GOP elections around Wyoming followed the trend of putting former legislators into leadership roles.
Leo WolfsonMarch 25, 2025
Wyoming Tesla Owners Bristle At Destruction Campaign
Wyoming Tesla owners remain concerned about the attacks on Tesla products and properties happening nationwide. The FBI launched a task force Monday to investigate the crimes officials call “domestic terrorism.”
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Cows And The Freedom Of Speech
Dear editor: The sound of people booing in attempt to voice their displeasure over various things sounded much like the cattle’s mooing at their displeasure with being loaded on the trucks.
March 24, 2025
Freight Containers Topple Off Train North Of Rock River
Several of a Union Pacific train's shipping containers toppled Monday north of Rock River. It's unclear if train car frames derailed with them. The mayor speculated it was because of high winds which reached over 60mph during the morning.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Legislators Can Keep Suing Freedom Caucus Over Election Flyers, Judge Says
A Sweetwater County District Court ruled Friday that a pair of Rock Springs state legislators can keep suing the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. They claim the group defamed them in election flyers during the 2024 campaign cycle.
Leo WolfsonMarch 24, 2025