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The blackboard at Paradise Elementary School included a lot of Chinese language characters and graphics as visitors investigated the school’s Mandarin immersion program.

Casper Elementary School Is Only Public School In State To Offer Mandarin In Dual Language Immersion

Paradise Valley Elementary School in Casper is the only public school in Wyoming that offers Mandarin Chinese in a dual-language immersion setting where students spend half the day learning that language and the other half in English.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 27, 2025

Morning Show with Jake — Monday, January 27, 2025

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

Jake NicholsJanuary 27, 2025

Tom Lubnau: This Year’s Abortions Bills Are More Political Theater

Tom Lubnau writes, "These bills are not about abortion, but about creating election issues - again. Anyone who speaks against the stupidity of these bills will see slanderous videos and flyers flooding every inbox, labeling them abortionists.”

Tom LubnauJanuary 27, 2025

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, January 27, 2025

Monday's headlines include: * Wyoming’s Top Pedophile Hunter * Will Feds Get Rid Of The Lowly Penny? * Yee-Haw, Wyo Redneck Turns Moonshiner

Wendy CorrJanuary 27, 2025

Headed To A Hot Springs In Wyoming, Montana Or Colorado? Better Plan Early

People are still hot for hot springs, and various projects are underway this year that will enhance the soaking experience in Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. But if you want to soak somewhere this year, be sure to plan early.

Anna-Louise JacksonJanuary 26, 2025

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Trying To Kill Pennies, And Wyoming Has Mixed Reactions With That

Pennies cost more than 3 cents each to make, which has the little round Lincoln heads in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency. If pennies are on their way out, Wyoming citizens have mixed opinions on that.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 26, 2025

On Aug. 9, 2014, Sylvia Bruner and her husband hiked to the Bomber Mountain site for the first time. The top of the ridge with a large piece of the wreckage visible. The rusty framework in the foreground is a part of the ball turret mount.

The 10 Young Men Who Died Giving Wyoming's Bomber Mountain Its Name

Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in 1943, killing all 10 on board. The oldest was 25, and what happened to the plane was a mystery for two years.

Jackie DorothyJanuary 26, 2025

An old 90-inch wooden propeller has been in Donna Bershinsky's living room for years, and was a mystery for a long time. It came from a Cessna T-50.

35-Year Mystery Of Wooden Plane Propeller Clears Up For Wyoming Woman

A Laramie woman and her late husband got a gift from a dentist friend about 35 years ago. It was a long, wooden airplane propeller, but for years they knew nothing about it. Now the mystery is beginning to clear up.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 26, 2025

Bowling is making a comeback in a big way thanks to a high-tech video game-style makeover.

Can Bowling Become Cool Again? Cheyenne's Derby Lane Says "Absolutely."

Bowling has been in a decline since the ‘80s, but a high-tech video-game approach is changing that. The new style is what the recently opened Derby Lanes in Cheyenne is all about.

Renée JeanJanuary 26, 2025

A Wyoming man has created an app that chronicles all the stats and history of the state's wrestling seasons going back to the 1940s.

Wyoming Man’s Ultimate Wrestling App Tracks Every State Placer In History

Spencer Condie is a former wrestling coach and official who took his hobby of tracking Wyoming’s high school champions to the next level. The result of his years of work is an app that tracks every state placer in history, going back to the 1940s.

Amber SteinmetzJanuary 26, 2025

A photo of American troops trying to navigate the miserable "mud camp" area of France during World War I. A dog tag lost there by a U.S. soldier more than 100 years ago is being returned to its family in part thanks to a Wyoming author and investigator who tracked his decendants down.

Wyoming Sleuths Help Return WWI Dog Tags Buried In France For A Century

A French field infamously known as the “mud camp” is still giving up World War I relics lost there more than a century ago, including dog tags. A Wyoming author and investigator are helping them get back to their families.

Jackie DorothyJanuary 26, 2025

Cassie Craven: Freedom Caucus Shows Promises Made, Promises Kept

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “To say the Freedom Caucus is grandstanding for publicity or campaign issues years from now is a wild notion. They just kicked establishment incumbents all the way out the door. They don’t need campaign issues. They need results and promises delivered – and so far so good.”

Cassie CravenJanuary 26, 2025

Letter To The Editor: Please Pass The Clean Kill Bill

Dear editor: The very sad and unfortunate act of cruelty that took place last year in Wyoming will now show people that totally disrespecting any animal in such a manner will pay a very high price with felony charges is only fitting.

January 26, 2025

Larry Proietti worked at KYOY FM in Cheyenne for over 40 years.

Wyoming Radio Voice For More Than 50 Years Steps Away From The Mic

Radio is in Larry Proietti’s blood, and has been waking up his Cheyenne audience for decades. He recently retired after more than 50 years in radio, but is still working behind the scenes.

Jackie DorothyJanuary 26, 2025

Rod Miller: The Separation Of Church And School In Wyoming

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Wyoming Constitution says religious organizations will never get one thin dime of taxpayer money. Things don’t get much more separate than that. Things are rendered to either Caesar or to God, not to both."

Rod MillerJanuary 26, 2025

Captain L. G. Davis, between bulls, proudly displays two registered Hereford bulls which were sold for $6,425 at the 1916 Denver (Colorado) Stock Show.

The American West: Wyoming Hereford Bulls Top Denver Stock Show In 1916

At the January 1916 Denver Stock Show, three registered Hereford bulls bred, reared, and shown by L. G. Davis of Saratoga not only took championship honors, but also brought record prices. All the bulls were sired by the Davis Ranch herd bull Beau Carlos II.

Dick PerueJanuary 26, 2025

The look like unfinished lightweight helicopters, but for decades snowplanes have been an invaluable tool for getting around the remote areas of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks during winter.

Wyoming History: Afton's Snowplanes Skimmed Over A Snowy Yellowstone At 100 MPH With No Brakes

The CallAir snowplane, built in Afton, was a revolutionary vehicle. It made it possible to deliver mail, supplies and scientists across the snow-covered terrain of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks at 100 mph — with no brakes.

Andrew RossiJanuary 26, 2025

Chris McDonald, 51, completed the elite FBI National Academy at Quantico, Virginia, as one of 1% of senior law enforcement officers throughout the country and world. His road to law enforcement began much earlier, however, when he joined the Marines as a teen.

How A Budding Gillette Baseball Star And Marine Became A Pedophile Hunter

Chris McDonald grew up in Gillette and planned on a career in baseball. Then duty called and he became a Marine in Operation Desert Strom. Now he’s a pedophile hunter, leading DCI’s Internet Crimes Against Children division.

Jen KocherJanuary 26, 2025

After watching the Discovery Channel show "Moonshiners," Cheyenne mechanic Geno Stecks was inspired to try it on his own. So far, his tiny hobby moonshine still has produced about 1.5 cups of hooch since December. At that rate, he thinks it'll take "about a year" to fill one of his tiny 2-liter oak kegs.

Rat Rods, Beer Keg Smoker And Now Moonshine — Life Of A Wyoming Redneck Engineer

A Cheyenne mechanic who loves NASCAR and building rat rods, potato cannons and a smoker out of a beer keg has a new hobby. Inspired by the TV show “Moonshiners,” Geno Stecks is now trying to make his own hooch.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 26, 2025

A whitetail deer, left, and mule deer, right.

Letter To The Editor: Splitting Mule Deer and Whitetail Tags Would Be A Disaster

Dear editor: This bill is not good for hunters and it is not good for the resource. It is being pushed by people who are only looking at money. They see the dollar signs and want a piece of that pie.

January 26, 2025

Letter To The Editor: The Sausage-Making In The Legislature Is Terrifying

Dear editor: The Wyoming State Legislature is not boring this year, which everyone should find terrifying. If things continue as they are, I hope all of us can make our own “sausage” because the current actions of our legislative body is running Wyoming out of meat.

January 26, 2025

Aaron Turpen: Odometer Fraud Is Getting More Commonplace, Thanks to Electronics

Automotive writer Aaron Turpen writes, "As the change from physical to virtual odometer readouts has commenced, so has the number of odometer fraud cases. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that around 450,000 vehicles are sold every year with false odometer readings."

Aaron TurpenJanuary 26, 2025

A new resident at the Long Term Care Facility at Cody Regional Health shares stories with Jody Goldbach and Sally Gallop, accompanied by therapy ponies Norman and Star.

A Totally Wyoming Prescription At Cody Care Center: Take Two Ponies A Week, Repeat

Residents at the Long-Term Care Center at Cody Regional Health are reminded often they’re Wyomingites. It happens when their weekly prescription for ponies is filled, letting them interact with animals like they have their whole lives.

Andrew RossiJanuary 25, 2025

The newly re-opened Isdell Mercantile Co. in Pony, Montana.

Arrival Of 2 New Businesses Means There’s More Than A Bar In Tiny Pony, Montana

The remote former mining town of Pony, Montana, went bust more than 100 years ago. But the recent arrival of two new businesses downtown, this picturesque outpost at the foot of the Tobacco Root Mountains is experiencing a new kind of boom.

David MadisonJanuary 25, 2025

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