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A Wyoming Department of Transporation crew works to repair a hole that develped in the right eastbound lane of Interstate 80 over the Greeley Highway in Cheyenne.

Truckers Worried About Hole In Bridge On I-80 In Cheyenne; WYDOT Says It's OK

Truckers expressed worry Monday about a hole that opened up on a bridge on Interstate 80 in Cheyenne. Although WYDOT was able to patch it up, they’re still worried about it. Transportation officials say the bridge is structurally sound.

Leo Wolfson & Greg JohnsonSeptember 16, 2024

Yellowstone already is a viral tourism spot in Wyoming, and inspires many other viral moments through social media scrutiny of tourists' behavoir while at the national park.

Wyoming Ripe For the Dark Side Of Tourism Success — Suddenly Viral Over-Tourism

All it takes is one 'wow-factor' moment shared by an influencer with millions of followers to flood and overwhelm an area. It already happened in Ten Sleep and it could happen to many other places in Wyoming too.

Renée JeanSeptember 16, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, September 16, 2024

Monday's headlines include: - Wildfire Evacuees Return To Destroyed Homes - Dying Man's Last Wish: Wyo Elk Hunt For Daughter - Wyo Coal Mine Sold To Southern California Real Estate Co.

Wendy CorrSeptember 16, 2024

Declan Jacobson, 12, of Sheridan is the creator of Double Edge Golf, a golfware line that combines his love for the sport, the outdoors, and his friends and family.

Sheridan 12-Year-Old Launches Line Of Wyoming-Branded Golf Wear

Declan Jacobson, a Sheridan, Wyoming, 12-year-old, has launched his own line of golf wear. It’s uniquely branded for Wyoming and promotes the “awesomeness” of the sport and state.

Amber SteinmetzSeptember 16, 2024

Keeping drivers informed of issues along Intersgtate 80, like crashes and traffic jams, is made proactive with V2X technology.

Wyoming Has Been Quietly Testing Technology That Connects Vehicles To Roads

Wyoming has been quietly testing highway safety technology called V2X -- an acronym for "vehicle-to-everything," for a decade now. The technology connects roads, traffic lights, and other infrastructure that could enable advanced vehicle safety features to prevent crashes and improve traffic flows.

Andrew RossiSeptember 15, 2024

Rock Springs Police Search For Missing 7-Year-Old Who Is Not A Runaway

Update: child has been found. The Rock Springs Police Department is asking for the public's help finding 7-year-old Leo Ressler, an autistic boy who went missing Sunday afternoon. Authorities say he's not a runaway, and he's considered "missing and endangered."

Clair McFarlandSeptember 15, 2024

Karen Hostetler, owner of Mountain Meadow Wool, looks out over the floor of a business that started as a small hobby business and grew to become the West's largest wool mill.

How Two Wyoming Women Turned A Hobby Into Largest Wool Mill In The West

Two women from Buffalo turned their hobby making wool yarn and crafts into the largest wool mill in the West. Mountain Meadow Wool processes 60,000 pounds of wool annually -- that's more than 54,000 miles of wool.

Renée JeanSeptember 15, 2024

George Clark talks about the ideas he's putting into an accessible sheep wagon that can be used by someone in a wheelchair.

Wheelchair Doesn’t Limit Buffalo Man In Making His Wyoming Sheep Wagons

George Clark is Scotch-Irish stubborn. When his dad told him he couldn’t build a sheepwagon because he was in a wheelchair, his response was watch me. Now he’s got a popular business crafting custom sheep wagons in the Bighorn Mountains.

Renée JeanSeptember 15, 2024

Cassie Craven: Putin Probably Smirked After That Debate

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, "I waited for the cackle to get me in the Halloween spirit but alas, it never came. Vice President Harris had clearly been coached by the Greatest Showman of All Time, President Barack Obama."

Cassie CravenSeptember 15, 2024

Harvey Deselms at his haunted art gallery in Cheyenne in this Cowboy State Daily file photo.

Wyoming Art Dealers Experience Massive Slump Each Presidential Election Year

It hits like clockwork every four years — as the presidential election season heats up, sales for Wyoming artists and dealers cool off. Although the famed Buffalo Bill Art Show in Cody seems to be immune to the pattern.

Andrew RossiSeptember 15, 2024

Letters To The Editor: Dave Simpson's Love Poem To The Freedom Caucus

Dear editor: The Cowboy State Daily Opinion page is appropriately sub-titled “everyone has one." Dave Simpson’s love poem to WYO Freedom Caucus personifies the subtitle.

September 15, 2024

Eating Wyoming: How A Vietnamese Restaurant Helped Save The Dubois VFW

Everything about The V Cafe in Dubois is interesting. From how the owner's family were kidnapped on the high seas by pirates while fleeing communism to their journey to Wyoming to how their restaurant saved the local VFW from folding. Plus, they've got great food.

Renée JeanSeptember 15, 2024

Rod Miller: Recollecting Doug !@#%ing Crowe

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Crowe pulled out the frozen carcass of a muskrat. He blended the rodent with tequila and triple sec into the sixth or seventh pitcher of hooch. Reports vary from 'nobody knew the difference' to 'the dog wouldn’t even touch it.' Draw your own damn conclusion."

Rod MillerSeptember 15, 2024

Andrew Rossi chiseling and isolating a jacket of dinosaur fossils at the Nail Quarry near Medicine Bow.

Reporter’s Notebook: The Good, Bad And Ugly Of Digging Wyoming's Dinosaurs

When people ask reporter Andrew Rossi how he ended up in Wyoming, his answer is simple — dinosaurs. From his first discovery in 2012 — what he calls “the ugliest, least exciting piece of dinosaur possible” — he’s been hooked.

Andrew RossiSeptember 15, 2024

In this famous photo of the outlaw group The Wild Bunch, Harry Longabaugh — aka The Sundance Kid — is seated at left. Also pictured are, seated from left, Ben Kilpatrick and Robert Leroy Parker (aka Butch Cassidy). Standing are Bill Carver, left, and Harvey Logan (aka Kid Curry).

The American West: How The Sundance Kid Became A Notorious Outlaw

A young ranch hand and horseman in southwest Colorado met up with Butch Cassidy and a band of outlaws as a teenager. That partnership would make The Sundance Kid one of the most notorious western outlaws.

Linda WommackSeptember 15, 2024

Sadie Swartzfager, 14, of Pennsylvania – in the orange hat – joined family and friends in celebrating getting her first elk in Wyoming.

Dying Pennsylvania Man’s Wish Was A Wyoming Elk And Deer Hunt For His Daughter

Dying from cancer, one of a Pennsylvania man’s last wishes was a first Wyoming elk and deer hunt for his 14-year-old daughter. Thanks to a Gillette-area Airbnb owner and outfitter, they got that dream hunt.

Mark HeinzSeptember 15, 2024

As evacuation orders are lifted, some people in the path of the Short Draw Fire are returning to find their homes gone. That was the case for Cheyenne and Jesse Raymond, who posted to Facebook about the devastation of finding their home had burned.

Families Devastated To Find Homes Burned As Short Draw Fire Evacuations Lifted

Evacuation orders in northern Wyoming and southern Montana have been lifted for folks in the path of the Short Draw Fire. But some families are devastated to find they no longer have homes to return to.

Greg JohnsonSeptember 15, 2024

Teacher Erin Beck and the first class of students at Homestead Learning microschool in Campbell County, Wyoming.

Gillette Mothers Create Their Own Little Schoolhouse On The Wyoming Prairie

They call it a “microschool,” but in many ways, a pair of Gillette mothers have brought the one-room schoolhouse concept back. Starting with eight students, what they’ve built is literally their own little schoolhouse on the Wyoming prairie.

Jen KocherSeptember 15, 2024

Earl Durand is infamous for his last 11 days, when he was arrested for poaching, escaped jail, killed four people, tried to rob a bank the finally shot himself. He even left a last note, listing the undertaker's office as a forwarding address.

There’s More To “Wild Man” Earl Durand Than His Murderous Final 11 Days

Wyoming's “Wild Man” Earl Durand killed four people after escaping a Cody jail and trying to rob a bank in Powell during an 11-day rampage back in 1939. Before that, he also “was a good neighbor,” says an author and scholar on Durand’s life.

Andrew RossiSeptember 14, 2024

Shannon Watts found his art which is sold at Hobby Lobby’s across America.

Riverton Man’s El Camino Sketch Launched Renowned Auto Art Career

Riverton's Shannon Watts didn’t intend to make a career out of drawing cars. But his sketch of a 1964 El Camino turned his life upside down. Now he sells over 400 of his designs in car shows across the country and his metal signs are being sold in Hobby Lobby Stores and other big box stores.

Jackie DorothySeptember 14, 2024

The Casper Tribune-Herald reports on the tragic loss of life near Cheyenne after a United Airlines passenger flight crashes.

Wyoming History: 23 Died In 5 Crashes In 1935, A Terrible Year For Aviation

A six-month span in 1935 was terrible for plane crashes in Wyoming. Overall, 23 people died in crashes that made national headlines, including two lost United Airlines planes.

Dale KillingbeckSeptember 14, 2024

Elderly Laramie Man Missing Three Weeks Found Dead In His Car

The family of a Laramie man who has been missing for three weeks said they were "devastated" to learn he was found dead in his vehicle Friday, having run off a road into a ravine in a rural part of Carbon County.

Jen KocherSeptember 14, 2024

Pisser's Palace in Walkerville, Montana, has only one rule — no politics allowed.

Montana U.S. Senate Race: At Pisser’s Palace In Walkerville, No Politics Allowed

Pisser’s Palace in the historic mining town of Walkerville, Montana, is about as dive bar as it gets. Named after its original owner -- who was named "Pisser" -- the establishment only really has one rule, no talking about politics.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 14, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Cowboys Aren't Dead, They Just Need To Adjust

Dear editor: The column by Tom Lubnau gave a factual account of the changing, or consolidation of collegiate sports conferences. While accurate in facts, the comments were akin to a wake for the spirit of athletic competition.

September 14, 2024

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