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UPS driver Wes Korczyncski delivers a food box from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service Meals to You program in August 2020 to a rural home in Texas.

Wyoming UPS Drivers Call Out Company On Rural Delivery Practices

One current UPS driver told Cowboy State Daily UPS falsifies delivery records for rural customers. A former UPS driver said many times medications and frozen food sat in warehouses for so long they thawed out and went bad, but were delivered anyway.

Renée JeanMay 25, 2024

Bill Schott, supervisor of the wastewater treatment plant for the Laramie Public Works Department, stands along a 2-mile stream of nonpotable water treated at the plant, with the effluent eventually making its way to the Laramie River.

Sewage Treatment Plants All Across Wyoming Are Falling Apart

Signs of age are beginning to cripple Wyoming’s sewage treatment system. Some cities are in dire need of tens of millions of dollars to upgrade their systems.

Pat MaioMay 25, 2024

A ladder is used to climb up to the top of 4420 during restoration efforts.

Engine 4420 Helped Save Evanston 100 Years Ago, Now Evanston Saving Engine 4420

Engine 4420 is a workhorse of a switch steam locomotive that helped saved Evanston in the 1920s. Now it’s 4420’s turn to be restored to its former glory.

Renée JeanMay 25, 2024

The Roundup: A Conversation With Guy Eastman

Host Wendy Corr chats with Cody's Guy Eastman who represents the third generation of the famous outdoor multimedia family that launched Eastman's Hunting Journal, a television show, and a hugely popular YouTube channel.

Wendy CorrMay 25, 2024

Sheriff Says Honor Wyoming’s Out-Of-State Organizer Has Ties To Bundy Standoff

A Wyoming native and longtime sheriff of Spokane, Washington, says he’s very familiar with the lead organizer of the murky new political group Honor Wyoming, including that he has ties to the 2016 Bundy standoff in Oregon.

Leo WolfsonMay 25, 2024

Pro-Business Group Pulls Endorsement Over Legislator's Testimony In Support Of Rapist

A libertarian-leaning, pro-business group withdrew its endorsement Friday from Wyoming state Rep Landon Brown because he spoke in support of a convicted rapist at a Thursday sentencing hearing.

Clair McFarlandMay 24, 2024

Matt Balcazar, who works at PacifiCorp’s Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant in Glenrock, isn’t happy with PacifiCorp after he’s had trouble getting them to listen to him about why he needs long-term medical care following a coal dust fire at the Dave Johnston plant on Nov. 2, 2022. This is a photo of Balcazar shortly after he was airlifted by helicopter from the Dave Johnston plant to the burn unit of the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado.

Life Will Never Be The Same For Pair Caught In Flash Fire At Wyoming Power Plant

Barely four weeks on the job, electrician Matthew Balcazar and a co-worker were severely burned when a coal-dust combustion erupted in a storage silo at the Dave Johnston power plant near Glenrock, Wyoming.

Pat MaioMay 24, 2024

Accused Wyoming Child Torturer Doesn’t Want Kids To Testify At Her Trial

A Wyoming woman accused to torturing her 13-year-old son, whom police reportedly found in a crawl space with broken bones and starving, petitioned the court this week to not let any of her other five children testify against her.

Clair McFarlandMay 24, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon, left, and state Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette.

Governor Gordon Blasts Back At Latest ‘Sniping’ From Freedom Caucus

Gov. Mark Gordon offered a blistering response Thursday to a Freedom Caucus letter sent to him earlier this week demanding he sue the federal government over a new ban on coal production.

Leo WolfsonMay 24, 2024

State Sen. Tim Salazar, R-Riverton, left, and Elizabeth Philp.

Fremont County Pro-Life Champion Has Challenger For Republican Primary

Pro-life champion and three-time incumbent state Sen. Tim Salazar has a Republican primary opponent in Shoshoni rancher Elizabeth Philp.

Leo WolfsonMay 24, 2024

A Glock Switch is a device that turns a Glock pistol into a rapid-fire firearm.

BRIEF: Feds Don’t Want To Return Wyoming Man's Illegal Machine Gun

After taking an illegal 9 mm Glock converted to a machine gun — and other weapons — from a Worland, Wyoming, man last year, the federal government asked a judge Friday to let it keep the guns.

Clair McFarlandMay 24, 2024

This black bear was treed for hours in a Golden, Colorado, neighborhood. In a final effort to flush the bear out, wildlife officials blased Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" at it. Seems, as the agency posted, "black bears don't mind Black Sabbath."

Blasting Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ Doesn’t Scare Colorado Bear Out Of Tree

“Black bears don’t mind Black Sabbath” a Colorado wildlife agent quipped after a failed attempt to haze a bear by blasting it with the legendary heavy metal band’s classic anthem “Iron Man.”

Mark HeinzMay 24, 2024

Accused Wyoming Pronghorn Poacher Caught After Standoff With Police

A Moorcroft, Wyoming, woman accused of helping poach a pronghorn also faces felony drug possession charges after an hours-long nonviolent standoff with police in her house.

Clair McFarlandMay 24, 2024

Shayne Patrick Burke, a 35-year-old military veteran from Massachusetts, says he's lucky to survive an attack by an angry momma grizzly in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. In an Instagram post detailing the attack, he says it was the most violent experience of his life and he has no ill feelings toward the bear.

Grizzly Attack Survivor Says Ordeal Was Most Violent Experience Of His Life

The disabled veteran who was mauled by a grizzly on Sunday in Grand Teton National Park said he never let go of his bear spray during the attack. He said when the bear went in for the "kill shot" to his neck, she bit into the can.

Andrew RossiMay 24, 2024

Caitlin Long, CEO for Wyoming-based Custodia Bank.

After Wyoming-Based Custodia Bank Denied By Feds, State May Step Into Fight

After Wyoming-based Custodia was denied by the Federal Reserve and federal judges their own master account for its digital bank, Wyoming legislators say they may step into the fight against what they say is political bias against the state.

Renée JeanMay 24, 2024

Jonathan Lange: FDA Unlawfully Approved Chemical Abortion Drugs, Eviscerated Crucial Safeguards

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "A new report reveals that more than a million babies were aborted by the 'formal healthcare system in 2023.' Of those, 63 percent, 642,700 lives, were taken by so-called 'chemical abortions.'"

Jonathan LangeMay 24, 2024

Dennis Sun: Wyoming Is Fortunate To Have Our Congressional Delegation

Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Most people in Wyoming realize the current administration wants to change agriculture, energy and our way of life. They do this by ignoring Congress and the Supreme Court, printing more money, and issuing presidential executive orders."

Dennis SunMay 24, 2024

Danish white supremacist Emil Kirkegaard is doing business though a Wyoming LLC.

White Supremacist Who Wants Legal Child Porn Doing Business Through Wyoming LLC

A globally recognized white supremacist from Denmark who has pushed for the legalization of child pornography is doing business through a Wyoming LLC he recently registered. Wyoming is often criticized for its loose business filing laws.

Leo WolfsonMay 24, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, May 24th, 2024

Friday's headlines include: * Massive Snowstorm Keeps Beartooth Highway Closed * Insurance Company Yanks Wyoming Homeowner Policy After 42 Years * Cody Is Not The Only Community Suing Over LDS Temples

Wendy CorrMay 24, 2024

Heavy snows and poor road conditions have prompted the closure of the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming and Montana just ahead of Memorial Day and the first big tourist weekend of the season for Yellowstone National Park.

Massive Snowstorm Keeps Beartooth Highway Closed, Other Yellowstone Routes Shut Down

It's still winter in some parts of the Rocky Mountain West. Two feet of snow on Thursday stopped the Beartooth Highway from opening. Many other Yellowstone routes were closed down too as winter refuses to give up.

Andrew RossiMay 23, 2024

Gabriel Testerman was sentenced in Laramie County District Court on May 23, 2024.

Trooper Gets 10-15 Years For Rape As Wyoming Legislator Calls Him ‘A Man of God’

A Cheyenne judge Thursday sentenced a former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper who raped a woman to 10-15 years in prison despite a state legislator lobbying the judge for leniency, calling him “a man of God.”

Clair McFarlandMay 23, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon addresses the Wyoming Legislature to open the 2024 session.

Fed Up With Fallout From California Energy Policies, Wyoming Sues

Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday announced Wyoming has joined a 19-state lawsuit led by Alabama asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the energy policies of five Democratic-majority states, including California, unconstitutional.

Leo WolfsonMay 23, 2024

The National Championship Air Races are looking for a new home, and Casper is on the short list. It could mean a $100 million economic jolt for the area and Wyoming.

Casper Loses Out On Being Home For $100 Million National Championship Air Races

Casper made a huge push to be the new home to the world-famous National Championship Air Races, but learned Thursday it lost out to Roswell, New Mexico. The lucrative event could have a $100 million impact for Roswell.

Renée JeanMay 23, 2024

More mobile home owners in Wyoming are finding it more difficult to insure their homes, or are being dropped altogether by insurance companies.

Wyoming Retirees On Fixed Income Have Homeowners Insurance Yanked After 42 Years

A retired couple on a fixed income in rural Wyoming had the homeowners insurance on their mobile home yanked after 42 years, and they’re not alone.

Renée JeanMay 23, 2024

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