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Wyoming History: The Heroic Teacher Who Died Saving Her Students From A Wildfire
Nov. 19, 1914, began as a normal day for Bertha Rhinehart, a teacher at a school 30 miles northwest of Cheyenne. Before the morning was over, the 28-year-old had saved her students from a wind-driven wildfire — but had been badly burned and died the next day.
Dale KillingbeckApril 06, 2024
Guest Column: Somebody Has To Say It
Guest columnist Ray Peterson writes, "When I see a Facebook post from current legislators, calling out the traitors or turn coats that voted against the special session, my skin begins to crawl."
Ray PetersonApril 06, 2024
Wyoming Truckers Say New Federal EV Rules Unrealistic And ‘Asinine’
Wyoming truckers say new EPA rules that would push the trucking industry to convert to electric vehicles in as little as three years are unrealistic for their industry, with one calling them “asinine.”
Pat MaioApril 06, 2024
Photo Shows Wyoming Man With Tormented Wolf Before It Was Killed
Cowboy State Daily has obtained a photo of a wolf that was captured and had its mouth taped shut while it was reportedly taken to a local man’s house and a bar in rural Daniel, Wyoming, before it was killed.
Greg Johnson & Mark HeinzApril 06, 2024
Restoration Of Iconic 21-Foot Tumble Inn Cowboy On Pace To Be Finished This Year
An effort almost as tall as the iconic 21-foot-tall Tumble Inn cowboy to restore the neon giant to its former glory is progressing quickly and could be finished by the end of the year.
Dale KillingbeckApril 06, 2024
The Roundup: A Conversation With Former U.S. Assistant Interior Secretary Rob Wallace
This week’s guest is Rob Wallace, who as the Assistant Secretary for the Interior under the Trump Administration, oversaw both the US Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.
Wendy CorrApril 06, 2024
National Animal Rights Groups Push For Cruelty Charges Over Wyoming Wolf Abuse
Two national animal rights groups are calling on Sublette County officials to bring animal cruelty charges against a local man who allegedly captured, tortured and killed a wolf in Daniel, Wyoming.
Mark HeinzApril 05, 2024
Clair McFarland: My Life In One Country Song
Clair McFarland writes, "I always, always circle back to country music. Not the crappy, fake-accent, get-up-on-my-tailgate-in-them-Daisy-Dukes pop that some of y’all call country music. No: Real country music teems with corny puns, but it’s anguished, joyful, intense and sincere."
Clair McFarlandApril 05, 2024
Truck Carrying 102,000 Salmon In Oregon Crashes, Dumps Them In Wrong River
A truck carrying 102,000 salmon in Oregon crashed and spilled nearly 80,000 of them into to the wrong river. The other 22,000 fish didn't make it to the waterway and died.
Mark HeinzApril 05, 2024
Dennis Sun: The More, The Merrier When It Comes To Grocery Shopping
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "When consumers are happy with a product, it usually puts the manufacturer or producer in good light. I think it really works with our nation’s beef and lamb producers. We need to take advantage of it."
Dennis SunApril 05, 2024
Why Hasn't One Of Wyoming’s Oldest — And Largest — Mansions Sold?
Laramie’s Holliday House, originally built downtown in 1878 and moved out of town in 1978, features 13 bedrooms, seven baths and 7,000 square feet of space. Most recently it was the home of a socialist LGBTQ commune. The listing price has decreased by nearly $300K but it still hasn't found an owner.
Mark HeinzApril 05, 2024
Park County Republican Party Censures Mark Gordon Over Vetoes
The Park County Republican Party censured Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday over vetoes the governor made to bills passed during the recent legislative session. The sharply-worded censure passed on a 62-24 vote.
Leo WolfsonApril 05, 2024
Guest Column: Fact vs. Fiction -- 2024 Budget Session
Guest columnist Rep. Tomi Strock writes, "I am writing this in order to filter the facts from the fiction spouted by liberal lawmakers and repeated by their allies in the press – one of the most frequently parroted fiction out there has to do with committee bills being killed."
CSD StaffApril 05, 2024
Meet The Expert On Turbine Eagle Deaths The Wind Energy Industry Turned On
Ecologist Shawn Smallwood has made secretive trips to Wyoming to collect data and provide to law enforcement information on eagles and other birds cut down by turbines. He said the wind industry turned on him because he’s “not a team player.”
Pat MaioApril 05, 2024
Wyoming Highway Workers Honored For Saving Life Of Driver After Suicide Attempt
Four Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance workers from Basin have been honored for saving the life of a motorist who had attempted suicide in his car.
April 05, 2024
Wyoming Welfare Fraudsters Outed By Facebook Posts
An Encampment woman has been found guilty of scamming welfare agencies out of thousands of dollars by running a scheme in which she pretended to live apart from her husband and on virtually no income. She and her husband were outed due to their Facebook posts.
Clair McFarlandApril 05, 2024
Well-Known Rancher Cat Urbigkit Announces Run To Replace House Speaker Sommers
Sublette County rancher Cat Urbigkit on Friday announced she’s running to replace House Speaker Albert Sommers in the Wyoming Legislature, who isn’t running for reelection. Urbigkit describes herself as being more of a Libertarian than Sommers.
Leo WolfsonApril 05, 2024
Family, Friends of Missing 27-Year-Old Cheyenne Man Desperate for Answers
Nearly two weeks after a 27-year-old Cheyenne man disappeared, his family and friends are desperate for answers about what happened to him. They fear his troubles with addiction may have put him at odds with the wrong people.
Jen KocherApril 05, 2024
Wyoming Skywatchers Can See Solar Eclipse And Green Devil Comet On Same Day
Viewers of the partial solar eclipse in Wyoming on Monday will also have the opportunity to see the green "Devil Comet" on the same day. The chance of seeing a celestial event like this is very rare, according to UW planetarium director Max Gilbraith.
April 05, 2024
Wyoming Boomtown: With 12,000 Workers Expected, Kemmerer Looks To Modular Housing
With more than 12,000 workers expected in the coming years to build billions of dollars worth of energy development projects, Kemmerer is looking to modular housing as one solution to an expected crunch. The Lego-like homes will start arriving next spring.
Pat MaioApril 05, 2024
About-Face: Wyoming Land Board Now Wants Out Of Controversial Gravel Pit Leases
After hours of testimony from a more-than-packed room, the State Land Board did an about-face, voting to see if it can reverse its previous approval of leases on state-owned land for gravel mining at the base of Casper Mountain.
Dale KillingbeckApril 05, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Friday, April 5, 2024
Friday's headlines include: * Torturing Wildlife Doesn’t Fall Under Animal Cruelty Laws * $2.5 Billion Coal-To-Ammonia Plant Planned for Kemmerer * Casper Police Officer Who Shot Suspected Sheridan Cop-Killer Back At Work
Wendy CorrApril 05, 2024
Controversial State Land Transfer In Sheridan County Killed By State Land Board
A 560-acre tract of pristine state trust land in Sheridan County will remain open to the public after the State Land Board on Thursday voted to kill the land swap. The meeting got off to a heated start with Chuck Gray and Megan Degenfelder exchanging barbs.
Leo WolfsonApril 04, 2024
First Calf Killed By Wolves In Colorado, Wyoming Rancher, Of Course, Not Surprised
A calf in Grand County, Colorado, was apparently killed by wolves this week — the first verified instance of the predators killing cattle in Colorado since wolves were released there in December.
Mark HeinzApril 04, 2024