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Here Comes The Snow! Up To 4 Inches Of Snow Expected For Parts Of Wyoming
As the calendar turns from spring to summer this week, the weather around Wyoming hasn't heard the news. Up to 4 inches of snow expected in Wyoming's higher elevations and the Beartooth Highway.
Andrew RossiJune 17, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, June 17, 2024
Monday's headlines include: - Teton Pass Failure Had Been Building - Meet The Rattlesnake Wrangler Of Rawlins - Huitlacoche Make Look Horrible But It’s Delicious
Wendy CorrJune 17, 2024
Joan Barron: Snippets From A Reporter's Notebook
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "The Democrats were a wild bunch during the session in 1958. They carted the shaggy stuffed buffalo from the capitol rotunda to the lawn outside and began riding it. Some were bucked off."
Joan BarronJune 17, 2024
Aaron Turpen: I Jawed At High Schoolers About My Job and It Was Bussin, No Cap
Wyoming automotive columnist Aaron Turpen writes, "Recently, I went to East High to talk to about what I do for a living. I told this group of ninth graders about myself. I drive brand new cars, supplied by manufacturers, and then write about those cars."
Aaron TurpenJune 16, 2024
Cheyenne Kids Go Wild Getting Their Own Urban Goats To Play With
Javier Garcia was riding his bike near Sun Valley Park in Cheyenne when he happened to see something unusual going on. Someone was unloading a bunch of goats and they were being handed off to random people.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
Eating Wyoming: The Best Biscuits & Gravy In Wyoming? Try G-Ma's Diner In Mills
One regular describes G-Ma’s Diner in Mills, the local joint that feels like home. Plus, it's the home of the best biscuits and gravy in Wyoming. If you don't believe it, just look at their coffee mugs. They say so.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Anchor Architect Of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Retires After 32 Years
For nearly four decades, Jackson Hole’s highest elevation chairlift has been a superstar. Its fans have their own names for it like Space Mountain, Sublette or The Quad. Few of those fans, however, know the name of the man behind the scenes who made it happen.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
Wyoming Family May Never Get Justice For Abused 14-Month-Old Son
A Wyoming couple has been waiting for justice after their 14-month-old toddler was allegedly beaten at a Hot Springs County ranch. Their wait may never come to an end because of the inherent challenges of proving a crime even happened.
Jen KocherJune 16, 2024
Think Wyoming Weather Is Volatile? It’s Nothing Compared To Space Weather
Longtime Wyoming climatologist Jan Curtis spends much of his time studying space weather. So does meteorologist Don Day. And the fantastic aurora borealis display we witnessed last month is just the tip of the iceberg.
Andrew RossiJune 16, 2024
The American West: First Missionary Women At Rendezvous Were True Trailblazers
Eliza Spalding and Narcissa Whitman were the first white women to come west in 1836. Although riding in a wagon across the Kansas and Nebraska was not a smooth journey, they found it to be a great mode of transportation.
Candy MoultonJune 16, 2024
Southeast Wyoming Fishing Off To Slow Start But Will Change Soon
To put it bluntly, the fishing “sucks right now,” in southeast Wyoming, says Josh McPeak, a fishing guide with Four Seasons Anglers in Laramie. But the turnaround, he says, could come as early as this week.
Mark HeinzJune 16, 2024
Wyoming History: June 17, 1921, The Day Lightning Set 7 Huge Oil Tanks Ablaze
A thunderstorm over Casper on June 17, 1921, left disaster in its wake when it struck a huge oil storage tank ablaze, which spread to six others, burning for days and consuming 350,000 barrels of oil.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Wyoming’s ‘Crystal Castle’ Is Made From 30,000 Glass Embalming Fluid Bottles
Wyoming’s “Crystal Castle” is 23 miles west of Cheyenne and about 2 miles from Crystal Lake Reservoir in Curt Gowdy State Park. The vacation cabin was made from 30,000 embalming fluid bottles in the 1960s.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
115-Year-Old Last Remaining Wyoming Steel Truss Bridge Put Out To Pasture
The historic 115-year-old Monarch Bridge, the last steel truss bridge in the Wyoming, was officially retired last week and put out to pasture. It once provided thousands of miners and tons of coal a passageway across the Tongue River northeast of Sheridan.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
Guest Column: When Dealing With Feds, Wyoming Should Recall The Serenity Prayer
Guest columnist Samuel Western writes, "Maybe Wyoming should start listening to markets rather than tilting at windmills. Let’s stop throwing money at studies and policies that prop up struggling industries."
CSD StaffJune 16, 2024
Rod Miller: Keeping an Eye on AI (While AI Keeps an Eye on Us)
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "My son Vic’s AI-assisted campaign for Cheyenne’s mayor has a lot of folks scratching their noggins. Count me in that crowd. Anything new or unknown creates fear among humans. That’s instinctive and healthy."
Rod MillerJune 16, 2024
Huitlacoche Isn’t Popular In Wyoming, But Worth Trying (If You Can Find It)
Granted, huitlacoche may look horrible. After all, it's a fungus that grows on corn. It's also known as Mexican truffles, corn mushrooms or “corn smut.” Wyoming chef Petrina Peart says the $50 per pound delicacy is hard to get but fun to try.
Renée JeanJune 16, 2024
Amazon Hit ‘Outer Range’ Is Latest Example Of Wyoming Filmed Elsewhere
“Outer Range,” the Western/sci-fi thriller supposedly set in Wyoming, dropped Season 2 last month. While the show’s crew goes to great lengths making sure what viewers hear and see is authentically Wyoming, those who live here might be able to spot the goofs.
Jake NicholsJune 16, 2024
Wyoming History: Battle Of The Rosebud Started Great Sioux Wars Of 1876
Battle of the Rosebud was the opening shot of the Great Sioux Wars of 1876, bolstering Sitting Bull and his allies to a historic victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Dale KillingbeckJune 16, 2024
There Are Plenty Of Coyotes And Wolves In Wyoming, So Why No Coywolves?
in the eastern United States, coyotes people encounter are likely to be coywolves, or coyote-wolf crossbreeds. But in Wyoming, wolves and coyotes tend to avoid each other and coywolves have not been documented.
Mark HeinzJune 16, 2024
Keeping Bulls From Being Bullied Just Part Of The Gig For CNFR Stock Manager
For 25 years, Kirsten Vold has conducted a symphony of controlled chaos managing the bulls and broncs from 10 College National Finals Rodeo stock contractors. That includes keeping bulls from being bullied.
Dale KillingbeckJune 15, 2024
Forget The Calendar, Cody’s Ishawooa Snow Horse Is The True Sign Of Wyoming Summer
Every year, the snowpack in the southern stretch of the Absaroka Range melts to reveal the Ishawooa Horse's Head. Ranchers on the South Fork have looked at it as a sign of summer and they've done it for more than a century.
Andrew RossiJune 15, 2024
Bill Sniffin: I Am The Pater Familias – But How Did I Get Here?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Family legend has it that my grandpa rode into town on his motorcycle and swept Allie off her feet. They defied old Irish family traditions, drove off, and got married. That event was critical to me ultimately being here.”
Bill SniffinJune 15, 2024
Drinking Wyoming: Pine Bluffs Distillery’s Coming-Of-Age Whiskey And Spirits
Pine Bluffs Distillery is Chad Brown’s American dream, creating his own unique whiskey and spirits in a town with more elevation than people. It’s an all-around Wyoming coming-of-age story.
Renée JeanJune 15, 2024