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State Rep. Ember Oakley, left, and Joel Guggenmos.

Riverton Challenger For Wyoming House Wants To Eliminate Property Tax

Joel Guggenmos said he didn’t want to run for the Wyoming Legislature, but feels a divine responsibility to challenge Riverton House incumbent Ember Oakley, saying he’s against big government and wants the elimination of property taxes.

Leo WolfsonApril 29, 2024

The Halleck Creek site in Wyoming, now called the Cowboy State Mine site.

American Rare Earths Project Rejects $400 Million Buyout Offer From California Firm

American Rare Earths, which may have one of the world's largest rare earths operations near Wheatland, Wyoming, has rejected a $400 million buyout offer from a group of investors from Oakland, California.

Pat MaioApril 29, 2024

Lawsuit Tossed Of Man Who Accused Hospital Of Turning Him Away For Not Wearing Mask

A man hurt in a 2021 T-bone car crash was allegedly denied treatment at a Cheyenne emergency room because he wouldn’t wear a mask. His lawsuit over the incident has been dismissed for filing it too late.

Clair McFarlandApril 29, 2024

Rhea Cicale, a top contributor to the popular Facebook page Yellowstone National Park: Invasion of the Idots posted these photos Sunday of a Blustar tour bus crossing into the wrong lane of travel to push ahead through a bison jam in the park.

Debate Erupts Over Tour Bus Plowing Through Bison Jam In Yellowstone

Photos of a Bluestar tour bus pushing past a bison jam in Yellowstone National Park have sparked a heated debate over whether drivers can plow through the animals or should just wait for wildlife to get out of the way.

Andrew RossiApril 29, 2024

Dave Simpson: They 'Don't Want No Zionists Here'

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Next time you see young, spoiled, antisemitic demonstrators on campuses battling police officers, think about President Biden's campaign to forgive college loans (many held by people earning big salaries today) by whatever means necessary."

Dave SimpsonApril 29, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Monday, April 29, 2024

Monday's headlines include: * Man Who Saved Family From Burning House Awarded Nation's Highest Heroism Award * Pinedale Officials Get Threats Over $400 Fines For Girl Scout Cookie Sales * Woolly Mammoths In Yellowstone? Biotech Company Says It Has The Technology

Wendy CorrApril 29, 2024

Jenny Hunter said when her son J.R. died in 2015, the pain of loss was unbearable. But God gave her a way to cope and the idea that led to J.R.’s Hunt for Life.

Casper Woman Survives Son’s Suicide By Keeping Others From Theirs

A Casper mother said her son was depressed and openly talked about suicide. When he took his life, Jenny said her own sense of despair was overwhelming. Now she keeps going by trying to help others from making the same choice her son did.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Kayla Clark carefully places a sheet of porous handmade paper on top of the laser-cut stencil she's inked.

Wyoming Woman Preserves Art Of Printing With 125-Year-Old, 250-Pound Press

Kayla Clark teaches graphic design at University of Wyoming, but her true passion is in the centuries-old art of printing, which she preserves and teaches with Poco, her 125-year-old, 250-pound “portable” press.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

Mark Milliken of Casper holds a practice bomb that was on the B-24 when it crashed. It was found along the plane’s skid path.

Casper Man Pieces Together Decades-Old WWII Wyoming Training Flight Crashes

On New Year’s Day 1945, the Liberator bomber from Casper Army Air Base slammed into Shirley Basin during a winter storm. Pieces of that crash and 90 others from 1942-1945 are still out there. A retired Casper geologist is piecing them together.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Rod Miller: Experimenting With Political DNA In The Big Empty

Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Wyoming Freedom Caucus, or Genetically Modified Republicans (GMRs), as I call ‘em, are the tragic result of a failed experiment in the laboratory of politics."

Rod MillerApril 28, 2024

Barbara Schaffner talks about the details in one of the five historical paintings she painted for interpretive signs at the Lingle turnout.

Historical Artist Recreates Images Of Wild West Wyoming In Exact Detail

A historical artist has recreated images of some of the most important Wild West events in eastern Wyoming history. Goshen County has so much history because it is located at a popular spot along the Oregon Trail.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

A group uses paranormal detection technology to tour various areas around historic Fort Caspar.

Ghost Hunting at Wyoming's Fort Caspar

Twice a year, in October and April, Wyoming's Fort Casper allows ghost hunters to investigate paranormal happenings at the 162-year-old fort.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Casper YMCA Sports Director DC Martinez has a finger on the pulse of Casper’s youth. He is launching the “Blue Heart Collaborative” in honor of 14-year-old Bobby Maher as a means to change the culture surrounding social media and violence and provide positive solutions to help Casper’s youth.

Youth Leader Says Casper Has To Stop Finger-Pointing After Bobby Maher Stabbing

YMCA youth leader DC Martinez says finger-pointing must stop and everyone needs to work together to end violent youth “fight culture.” Martinez grew up in Las Vegas and said he understands gang culture and the pressures facing the city’s youth.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Hunting with spotlights in Wyoming is illegal, as is doing so for nighttime wildlife watching on public land and in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Why Nighttime ‘Spotlighting’ Of Wyoming’s Prized Wildlife Is Mostly Illegal

Hunting wildlife with spotlights at night is illegal in Wyoming, and you can’t even “spotlight” to observe wildlife in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Andrew RossiApril 28, 2024

The Plains Ice Cream Parlor in Douglas originally was a barn on the Dorr ranch, then became a birthing house in the 1920s and 30s after being moved into Douglas.

Iconic Wyoming Ice Cream Parlor Is A Frankenstein Mashup Of Historic Buildings

Plains Old Fashion Ice Cream Parlor in Douglas is a Frankenstein mashup of historic Wyoming buildings. It began as an 1880 barn, the counter is made from the old Henning Hotel doors in Casper with marble is from the old Converse County Courthouse.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

A cowboy tries to stay on his mount in a scene created by Bill Evans.

Wyoming Cowboy Carver Whittled To Pass Time And Created Timeless Western Art

A Wyoming-raised rancher spent decades keeping his hands busy by whittling tiny Western figurines. His great-grandson owns the collection now and calls them timeless and soulful cowboy art that reflects the Code of the West.

Dale KillingbeckApril 28, 2024

Yeah, they ride reindeer in Mongolia, J.B. Zielke learned.

Globetrotting Wyoming Wrangler J.B. Zielke Has Cowboyed On Six Continents

Saratoga cowboy J.B. Zielke has travelled all around the globe, taking ranch jobs and learning how the world does Western. In Mongolia, he rode reindeer. In Sweden, he coaxed cows into a trailer because roping is illegal.

Jake NicholsApril 28, 2024

This photo shared on Facebook by Cheyenne resident Monica Taylor Lee shows a Wyoming license plate from Laramie County on the outside wall of a seasonal restaurant in the Swiss Alps.

Bucking Horse Makes Wyoming License Plates More Collectible Than Others

International tourists love Wyoming license plates -- like the Laramie County plate spotted outside a mountainside restaurant in the Swiss Alps. Collectors say the bucking horse makes the Wyoming plate, in particular, more popular than most.

Renée JeanApril 28, 2024

Ryan Pasborg, right, receives the Carnegie Medal from Gov. Mark Gordon on April 27, 2024, at the Governor's Mansion in Cheyenne. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor for heroism. He saved a mother and her young son from a burning trailer on his way to work the morning of Feb. 1, 2022.

Wyoming Man Who Saved Family From Burning House Awarded Nation's Highest Heroism Award

Ryan Pasborg’s life has changed dramatically since he rescued a Green River mother and son from their burning home. Now with a new job, he was presented the Carnegie Medal on Saturday, the nation’s highest civilian honor for heroism.

Leo WolfsonApril 28, 2024

Headlines in Casper newspapers in the early 1930s were filled with reports about bank robberies.

‘The Casper Vigilantes’: A Secret Group Of Wyoming Prohibition-Era Crime Fighters

Bob David, a World War I veteran and businessman, got fed up with crime and corruption within law enforcement during Prohibition in Casper so he formed a secret group that called themselves "The Vigilantes." They took on an "epidemic" of bank robberies in the area.

Dale KillingbeckApril 27, 2024

Wyatt Morgan on his first day of first grade at Carpenter Elementary School, left, and in his hospital bed in Colorado.

Wyoming 8-Year-Old Shows Plenty Of Fight While Heart ‘Slowly Giving Up’

Wyatt Morgan, an 8-year-old first grader from Carpenter, Wyoming, remains hospitalized after battling a progressively worse ailment that was filling his lungs with fluid and had his heart “slowly giving up.”

Leo WolfsonApril 27, 2024

Joan Barron: "We Want It To Be As Pure As Can Be"

Cowboy State Daily columnist Joan Barron writes, "Does a Wyoming third political party have any chance at all to gain power this election year given the yawning fissures in the state’s dominant Republican party?"

Joan BarronApril 27, 2024

Bill Sniffin: I Own 2 Million Acres Here In Wyoming — And You Do, Too

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “About 90 minutes north of us is the 2,221,766-acre Yellowstone National Park. That is one helluva piece of spectacular real estate. We share that with 4 million other owners each summer.”

Bill SniffinApril 27, 2024

This deer dollhouse is the work of Los Angeles-based rouge taxidermy artist Brooke Weston.

The Creative, Fun And Slightly Twisted ‘Rogue Taxidermy’ Movement

A dollhouse built into the cavity of a deer is an example of the creative and slightly twisted “rogue taxidermy” movement. It involves turning taxidermy mounts into clocks, pieces of furniture, vehicles and other things.

Mark HeinzApril 27, 2024

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