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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

Sally Ann Shurmur: School's Out For Summer

Columnist Sally Ann Shurmur writes, "Combining car rides and food are my favorite things, and I would love to get to the Bunkhouse, where we have never been, Miners & Stockmen’s, which we love, and Svilar’s, where I have not been since I was a kid."

Sally Ann ShurmurMay 23, 2024

Wyoming’s moose are nothing to trifle with, especially female moose with calves to protect.

Alaska Man Killed By Moose After He Tried To Get Photos Of Calves

An Alaska man was killed by a momma moose Sunday when he got too close trying to photograph her newborn calves. One of Wyoming’s premier moose photographers says he knows firsthand that the huge animals are nothing to mess with.

Mark HeinzMay 23, 2024

State Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, left, and challenger Ann Lucas.

Cheyenne Legislator Dan Zwonitzer Runs For 11th Term In Wyoming House

State Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, a Cheyenne Republican, is the longest serving member of the Wyoming House and wants to keep that going, running for reelection to an 11th term.

Leo WolfsonMay 23, 2024

Wyoming Man Accused Of Killing Woman, Molesting Body Won’t Stop Writing To Judge

A man accused of murdering his on-and-off girlfriend and molesting her body won’t stop writing letters to his circuit court judge, even as they’ve been used as evidence against him.

Clair McFarlandMay 23, 2024

Wyoming Supreme Court building in Cheyenne.

Wyoming Child Molester Can’t Get Back Phone That May Have Child Porn On It

The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a convicted child molester serving 18-20 years in prison can’t get back the cellphone police took from him because it “likely” has pornographic photos of his underage victim on it.

Clair McFarlandMay 23, 2024

The Cody, Wyoming, temple (center) isn't alone in facing local opposition. Temple projects in Fairview, Texas (left) and Heber City, Utah (right) also are facing criticism and even legal action to stop them,

Cody Is Not The Only Community Suing Over LDS Temples

The scenario that’s played out in Cody over the past year of locals suing to halt plans to build an LDS temple is happening in cities all over the United States.

Leo WolfsonMay 23, 2024

Exploratory work being performed by Visionary Metals Corp. at its King Solomon prospect site, located north of Jeffrey City, Wyoming.

Visionary Metals May Have A $1 Billion Nickel Claim In Central Wyoming

Lander-based Visionary Metals, whose chief executive has family ties to the famed uranium heartland community of Jeffrey City, is staking a potential $1 billion claim on America’s next big strategic mineral — nickel.

Pat MaioMay 23, 2024

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Thursday's headlines include: * Grand Teton Mauling Ended When Grizzly Chomped On Bear Spray * Huge 1.2 Million-Panel Wyoming Solar Farm Gets Green Light To Build * ‘Hogs For Hope’ Rally For Tortured Wolf Rolls Into Green River This Weekend

Wendy CorrMay 23, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Gordon Continues To Disappoint

Dear editor: Sixteen honorable legislators sent this letter to Gov. Gordon Wednesday morning. We are disappointed in the governor's vetoing of Senate File 13..."

May 22, 2024

Grand Teton Mauling Ends When Grizzly Chomps On Can Of Bear Spray

The man attacked and mauled by a grizzly in Grand Teton National Park on Sunday was amazingly lucky. During the attack, the grizzly chomped down on his can of bear spray, which exploded it into her face and immediately ended the ordeal.

Mark HeinzMay 22, 2024

Prominent Wyoming Politicos Go Head-To-Head In Sheridan Legislative Battle

Two well-known names in Wyoming politics — Thomas Kelly and Gail Symons — are running against each other to represent Sheridan in the Wyoming Legislature.

Leo WolfsonMay 22, 2024

A local man is suing to display the atheist 21 Rules next to the 10 Commandments in Gillette City Park.

Gillette Atheist Who Lost Prayer Lawsuit Wants His Own Commandments In Park

A Gillette atheist who lost a lawsuit over prayers before public meetings is now suing to put the atheist 21 Rules alongside a 10 Commandments monument in a local park. He also wants $240 million.

Clair McFarlandMay 22, 2024

Left: After a can of bear spray exploded in the cab of this truck. Right: That can of bear spray was sitting in this nook in the front window dash of the truck when it exploded. The windshield has since been replaced, but the detailer cleaning it out says it'll never be the same inside the truck.

Wyoming Detailer Who Cleaned Bear Sprayed Truck Says It’ll Never Be The Same

The Cody detailer who cleaned out the cab of a truck owned by a Yellowstone worker that was bear sprayed when a can of the noxious stuff exploded inside says it’ll never be the same, and will probably always itch.

Andrew RossiMay 22, 2024

Tom Lubnau: School Of Energy Resources – A Wyoming Success Story

Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In 2006, the State of Wyoming and the University of Wyoming collaborated to create a one-of-a-kind school, dedicated to enhancing the Wyoming economy. It offers one of the fastest growing bachelor's degrees to train graduates to work in energy development."

Tom LubnauMay 22, 2024

The Flaming Gorge Harely-Davidson dealership in Green River is set be the final stop for the “Hogs for Hope” motorcycle rally on Saturday, before the group heads to Daniel the next morning. They rally is in honor of a wolf that was tortured and killed in Daniel.

National Motorcycle Rally For Tortured Wolf Raises $100K As It Closes In On Wyoming

The Harley-Davidson dealership in Green River will welcome a national motorcycle rally called 'Hogs For Hope' on Saturday in honor of the wolf that was tortured in February. The rally will end Sunday in Daniel. It’s raised $100,000 so far.

Mark HeinzMay 22, 2024

True Value of Laramie at 1161 N. 3rd St.

Laramie Pair Accused Of Racking Up $5K On Stranger's True Value Account

A Laramie man and woman are accused of wracking up nearly $5,000 in charges on a stranger’s True Value hardware account when the woman convinced store workers she was the account holder’s daughter.

Clair McFarlandMay 22, 2024

A group of 16 Wyoming Freedom Caucus members are demanding Gov. Mark Gordon sue over a recent Biden administration rule that would end coal produciton by 2041.

Freedom Caucus Says Gordon Must Fight Biden Coal Ban Now — Not Later

Sixteen members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus sent a letter to Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday urging him to sue now — not later — the Biden administration’s BLM over a new rule that would end coal production in Wyoming 2041.

Leo WolfsonMay 22, 2024

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