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Murdered Sheridan Woman Was Found Under Gasoline-Soaked Blankets
The Sheridan woman discovered dead in her home Jan. 7 was found under a pile of gasoline-soaked blankets, according to court documents. Her 22-year-old son argued with her loudly the day before and has been charged with second-degree murder.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 16, 2024
Formerly Listed At $24.5 Million, Casper Mansion Back On Market At $7.9 Million
The McMurry Mansion in Casper is one of Wyoming’s largest homes at nearly 23,000 square feet. It boasts nine bedrooms, 13 full baths, commercial kitchen and banquet hall. The mansion once listed for $24.5 million and is now on the market for $7.9 million.
Renée JeanJanuary 16, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Tuesday's headlines include: * Wyoming is colder than Mars * Severe cold enough to sterilize bulls * Troopers make house call for ranching family
Wendy CorrJanuary 16, 2024
Worker Too Late To Sue Over Attempted Mental Hold, Wyoming Hospital Says
A former employee of Weston County Health Services missed her window to sue the organization for allegedly trying to have her involuntarily committed because she was too late giving notice of her lawsuit.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 16, 2024
When Cold Strands Ranching Family At Home, Wyoming Troopers Deliver Milk For Kids
When this weekend’s polar freeze forced a Converse County couple to reach out for help when their vehicles wouldn’t start, a pair of Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers delivered some much-needed milk for their young kids.
Renée JeanJanuary 15, 2024
Back From Reaching Tallest Peak In Antarctica, Climber Says Wyoming Feels Just As Cold
Fresh off reaching the peak of the tallest mountain in Antarctica, Casper’s Dr. Joe McGinley said he returned to Wyoming to find his home state feels just as cold as the South Pole.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 15, 2024
Wyoming Temps Are Cold Enough To Freeze Bulls' Balls Off, Rancher Warns
A Sheridan rancher warned that temperatures in Wyoming are so cold that ranchers should lay out straw for their bulls to lie on so the bulls don't freeze their testicles and lose their stud potential.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 15, 2024
Arctic Deep Freeze Sees Record -36 In Worland, Windchills Of -60 Around Wyoming
Monday brought the coldest of a four-day Arctic deep freeze across Wyoming, with Worland smashing its previous record low by 7 degrees with a 36 below zero, while Buffalo and Gillette saw windchills hit -60.
Andrew RossiJanuary 15, 2024
Skier Buried, Killed In Massive Wyoming Avalanche In Star Valley
A skier was killed Sunday morning after he was buried in a massive avalanche in Prater Canyon in the Salt River Range, midway between Alpine and Afton, Wyoming.
Jake NicholsJanuary 15, 2024
Dave Simpson: Got Enough Fries In That Happy Meal?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "The opinion that dangerous insurrectionists like us want to 'unravel democracy' was voiced by former Rep. Liz Cheney on CBS Sunday Morning. Talk like that got her defeated in the 2022 primary election by 37 points."
Dave SimpsonJanuary 15, 2024
Canada Energy Giant Wants To Build One Of Wyoming’s Largest Solar Farms
Despite sub-zero temperatures and snowfall blanketing Laramie County, a Canadian energy company wants to build a sprawling solar power farm that they say could power Wyoming industry. The proposed 771-megawatt solar power facility could generate enough electricity to light up more than 771,000 homes.
Pat MaioJanuary 15, 2024
When Midwife Couldn’t Be There, Gillette EMS Was There For Home Birth
When Esther Nielsen went into labor and her midwife was held up because of bad weather, a handful of Campbell County firefighters and EMS crew responded to her home outside the city and were there for her home birth.
Amber SteinmetzJanuary 15, 2024
Actor Pierce Brosnan Pleads Not Guilty To Illegal Hiking On Yellowstone Thermal
Pierce Brosnan, the film actor famous for playing James Bond, has pleaded not guilty to illegal hiking in Yellowstone. Many tourists have died by falling in to the boiling thermals when they have gone off-trail.
Clair McFarlandJanuary 15, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, January 15, 2024
Monday's headlines include: - Initiative to tax Wyoming property at 50% valuation facing growing opposition - Road thru Wind River Canyon turns 100 this summer - Happy birthday, Grizzly 399
Wendy CorrJanuary 15, 2024
Buffalo Bill Avenged Cody Bank Heist By Stopping a Fake Train Robbery
While Buffalo Bill Cody vowed loudly to the press how he’d bring the Hole in the Wall Gang to justice for robbing the First National Bank in Cody, in 1904, truth is they didn’t do it. Instead, he staged a fake train robbery in his Wild West Show.
Andrew RossiJanuary 14, 2024
Wyoming Historian Works To Reveal Inspiration For Owen Wister’s Mysterious ‘Virginian’
A study of oral histories in Thermopolis has uncovered new stories that shed new light on the real people who helped inspire the mysterious “Virginian” in Owen Wister’s famous novel.
Renée JeanJanuary 14, 2024
Casper Gold And Silver Production Facility Makes Money For 20 Foreign Governments
The Scottsdale Mint is in phase two of a nine-phase plan to turn the former Casper Star-Tribune building into a world-class gold and silver production facility that makes money for more than 20 foreign governments.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 14, 2024
Wyoming’s Chicken Wing King Drives 22 Hours In Snowstorm To Tailgate For Buffalo Bills
Laramie native Trent Weitzel, owner of the Double Dubs buffalo wings food truck empire, drove 22 hours in non-stop snowstorms to make this weekend’s Buffalo Bills playoff game. Weitzel has been part of the Buffalo Bills’ official tailgate party all season.
Greg JohnsonJanuary 14, 2024
Frozen Glendo Reservoir No Match For Airboat That Speeds Across Ice, Water And Land
The temperature was 9 degrees with a windchill well below zero at Glendo State Park on Friday. No matter, Mike and Julie Cushman revved up their 550-horsepower GM engine on their heated airboat and accelerated out onto 15,000 acres of snowy and frozen waters.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 14, 2024
Jen’s Books In Douglas Has 40,000 Volumes In Bank Vaults And Is Open ‘Whenever’
Jen Pollock loves books so much she’s collected 40,000 of them and sells them whenever she decides to open her Douglas store in the old Converse County Bank, where she keeps them in three vintage bank vaults.
Dale KillingbeckJanuary 14, 2024
Where Do Montana's Prairie Grizzlies Hibernate?
As Wyoming’s grizzlies do, many of Montana’s prairie grizzlies climb high into the mountains to den up and hibernate for the winter. But some prairie grizzlies stay in the lowlands, where they dig dens into steep riverbanks or hillsides in the badlands.
Mark HeinzJanuary 14, 2024
‘Assault Rifle’ Is A Real Term, But Misused To Spark Fear In Gun Control Debates
George Moscary, professor of law at the University of Wyoming and director of UW’s Firearms Research Center, said the term “assault rifle” has real meaning in the military sense, but in gun control debates is misapplied and used to evoke fear.
Mark HeinzJanuary 14, 2024
Rod Miller: Good Dog Henry’s Only Job
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Good Dog Henry barks at a lot of stuff that really ain’t there. Vampire zombies, Jewish space-laser intergalactic terrorists, ghost grizzlies, undead proselytizers, juju men and political canvassers from the Other Side..."
Rod MillerJanuary 14, 2024
Will Cheyenne's High Plains Arboretum Finally Be Rescued?
After decades of neglect, the High Plains Arboretum in Cheyenne may be rescued. Supporters of the 877-acre arboretum are hoping the Wyoming State Legislature will designate it as a state historic site.
Renée JeanJanuary 14, 2024