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Wyoming Military Officials Don’t Believe Report Sentinel Missile Program Could Be Cut
Wyoming officials and military experts don’t buy a recent Bloomberg report suggesting the Sentinel missile program, which is set to replace aging Minutemen III missiles overseen by F.E. Warren, is in danger of being terminated.
Renée JeanDecember 18, 2023
Riverton Man Charged With Killing Wheelchair-Bound Landlord
Accused of shooting his wheelchair-bound former landlord in a crowded home on the Wind River Indian Reservation this summer, Burdick Nelson Seminole Sr. could face life in prison.
Clair McFarlandDecember 18, 2023
Green River Man Receives Highest Civilian Honor For Heroism
Ryan Pasborg, a Wyoming oil field worker who saved a woman and her young son from a burning home has been awarded the Carnegie Medal, North America’s highest civilian honor for heroism.
December 18, 2023
Wyoming Man Bags 1-Ton Monster Bull Bison In Once-In-A-Lifetime Hunt
A Bondurant man put in for a bison hunting tag for 14 years before drawing one – and after hunting the lumbering beasts in the wild, he dropped a 1-ton trophy-class free-range bull.
Mark HeinzDecember 18, 2023
Wyoming Native Who Lives In Jordan Protests Israel War Outside State Capitol
Larry McIlvain is a Cheyenne native who has lived in the Middle East for the last 25 years. Back home for a visit, he spent each day last week demonstrating outside the State Capitol in support of Palestine.
Leo WolfsonDecember 18, 2023
Dave Simpson: It Was A Merry Walleye Christmas
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "We couldn't leave them home alone for Christmas. I told my mother I would drive the 420 miles, pick them up, and bring them down to our house for Christmas. Then after Christmas, I would drive them back home."
Dave SimpsonDecember 18, 2023
Maybe Wyoming Will Get A White Christmas After All
Despite a long-range outlook that forecasted a brown Christmas for Wyoming this year, meteorologist Don Day says to expect an “impactful storm” Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Andrew RossiDecember 18, 2023
Arapahoe Couple Accused Of Torturing, Starving, Locking Boy Up For Weeks
Accused of torturing, starving and confining their son in his room for stealing snacks, two Arapahoe, Wyoming, parents are facing up to life in prison on an enhanced child abuse charge alleging they seriously hurt the boy.
Clair McFarlandDecember 18, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, December 18, 2023
Monday's headlines include: * Wyoming company building snow trucks that have driven from Cheyenne to the North Pole * 800-square-foot home built out of steel shipping containers with 2 bedrooms & 1 ½ baths selling for nearly $400 a foot in Pinedale * Laramie food truck tailgates at every Buffalo Bills game – home and away
Wendy CorrDecember 18, 2023
Lutheran Church Plans To Build Wyoming’s Second Classical College In Casper
A second classical college is headed to the state of Wyoming to provide in-state, out-of-state and international students of the Lutheran faith a place to dig into the primary documents and “great thinkers” of Western culture.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 17, 2023
Riverton’s Mushroom Man Taking His Funky Fungus Drinks To Huge Vegas Show
Daniel Stewart, aka Riverton’s “Mushroom Man,” hopes an invite to one of the world’s largest food shows in Las Vegas will help launch his High Country Fungus line of mushroom coffees, cocoas and chai lattes.
Renée JeanDecember 17, 2023
What The Heck Is … Ayres Natural Bridge, A Rare Wonder Everyone Drives By On I-25?
Just minutes off of I-25 near Douglas is Ayres Natural Bridge — a natural limestone and sandstone bridge that formed naturally over La Prele Creek over millions of years. While there are many spectacular natural arches in the American West, Ayers is one of only three natural bridges in the United States with water under it.
Greg JohnsonDecember 17, 2023
Casper’s CY Avenue Began As A Cattle Trail Connecting Region To The Railroad
You know people are new to the Casper area when they pronounce CY Avenue as “Sigh” Avenue. It’s C-Y Avenue, and it began as an important cattle trail connecting the region to the railroad.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 17, 2023
Retired Wyoming Investigator Is The Expert’s Expert On Rare And Vintage Guns
Dick Blust of Rock Springs spent 30 years solving crimes, now the retired sheriff’s investigator has built a reputation as the expert’s expert when it comes to researching rare and vintage guns.
December 17, 2023
Rod Miller: The Thousand Dollar Horse
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Marlboro Man showed up at the ranch at the crack of dawn with a horse trailer. While we normally raised our own horses, Darrell Winfield had a proven eye for horses and it was always worth taking a look."
Rod MillerDecember 17, 2023
Star Valley Couple Captures ‘Five Days Of Mountain Lions’ On Video
A couple from in Lincoln County were surprised recently, but not alarmed, when a pair of mountain lions lingered near their driveway for five, feasting on the carcass of a deer that they’d killed. So they setup a videocamera and watched them for nearly a week.
Mark HeinzDecember 17, 2023
In Yellowstone, Santa Ditches Reindeer For Vintage Touring Bus
Friday was opening day for Yellowstone National Park’s winter season, but for the local communities around Mammoth Hot Springs, it was all about Santa, who ditched his reindeer to make a grand entrance in a vintage touring bus.
Andrew RossiDecember 17, 2023
Wyoming Arctic Truck Company Builds 6x6 Snow Trucks That Can Drive Anywhere
The Iceland-based Arctic Truck company just opened its first North American shop and located it in Cheyenne. Two 6x6 customized F-350 trucks, which can cost between $250,000 - $450,000 each, recently drove from Cheyenne to the Magnetic North Pole across frozen sea ice and boundless fields of deep snow.
Mark HeinzDecember 17, 2023
Steel Shipping Containers Made Into 800-Square-Foot Rural Wyoming Home
An 800-square-foot home made from three steel shipping containers hit the real estate market last weekend 10 miles south of Pinedale. The property, which has amazing views, is listed for $315,000, or $393.75 per square foot.
December 17, 2023
Powell Man’s Late-Night Lightbulb Moment Becomes National-Selling Card Game
Nearly three years after Mark McKenna of Powell had a late-night lightbulb moment, his family’s new card game, Royal Turmoil, is selling around the U.S. and increasing in sales every month.
Amber SteinmetzDecember 17, 2023
Oil, Gas Wells Don’t Bother Antelope In Prime Wyoming Migration Route
Instead of harming antelope along Wyoming’s “Path of the Pronghorn” migration route, oil and gas wells might have spared some from freezing to death during the devastating winter of 2022-2023.
Mark HeinzDecember 17, 2023
Dennis Sun: Less Cattle Next Year
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "An early news show I watched one morning interviewed a mad Al Gore, who was very disappointed in the final COP28 draft for leaving out agriculture, food and fossil fuels. It made me realize when Al Gore is mad, it’s a good day."
Dennis SunDecember 16, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Driving To Cheyenne In Winter For Christmas Party – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Last winter, Interstate 80 was closed so much, it almost disrupted parts of the national economy because of those 13,000 stalled semi-trucks that pass through each day.”
Bill SniffinDecember 16, 2023
It Takes A Monster Effort On Monster Machines To Keep Casper’s Runways Clear
While not a major metropolitan airfield, there’s nothing small-time about how Casper-Natrona International Airport attacks Wyoming’s windy and snowy winters. It takes a monster effort on monster machines to keep the runways clear.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 16, 2023