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Albert Sommers served as Wyoming Speaker of the House from 2023 - 2024.

Guest Column: Education Savings Accounts: A Constitutional Wyoming Solution

House Speaker Albert Sommers writes, "This Education Savings Accounts bill is a Wyoming solution to two concerns raised by citizens across Wyoming, namely, how to fund early childhood education and increase school choice options."

CSD StaffNovember 28, 2023

Gov. Mark Gordon and first lady Jennie Gordon.

National Poll Says Wyoming’s Mark Gordon Is Second Most Popular Governor

Despite recent criticisms of his trip to Harvard to discuss his efforts to battle climate change, a Morning Consult poll released Monday shows that Gov. Mark Gordon is the second most popular governor in America with an approval rating of 74%.

Leo WolfsonNovember 28, 2023

Logging Expected To Close More Snowy Range Snowmobile Trails This Winter

Logging is expected to shut down more trails in the Snowy Range this winter, which a local cabin owner says isn’t fair to other forest users.

Mark HeinzNovember 28, 2023

Cat Urbigkit: BLM Proposes Increased Powers to Restrict Public Land Uses

Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "Under its proposal, the BLM would be given the power to determine what is a temporary closure – which could be just days or weeks, or perhaps months or years. The proposal attempts to grant BLM that much power."

Cat UrbigkitNovember 28, 2023

Laramie Woman Accused Of Arson For Torching Landlord’s Door With Bear Spray

Suspected of torching her landlord's door with bear spray and stinking up the complex with an acrid, nauseating gas this month, a Laramie woman is charged with first-degree arson.

Clair McFarlandNovember 28, 2023

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Tuesday's headlines include: * Afton man takes down MMA fighter suspected of being a sex trafficker * More aurora borealis light shows to come for Wyoming * Crook County ranchers won’t be prosecuted for bleaching penises on neighbor’s cows

Wendy CorrNovember 28, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Gordon Must Have Higher Ambitions Than Wyoming

To the editor: I now understand Gordon’s true ambition –clearly he has plans for something bigger and better and is using this issue as a stepping stone to make himself known nationally.

November 28, 2023

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LDS Church Doesn’t Want 4,000 Public Records Admitted Into Temple Lawsuit

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said during a Monday court hearing that it opposes having nearly 4,000 public records and 19 affidavits added as evidence to a lawsuit opposing the church’s planned temple in Cody.

Leo WolfsonNovember 28, 2023

The Natrona County High School marching band performs Metallica's "Lux Aeterna."

For Whom The Band Tolls: Natrona County Marching Band Enters Metallica Competition

The 100-member Natrona High School marching band is the only Wyoming band entered in a nationwide contest to translate heavy metal group Metallica’s songs into an on-field performance.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 27, 2023

Dave Simpson: Fifty Years Ago Today, I Began My Career As A Newsman

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "One day at the police desk, there was a blotter item about a guy dressed up as the Easter Bunny, threatening people with a gun at Third and Grand in Laramie...

Dave SimpsonNovember 27, 2023

Douglas Man Accused Of Killing Cousin Says He Blacked Out, Pleads Mental Illness

A Douglas man claims he wasn't sane enough to comprehend his conduct as wrong or conform it to law enforcement when he allegedly shot and killed his cousin in September.

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

Colorado Man Wanted For Murder Arrested After 130 MPH Chase Near Lusk, Wyoming

James Neal, 23, is accused of shooting a 73-year-old dead in Lone Tree, Colorado. Wyoming authorities arrested Neal Wednesday morning after a state trooper nudged Neal into a spinout during a car chase outside Lusk, Wyoming.

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

Hageman Says Biden’s Lead Ammo Ban An ‘Attack’ On Second Amendment

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman says President Joe Biden hates American’s right to bear arms and is attacking this constitutional right with a lead ammunition ban in certain wildlife refuges.

Leo WolfsonNovember 27, 2023

Nope, That Heart-Tugging New Chevrolet Ad Was Not Filmed In Wyoming

Readers reached out to Cowboy State Daily over the weekend to ask the location of the Wyoming drive-in theatre featured in a new heart-tugging Chevrolet ad which addresses Alzheimer's disease. It is a real theatre but it's located in Dearborn, Michigan.

Dale KillingbeckNovember 27, 2023

Jaymes Schulte, who during his MMA career fought under the nickname "The Underdog."

Wyoming Man Helps Catch MMA Fighter Accused Of International Sex Trafficking

Tyler Schwab of Afton, Wyoming, and his international anti-sex trafficking organization last week helped bring down an MMA fighter accused of sexually abusing women and girls.

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

A giant sunspot archipelago, or a collection of sunspots, on the surface of the sun covers an area more than 15 times the width of Earth.

Enormous Sunspot 15 Earths Wide Could Give Wyoming Awesome Light Shows

As the sun enters its 11-year solar maximum, Wyomingites can expect a lot more dazzling aurora borealis displays caused by giant collection of sunspots that cover an area as wide as 15 Earths.

Andrew RossiNovember 27, 2023

File photo of longhorn cattle in a field near Devils Tower in Crook County, Wyoming.

Charges Dismissed Against Wyoming Ranchers For Bleaching Penises Onto Cows

A Crook County, Wyoming, judge has dismissed property destruction charges against a pair of ranchers accused of bleaching penis shapes and other markings on their neighbor’s cows.

Clair McFarlandNovember 27, 2023

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, November 27, 2023

Monday's headlines include: * Huge deposit of rare earths in Sheridan County could be multi-billion dollar jackpot * Cheyenne man who spent 32 years in prison creating new and better life * Unique piece of Wyoming history found on Ebay

Wendy CorrNovember 27, 2023

If your property doesn't have a well, an off-grid water system is critical to establishing your homestead. There are many options to do this, including putting a large gravity-fed water tank outside your house.

Off The Grid In Wyoming: Wasting Water A Cardinal Sin For Homesteaders

The average American household wastes 90 gallons of water every day, something that would be a cardinal sin on an off-grid homestead, where water is much too valuable and important to waste.

November 26, 2023

The Vedawoo area just east of Laramie, Wyoming, is an example of some of the ancient, stable rock that makes up the Wyoming craton, which has been the nexus for the formation of the North American continent we know today.

How North America Was Created From A Super-Stable Wyoming

Ego can prompt many into thinking the universe revolves around them, but for people in Wyoming, that’s true — to an extent. That’s because North America as we know it basically spun off from the giant stable block of the Earth’s crust that’s under present-day Wyoming.

Andrew RossiNovember 26, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Gordon Shouldn't Have Dodged Debate

To the editor: Gov. Gordon first accepted, then backed out, citing unwillingness to add to the confusion over climate change. Whatever his reasons, he missed a huge opportunity to educate Wyoming citizens on the dangers of the climate crisis to Wyoming.

November 26, 2023

This image from Field & Stream magazine proves the legitimacy of Wyoming’s golden trout record, according to JoAn Neumayer, who said she was there when the fish was caught in 1948 by a client of her father, who was a fishing guide.

Pinedale Woman Says She Was There When Record 11-Pound Wyoming Golden Trout Was Caught

Although there has been speculation that Wyoming's 11-pound, 4-ounce golden trout record is suspect, a Pinedale woman says it's legitimate as she was there when the fish was caught in 1948 by a client of her father, who was a fishing guide.

Mark HeinzNovember 26, 2023

Mountain man Hugh Glass does battle with a sow grizzly in this exhibit at the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale.

Mountain Man Hugh Glass’ Real And Embellished Legacy Inspired ‘The Revenant’

Filmmakers consulted with Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale when they made “The Revenant,” and an exhibit shows Glass wielding a Bowie knife in a battle with a grizzly. Now they're hearing rumors of a sequel to the movie.

November 26, 2023

Ramaco's coal mine in northern Wyoming is revealing potential to be a huge rare earths deposit. The company has assets all over the country, like this mine in the Eastern U.S.

$37 Billion Rare Earths Bonanza May Only Be The Beginning For Wyoming Coal Mine

Ramaco Resources in northern Wyoming says it’s discovered the largest unconventional rare earths deposit in the United States, a $37 billion bonanza that can make the Cowboy State ground zero for domestic production of the stuff.

Renée JeanNovember 26, 2023

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