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Landing National Championship Air Races Could Be $100M Coup For Wyoming
Casper is on the short list to land the famous National Championship Air Races after a 60-year run in Reno, Nevada. Landing the event would be a $100 million shot in the arm for the city and region.
Renée JeanNovember 05, 2023
Evanston Already Planning For Economic Spillover From 2034 Utah Winter Olympics
A border community on Interstate 80, Evanston, Wyoming, has long positioned itself to reap the benefits of Utah’s vibrant economy. The 2034 Olympic Games would bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the region.
November 05, 2023
Inside The Decades-Long Effort To Restore Cheyenne’s Iconic Atlas Theatre
The Atlas Theatre in downtown Cheyenne is one of the capital city’s oldest buildings, but it’s been surviving by its bootstraps for decades as efforts to restore it continue on.
Renée JeanNovember 05, 2023
Rod Miller: Schroeder And Inner Circle Broke The Law Besides Looking Like Nincompoops
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Not only did [the Wyo Dept. of Education's] secrecy look sketchy as hell on its face, their reluctance to divulge information violated the Wyoming Public Records Act. It took an order from a District Court judge to pry the requested records from their sneaky hands."
Rod MillerNovember 05, 2023
Wyoming Tribes Say They’re Exempt From Paying Legal Fees
Wyoming’s Native American tribes already owe a gas and oil company $13.1 million, and the company's attorneys are trying to collect $81,000 in fees, but the tribes say because they’re sovereign, they don’t have to pay the legal tab.
Clair McFarlandNovember 05, 2023
Wyoming GOP Passes No Confidence Vote Against Gov. Gordon
Meeting in Newcastle on Saturday, the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee passed a “no confidence” vote against Gov. Mark Gordon, saying he “boldly turned” his back on the party for his climate change comments at Harvard University.
Leo WolfsonNovember 05, 2023
Wyoming Republicans Stand With Hageman On Tlaib Free Speech Stance
Republicans at Saturday’s Wyoming GOP meeting in Newcastle mostly expressed support for Rep. Harriet Hageman’s vote to not censure Democrat Rashida Tlaib for making antisemitic remarks.
Leo WolfsonNovember 04, 2023
Park County Launches Clickable History Map That's First Of Its Kind For Wyoming
Using interactive GIS maps, the Park County Archives has launched a first-of-its-kind searchable database that links historic photos and information to points on a clickable map.
Amber SteinmetzNovember 04, 2023
Bill Sniffin: We Boomers Were Born On Third Base And Thought We Hit A Triple
Bill Sniffin writes: “Pretty soon, our generation was running the country and the world. Just 46 years after our arrival, we elected our first of four baby boomer presidents with Bill Clinton in 1992.”
Bill SniffinNovember 04, 2023
Drunk Grizzlies Keep Getting Hit By Trains In Montana
Since 1980, 63 grizzlies have been hit by trains and killed along a section of railroad near Glacier National Park. Many died because they got drunk on fermented grain spilled from railcars and couldn’t move fast enough to outrun the trains.
Mark HeinzNovember 04, 2023
Costco Really Does Have Everything, Even Gold Bars — And They’re Selling Out
Costco’s recent offering of 1-ounce gold bars turned quite a few heads. The gold bars sold out within a few hours of appearing on the website — faster than toilet paper in a pandemic.
Renée JeanNovember 04, 2023
Wyoming Couple Finds Forest Of Gigantic 60 Million-Year-Old Petrified Trees
A couple from Buffalo found a gigantic 35-foot section of a petrified tree which is part of a buried 60-million-year-old prehistoric forest of metasequoia, a type of redwood that thrived in Wyoming and could grow as tall as 160 feet.
Andrew RossiNovember 04, 2023
Dennis Sun: What's Happening with the Farm Bill?
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The five-year 2018 Farm Bill ended on Sept. 30, which is frustrating and problematic for those in agriculture."
Dennis SunNovember 04, 2023
Utah Case Shows Wyoming’s Dinosaur Fossil Fields Are Prime Targets For Poachers
A 13-count indictment charging four people with allegedly poaching more than $1 million in prehistoric fossils from Utah a cautionary case for Wyoming, which has some of the richest fossil deposits on the planet.
Andrew RossiNovember 04, 2023
Wyoming Soldier Found Hitler’s Photos, But They’ve Been Missing For Decades
Pvt. Alton More of Casper took two photo albums from Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps at the end of World War II and brought them back to Wyoming, but they mysteriously disappeared decades ago.
November 04, 2023
That Time Elvis Had A Drink At The Virginian Bar In Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Margaret Parr started working at The Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow when she was 11, including tending bar there before she was old enough to drink. One of her customers was a young Elvis Presley.
Renée JeanNovember 04, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Saturday, November 4, 2023
Saturday's headlines include: * No new fuel taxes in Wyoming despite huge shortfalls * Wyoming pastor miraculously survives in wilderness * Despite best efforts of 18 states, it’s time to change clocks again
Wendy CorrNovember 04, 2023
Judge Squashes Lawsuit To Shut Down Wyoming Drilling Permits
Gov. Mark Gordon and other groups defending Wyoming’s oil and gas industries are praising a federal judge for squashing a lawsuit brought by environmental groups to negate 900 oil and gas permits.
Leo WolfsonNovember 03, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Kill Fuel Taxes Despite $400 Million WYDOT Deficit
A pair of proposals for higher fuel taxes in Wyoming were shot down during a Joint Transportation Committee meeting on Friday despite the Wyoming Department of Transportation's $400 million deficit.
Leo WolfsonNovember 03, 2023
Aaron Turpen: The Indian Hooligan e-Bike Is The Coolest Thing Since, Well, Ever
Automotive writer Aaron Turpen writes, “The Indian eFTR Hooligan is the adult version of the banana seat Huffy, but without the skinned knees, questionable homemade ramps for getting air and constant chain and sprocket maintenance.”
Aaron TurpenNovember 03, 2023
Never Mind: Gillette Man Reverses Self-Defense Claim In Bloody Beer Bottle Fight
Though he’d asked for a Friday hearing to show he acted in self-defense, a Venezuelan immigrant in Gillette accused of hurling a beer bottle at another man’s head now says he’d rather work on a plea agreement.
Clair McFarlandNovember 03, 2023
As EU Kills Off Cows To Fight Climate Change, Hageman Warns It Could Happen Here
Farms in Ireland and other European Union countries are being forced to cut cattle numbers to reach climate change goals. U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman warns it could happen here.
November 03, 2023
Pro Choicers OK To Argue In Court Whether Abortion Is, Or Is Not, Health Care
The pro-choice plaintiffs suing Wyoming over its abortion bans say they’re OK to argue in court a statement by four doctors that abortion is not health care.
Clair McFarlandNovember 03, 2023
Guest Column: Gordon Needs To Speak To Wyoming, Not Harvard
Rep. John Bear writes, "It is embarrassing for the governor of Wyoming to give even an inch to the anti-fossil fuel crowd and their utopian view of green energy."
CSD StaffNovember 03, 2023