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Wyoming Owners Of Cabins On Forest Service Land Say Taxing Structure Unfair

People who buy cabins on U.S. Forest Service property follow the same federal rules and restrictions, but say it’s unfair they can pay wildly different property taxes based on what county is assessing them.

Leo WolfsonOctober 20, 2023

Donald Detimore, 72, of Lander, Wyoming, is led out of the Fremont County Courthouse on Thursday after he was sentenced to 40-50 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl.

Lander Man Accused Of Molesting Girls For 4 Decades Gets 40-50 Years In Prison

A 72-year-old Lander man convicted of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl, and accused of molesting two other young girls going back more than four decades, was sentenced Thursday to 40-50 years in prison.

Clair McFarlandOctober 19, 2023

A grizzly sow with her two cubs stand up to take a look around in this file photo.

After Tip From Ex-Wife, Wyoming Man Charged With Killing Four Grizzlies

A Powell man is accused of illegally killing four grizzly bears, including two cubs, after wildlife officials began an investigation based on a tip from his ex-wife.

Mark HeinzOctober 19, 2023

A bitcoin mining facility near F.E. Warren Air Force Base just west of Cheyenne. Its Chinese ownership was forced to sell by the Biden administration.

Feds Cite National Security Concerns Over Wyo. Bitcoin Miners With Ties To China

Some Wyoming lawmakers say they share national security concerns about a bitcoin mining company with ties to China within a mile of F.E. Warren Air Force Base that’s drawing scrutiny from several federal agencies.

Leo WolfsonOctober 19, 2023

Bison on a road in Yellowstone National Park during the rut brings traffic to a halt.

Yellowstone Nearly Sets Record With 4.1 Million Visitors Through September

A robust 838,000 visitors in September pushed Yellowstone National Park visitation to more than 4.1 million in 2023, its second highest ever and an example that September is more than a shoulder month.

Andrew RossiOctober 19, 2023

Dry Fork Station coal-fired power plant north of Gillette.

Wyoming Sues EPA For Not Acting On Its Coal Ash Plan

Wyoming sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to make the agency act on the state's plan for disposing of coal ash.

Clair McFarlandOctober 19, 2023

Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder testifies for the U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education about the issue of sexually graphic books in public schools. Next to her is one of those books that has been challenged in Wyoming, "Let's Talk About It" by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan.

Degenfelder To Congress: Parents' Top Concern Is Sexually Graphic Materials In School

Testifying to Congress on Thursday, Wyoming’s education chief Megan Degenfelder said if public schools don't refocus on education instead of controversial sexual themes, parents will lose faith in public education altogether.

Clair McFarlandOctober 19, 2023

Controversial BLM Plan Comment Period Extended After Wyomingites Protest

Wyomingites spoke, and the Bureau of Land Management listened, announcing Thursday morning that the agency has extended the public comment period for its controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan to Jan. 17, 2024.

Mark HeinzOctober 19, 2023

Charlie Spiering: Rowdy House GOP Establishment Group Jeopardize House Majority

Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "If House Republicans turn down Jordan, a very large group of angry conservatives will never forgive them. Members of the establishment rebellion might be enjoying their chance to blow off steam, but they might blow the House Republican majority in the process."

Charlie SpieringOctober 19, 2023

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Thursday, October 19, 2023

Thursday's headlines include: -- Parents protest drag queen story hour in Rock Springs; -- Can Wyoming tap into 200 billion barrels of oil reserves?; -- Winterkill carcasses all over Wyoming landscape.

Wendy CorrOctober 19, 2023

State Reps. Dalton Banks, R-Cowley, left, and Bill Allemand, R-Midwest.

Wyoming Lawmakers Will Try Again To Restrict Chinese Land Ownership

After Arkansas announced it will force a Chinese state-owned company to sell its property there, a pair of Wyoming lawmakers say they plan to reintroduce bills they pushed this last session to restrict property ownership by adversary nations.

Leo WolfsonOctober 19, 2023

Laura McKee urges the Rock Springs City Council on Tuesday to not allow a drag queen story hour planned for to be held at a local theater.

Rock Springs Drag Queen Story Hour For Children Sparks Heated Debate

A planned drag queen story hour for children in Rock Springs next week sparked a heated debate at a city council meeting. A cartoon book called “Letter From The Queen” intended for children at a second grade level is scheduled to be read.

Clair McFarlandOctober 19, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Rocky Mountain Power Wants to Take Inflation from Bad to Worse

Dear editor: Rocky Mountain Power, the Utah-based utility, wants to increase electricity rates in Wyoming by as much as 30% to pay for their own corporate budget mismanagement. They even want Wyoming ratepayers to pay an emissions tax in Washington State.

CSD StaffOctober 18, 2023

Search and rescue responders and volunteers help retrieve a woman who slipped and fell in the Shell Falls area of Big Horn County on Sunday.

Woman Rescued After Fall Down Steep Ravine In Bighorn National Forest

A 50-year-old woman who fell down a steep embankment near Shell Falls in the Bighorn National Forest on Sunday was hurt and had to be retrieved using a rope and pulley system.

Andrew RossiOctober 18, 2023

A train loaded with coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin crashed Sunday afternoon near Pueblo, Colorado, when a track on bridge over Interstate 25 failed, causing the train to derail and bridge to collapse.

Train Involved In Fatal Colorado Derailment Was Carrying Wyoming Coal

A broken track is the initial suspect for causing a train loaded with Wyoming coal to derail in Colorado on Sunday, causing a bridge to collapse and killing the driver of a semitrailer.

October 18, 2023

Signs outside an oil well site in Wyoming in this file photo.

Can Wyoming Retrieve 200 Million Barrels Of Untapped Oil?

The State of Wyoming is placing a $2.5 million bet that, working with UW, it can help industry figure out how to tap into the 200 million barrels of oil reserves in the tricky Mowry Shale of the Powder River Basin.

Renée JeanOctober 18, 2023

State Rep. Forrest Chadwick, R-Evansville

Wyoming Lawmaker Accused Of Voting Against God Avoids Party Censure

Accused by some in the Converse County Republican Party of dismissing the “oath that he made to God” and the party, State Rep. Forrest Chadwick avoided a formal censure Tuesday evening.

Leo WolfsonOctober 18, 2023

If hunters want to keep the “dead heads” of winterkill elk they find, they must report them to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Hunters Warned About Taking Big Game Heads Left From Massive Wyoming Winterkill

Thanks to massive winterkill leaving big game carcasses scattered across the landscape, Wyoming hunters might get a chance to take home more than one trophy this fall, but they must follow the rules.

Mark HeinzOctober 18, 2023

Gillette Man Claims Stand-Your-Ground Immunity In Bloody Beer Bottle Fight

A Venezuelan immigrant accused of having a beer bottle fight with another immigrant claims he shouldn’t be prosecuted under Wyoming’s stand your ground self-defense law.

Clair McFarlandOctober 18, 2023

Motorized trails in the Red Desert area of Wyoming, seen here in a documentary film on the RideBDR YouTube channel, could be closed to vehicles in the future under a proposed BLM management plan for the area.

Barrasso and Lummis Tell BLM To Back Off Controversial Rock Springs ‘Land Grab’

In a letter to the head of the BLM, John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis want the agency’s director to withdraw its preferred Rock Springs Resource Management Plan many say would kill many public and industry uses.

Leo WolfsonOctober 18, 2023

The Laramie Police Department headquarters.

Laramie Man Accused Of Hurling Watermelon At Pregnant Woman Could Face Prison

A Laramie man could get prison time if convicted of assaulting a pregnant woman by hurling a watermelon, corn cob, metal trash can and vase at her. He’s scheduled to enter a plea to the charges Thursday.

Clair McFarlandOctober 18, 2023

Thermopolis Police Sgt. Mike Mascorro was wounded in an April 2023 officer-involved shooting where he returned fire and killed the suspect.

Thermopolis Cop Who Killed Man After Breaking Into House On Leave

The Thermopolis Police Department sergeant who broke into a home in April, triggering a gunfight that caused a man’s death, has been placed on administrative leave, the town of Thermopolis announced late Tuesday.

Clair McFarlandOctober 18, 2023

Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Wednesday's headlines include: -- Don't expect law enforcement to enforce the controversial BLM plan; -- Sunday Morning Elk Massacre -- New state record for giant pumpkins

Wendy CorrOctober 18, 2023

Despite Her Record, Some Insist Lummis Is A Closet Marijuana Supporter

An anti-marijuana group in Wyoming doesn’t believe Cynthia Lummis when she says her support of the SAFER Banking Act isn’t an effort to back-door legalizing marijuana.

Leo WolfsonOctober 18, 2023

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