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Guest Column: We Can't Take Our Land Back If We Never Owned It In The First Place
Tom Lubnau writes, "I read the musing of another politician pontificating we need to 'take our land back!' The truth is, Wyoming never had title to the lands in the first place, so to say we are 'taking them back' is a nice political rallying cry, but has little to do with the law."
CSD StaffOctober 01, 2023
Rod Miller: Friday Night Lights in Wyoming’s Lower East Side
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Confession – I’m a sucker for high school football. My son Vic and I caught the first win of the season for the 2A Burns Broncs in that bucolic little southeastern town out on the edge of America’s amber waves of grain."
Rod MillerOctober 01, 2023
Wyoming People: Donald Siegel, 99, Saw Action At Iwo Jima In World War II
Few who saw action in Iwo Jima and Okinawa are alive today, like 99-year-old Donald Siegel of Jackson, Wyoming, who was a Navy gunner during World War II.
Jake NicholsOctober 01, 2023
Barbed Wire Still Important Part Of Managing Wyoming Wildlife
Since it started in 2020, the Absaroka Fence Initiative has removed, modified or repaired more than 25 miles of fencing to improve migration routes for mule deer, elk, pronghorn and bighorn sheep in northwest Wyoming.
Andrew RossiSeptember 30, 2023
Buffalo’s Occidental Hotel: A Western Wyoming Original, Bullet Holes And All
The Occidental Hotel is a registered museum where guests sleep in themed rooms with period Old West furniture. The adjacent saloon still has bullet holes and its original backbar imported from Scotland.
Renée JeanSeptember 30, 2023
Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered Generators
The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast. With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is the largest charging station in the world. But to provide that kind of power takes something solar can’t provide — diesel generators.
September 30, 2023
Hunting Wyoming: Fremont County Great For Elk, If You’re Willing To Work For It
Outdoors writer Mark Heinz is doing a series on hunting in all 23 counties in Wyoming. For Fremont County, Mark says up in the Wind River Mountains and other high country in Fremont County, elk are thriving but it takes a lot of work to get there.
Mark HeinzSeptember 30, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Rod Miller!
Dear editor: I want to commend Rod Miller for his article on Government Secrets, Wyoming Public Records Act.
September 30, 2023
Letter To The Editor: If You Don't Like Rod Miller, Don't Read Him!
Dear editor: Here’s a possible way out of Mr. Shmalz’s dilemma: stop reading Miller’s columns Or learn to deal with the reality that there are opinions that you disagree with in the world.
September 30, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Probably Loves Hate Mail
Dear editor: The truth is, I picture Mr. Miller wringing his hands with glee over the hate mail he receives.
CSD StaffSeptember 30, 2023
Wyoming High School Kicker Smashes State Record With 61-Yard Field Goal
Cheyenne South High School senior Keelan Anderson has booted the four longest field goals so far this season, including a state record 61-yarder against Natrona County.
Jake NicholsSeptember 30, 2023
Dennis Sun: Value-Added Dairy Cattle
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The dairy industry is taking advantage of higher cattle and meat prices and bringing in new genetics to provide more value-added beef products. Their timing is perfect."
Dennis SunSeptember 30, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Bird’s-Eye View Of Wyoming – There Is Nothing Quite Like It
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "One of my most extraordinary flying experiences ever was floating in a helicopter near the face of Wyoming’s highest mountain - Gannett Peak."
Bill SniffinSeptember 30, 2023
How Custard's Last Stand Led To Custer's Last Stand And The Naming Of Casper
The Battle of Red Buttes in 1865 — aka "Custard's Last Stand" — was a small but significant skirmish that directly contributed to the Battle of Little Bighorn and the naming of Casper, Wyoming.
Andrew RossiSeptember 30, 2023
Alien Abductions Of 2 Wyoming Men In The 1970s Remain Unexplainable
Both Carl Higdon and Pat McGuire made national headlines in the 1970s when, in separate incidents, they claimed to have been abducted by aliens. Strange instances of cattle mutilations were in the news and both Wyoming men became household names because of their baffling stories.
Jake NicholsSeptember 30, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Saturday headlines include: -- Wild shooting on the reservation where victim posted numerous videos on social media after being shot. -- Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks may get closed down. -- A grizzly expert cautions outdoor campers to avoid campgrounds and sleep out in the middle of the forest instead. -- A couple tried to keep people away from Yellowstone so they could have their wedding there.
Wendy CorrSeptember 30, 2023
Guest Column: BLM’s Rock Springs Plan: An Argument for Federal Land Transfer
Sen. Bob Ide writes, "It’s time for the state of Wyoming to exercise its sovereignty and demand that the federal government fulfill the promise made back in 1890."
September 29, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Committee Persons Who Don't Show Up To Meetings Need To Be Booted
Dear editor: [Cowboy State Daily's] article gave the impression (incorrectly) that the removals were motivated by factional politics and that those removed were being treated unjustly. Nothing could be further from the truth.
September 29, 2023
Bad Year For Montana Grizzly Bears Continues As Yet Another Is Shot
In what is turning out to be a wild year for grizzlies in Montana, yet another bear has been shot and killed by a hunter, apparently in self-defense.
Mark HeinzSeptember 29, 2023
Government Shutdown Could Force Closures Of Yellowstone, Teton Parks
With a federal government shutdown looming, Yellowstone and Teton national parks could be all but shuttered starting Monday, but there are also work-arounds, a retired high-ranking Interior Department official said.
Mark HeinzSeptember 29, 2023
No, You Can't Keep People Out Of Yellowstone To Have Private Wedding
Yellowstone National Park is one of America’s most popular public places. It’s beauty also makes it a wedding destination, just don’t expect to have the park to yourself, as one recent wedding party tried to do.
Andrew RossiSeptember 29, 2023
Three-Way Wyoming Bull Moose Standoff A Warm-Up To Full Mating Season
Three bull moose having a shoving match in the Snowy Range Mountains earlier this month signaled the onset of the rut, or mating season. The clashes are likely to get much more violent as the rut goes on.
Mark HeinzSeptember 29, 2023
Bear Expert Says Sleeping On Ground In Grizzly Country Safer Than A Campground
A grizzly expert told Cowboy State Daily that sleeping on the ground in grizzly country is much safer than sleeping in a campground or on the drive to get to grizzly country. He said the danger of bears is "greatly exaggerated."
Mark HeinzSeptember 29, 2023
Out-Of-State Activists Post Fliers, Chalk Messages Against UW Trans Sorority Member
Activists who placed painted rocks, chalk drawings and fliers around a University of Wyoming sorority house Thursday evening to protest the inclusion of a transgender member were within their free speech rights, the university says.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 29, 2023