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No New Trial For Cheyenne Day Care Worker Who Swaddled Baby To Death
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a Cheyenne day care worker who swaddled a baby to death won’t get a do-over on claims her 2022 jury trial was unfair.
Clair McFarlandDecember 19, 2023
Bomb Threats To Cheyenne Airport And Frontier Mall Turn Out To Be Bogus
A pair of email bomb threats to Cheyenne Regional Airport and Frontier Mall on Tuesday morning prompted the evacuation of the mall and police sweeps of the facilities. Both threats were found to be bogus.
Greg JohnsonDecember 19, 2023
Wyoming Federal Judge: Following Trans Pronouns Policy Part Of Teacher's Duty
A federal judge on Monday said Wyoming teachers don't have a free-speech right to ignore a school's policy of using students' preferred pronouns. “Referring to a student by their chosen or preferred names in a classroom, pursuant to a school district policy, is part of a teacher’s official duties,” the judge wrote.
Clair McFarlandDecember 19, 2023
Historic Stanley Hotel Sells For $475 Million, Ghosts Included In Deal
The historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, made famous by Stephen King’s horror novel and movie “The Shining,” is selling to an Arizona nonprofit in a $475 million dollar deal that will include 58 new apartments and the construction of a film center.
Renée JeanDecember 19, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Tuesday, December 19, 2023
* Wyoming might have a white Christmas after all * Sweetwater County man receives nation’s highest civilian award for heroism * Couple from Arapahoe are facing possible life sentences if convicted of torturing and starving their son
Wendy CorrDecember 19, 2023
Rock Springs Pushes For More Local Comments On Controversial BLM Plan
In a final push before a Jan. 16 deadline, Sweetwater County officials are organizing people to submit comments on a controversial BLM plan that some say will devastate local energy industries.
December 19, 2023
Desperate To Fill Jobs, Wyoming Health Dept Wants To Reimburse Tuition
The Wyoming Department of Health is asking the Legislature for $500,000 to incentivize filling vacancies by reimbursing tuition costs for select new hires in critical roles.
Leo WolfsonDecember 19, 2023
Pistol Packin' Mama! Casper Home Invaders Flee When Pregnant Mom Pulls Gun
While the dad of a Casper family wrestled with one of two home intruders, the pregnant mom grabbed a pistol, pointed it at both burglars and scared them away last month, according to court documents.
Clair McFarlandDecember 18, 2023
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