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Wyoming Northern Arapaho ‘Rockstar’ Featured On Times Square Jumbotron
Owen St. Clair Jr. hasn’t let Down syndrome, or anything else, get in the way of living his best life. He was featured on the Times Square Jumbotron on Saturday.
Jake NicholsSeptember 12, 2023
Cheyenne man to try mediation with police officers he says barged into his home
A Cheyenne man suing three police officers, claiming they violated his rights by barging into his home and manhandling him and his pregnant wife, has agreed to try mediation.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
115-Year-Old Ribbon Found In Texas Storage Unit Sparks A Meeteetse Mystery
A ribbon from 1908 that references the "original Big Horn Pioneer and Historical Society" has been sent back to Meeteetse, Wyoming. Now locals are trying to unravel a historical mystery.
Andrew RossiSeptember 12, 2023
Grizzly Featured In ‘Wyoming Sunrise’ Photo Near Cody Captured, Killed
A 3-year-old male grizzly bear near Cody featured Monday as Cowboy State Daily’s “Wyoming Sunrise” was captured and killed by Game and Fish agents because it had become too comfortable with people.
Mark HeinzSeptember 12, 2023
Rock Springs Restaurant Workers Escape As ‘Troubled’ Man Sprays It With Bullets
The owner of a Rock Springs restaurant described the chaotic and harrowing scene Saturday when a man who seemed “troubled” walked in, ordered, then sprayed the place with bullets. Amazingly, nobody was shot.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Cody Prosecutors Deny Private Investigator's Claim Of Deliberate Perjury
A private investigator in Powell claims that a pair of Park County prosecutors committed perjury by calling an accused burglar in Montana a fugitive, but the prosecutors say the investigator is basing his claim on stock language in court documents.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Wyoming’s Alarming Suicide Problem Focus Of New Documentary Film
A Casper native has made a Wyoming-focused documentary about how despite increased efforts and funding to prevent suicide, the Cowboy State continues to have one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
Leo WolfsonSeptember 12, 2023
Push On For Postage Stamp Honoring Founder Of Wyoming-Born JCPenney Stores
James Cash Penney is an American legend who started his iconic JCPenney brand in Kemmerer, Wyoming. U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is getting behind a grassroots group pushing to put Penney on a postage stamp.
Renée JeanSeptember 12, 2023
What The Heck Is … That Airplane On A 70-Foot Pole Along I-90 In Wyoming?
An early 1950s Beechcraft Twin Bonanza perched on a 70-foot pole just off Interstate 90 near exit 189 at Sundance, Wyoming, swivels to show which way the wind’s blowing.
Greg JohnsonSeptember 12, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday headlines: Hageman blasts New Mexico governor for gun ban, Wyo Dems to vote 100% mail-in ballots, elk population explodes because they are smart enough to hide from hunters, and more...
Wendy CorrSeptember 12, 2023
Rawlins Man With Dementia, 73, Was Trying To Kill Caretakers When He Shot Them
Accused of shooting his caretakers and ramming their truck and semitrailer in a shootout-turned-chase, a 73-year-old Rawlins man with dementia faces two counts of attempted second-degree murder and other felony charges.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame: Mickey and Bill Thoman, a Cowboy Couple
Mary A. “Mickey” Thoman rode into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame five years ago and on Saturday her late husband William “Bill” Thoman will join her in the elite group of women and men recognized in the Cowboy State for their cowboy work.
Candy MoultonSeptember 12, 2023
Wyoming Dems To Use Only Mail-In Ballots For Presidential Caucuses
In an effort to get a higher voter turnout, the Wyoming Democratic Party will rely solely on mail-in balloting to conduct its 2024 presidential selections.
Leo WolfsonSeptember 11, 2023
Boner Calls Biden "Absurd" For Claiming Global Warming Greater Threat Than Nuclear War
Wyoming state Sen. Brian Boner on Monday said President Biden's "extreme language" in stating global warming is a greater threat than nuclear war is absurd and doesn't help to formulate sound energy policies.
September 11, 2023
Charter, Disney Strike Deal Just In Time For Monday Night Football
Disney and Charter reached a deal at the last minute, lifting the ban on Disney-owned channels for Charter-owned Spectrum customers in Wyoming — including ESPN — just in time for Monday Night Football.
Renée JeanSeptember 11, 2023
Wyoming Elk Herds Balloon Because They Know Where To Hide Out
Wyoming wildlife officials on Monday told legislators that elk are smart enough to figure out places to go where they won’t get shot, and that’s contributed to the overpopulation of the species in the state.
Mark HeinzSeptember 11, 2023
State Park Crew Fights 2-Acre Boysen Dam Wildfire With Bathroom Cleaning Supplies
Wildfire and Wyoming State Parks crews put down a 2-acre brush fire at Boysen Dam on Monday with a local maintenance crew initially fighting the wildfire with their bathroom cleaning supplies. The fire's cause is under investigation.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023
$7 Trillion In Reported Fossil Fuel Subsidies Isn’t Real Money, Economist Says
A working paper from the International Monetary Fund estimates that fossil fuels received $7 trillion in subsidies last year, but it’s not real taxpayer money, an economist says.
September 11, 2023
Wearing Flip-Flops & Shorts, Wyoming Photographer Captures Elusive Nishimura Comet
Although it’s difficult to see, and then only for a short window at sunrise, noted Wyoming photographer Dave Bell stood shivering in flip-flops and shorts to get a photo of the elusive Nishimura comet early Sunday morning.
Andrew RossiSeptember 11, 2023
Wyoming School District Asks Court To Dismiss Former Student’s Mask Mandate Lawsuit
Saying former Laramie High School student Grace Smith has no grounds to sue over a mask mandate that expired two years ago, the Albany County School District No. 1 Board of Education is asking a federal judge to dismiss Smith’s lawsuit.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023
Hageman Calls New Mexico Gov. A 'Dictator' For Unconstitutional Gun Ban
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham blatantly violated the U.S. Constitution when she issued a 30-day ban on carrying firearms in public in Albuquerque, a Wyoming gun rights law expert said. U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, says the governor acted like a "dictator."
Mark HeinzSeptember 11, 2023
Dave Simpson: I Call It The Lumpy Rutherford Party
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "My wife says the Democratic party is the Eddie Haskell Party, in that they are complimentary to June Cleaver's face - 'You're looking particularly beautiful today, Mrs. Cleaver' - but laugh at how gullible adults are behind her back."
Dave SimpsonSeptember 11, 2023
Casper Mayor, State Lawmakers Get Personal In Online Spat
Trading barbs at each other over the city of Casper’s growing problem with homelessness in social media got personal last week when Mayor Bruce Knell responded to criticism by calling a political rival a “complete idiot” and an “embarrassment.”
Leo WolfsonSeptember 11, 2023
Casper Rapist Won’t Get 20 Years Off Sentence After Young Victim Takes Back Recant
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Casper man's conviction for sexually abusing a 5-year-old, noting that although the girl told police she lied about being molested, she later showed she was having a psychotic event when she recanted.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023