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Drug Charge Could Add 30 Years For Man Accused Of Torturing Wyoming Woman
A man accused of confining and torturing his ex-girlfriend from Wyoming for about six excruciating weeks now faces a felony drug charge that could add 30 years in prison, $11 million in fines to potential punishment.
Clair McFarlandAugust 31, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Thursday, August 31, 2023
This is Cowboy State Daily Radio News for Thursday, August 31, 2023
Wendy CorrAugust 31, 2023
Charlie Spiering: Despite Freezing up Again, Mitch McConnell Won’t Step Down Easily
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, “Senate Republicans will now face more questions from the press on Capitol Hill whether they trust that McConnell is healthy and fit to serve. There's a quiet contingent of Republicans in Washington, D.C., who believe it's time for McConnell to step aside. But barring another serious health incident, they might just have to wait.”
Charlie SpieringAugust 31, 2023
Rep. Landon Brown: Books Are Only A Problem If Our Kids Can Read
In a guest column, Rep. Landon Brown writes, “The noise has been surrounding books, but a more pressing issue is the fact that more than half of children in Wyoming aren’t reading proficiently. To me, this seems like our priorities are out of order.”
August 31, 2023
Homeless Squatters Trash Casper Hotel, Getting Out Of Hand, Mayor Says
Damage that homeless squatters have caused to a local hotel as well as city staff having to clean up hundreds of pounds of human feces from public areas are a few symptoms of what some see as a growing problem in Casper.
Leo WolfsonAugust 31, 2023
Family Shocked At Teen's Murder Arrest: 'It Took All The Air Out'
As the family of a 15-year-old Cheyenne girl killed in a drive-by shooting mourns, so does the family of the 17-year-old accused of pulling the trigger, whose shocking arrest "took all the air out" of their world.
Clair McFarlandAugust 30, 2023
Non-Violent Felons Can Now Have Guns In Wyoming, But Can They Buy Them?
A restoration of rights in Wyoming for nonviolent felons includes the right to keep and use firearms, but whether that means they can pass a federal background check still isn’t clear, says a local gun rights advocate.
Mark HeinzAugust 30, 2023
Rep. Lloyd Larsen: Wyoming A Model For Fiscal Conservatism
In a guest column, Rep. Lloyd Larsen writes, “Just last year alone, our Legislature put almost $1.5 billion into savings. This past session was perhaps the single most fiscally conservative budget in the history of the state. To try to claim otherwise is, frankly, silly.”
August 30, 2023
Judge Tosses Wyoming Atheist’s $24 Million Lawsuit Over Prayers At Meetings
A lawsuit by a Gillette resident accusing city officials of suppressing his religion of atheism by not allowing enough atheist invocations before public meetings has failed.
Clair McFarlandAugust 30, 2023
Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Biden Administration Weaponizes ESA Against Landowners And The West
In a guest column, Sen. Cynthia Lummis writes, “The Biden administration’s decision to repeal its predecessor’s commonsense approach to wildlife conservation won’t improve a species’ ability to recover; it will only drown the West and other regions affected by these onerous regulations in an untenable sea of red tape.”
August 30, 2023
Sheridan County GOP Livid Over Non-Appointment Of New Commission Member
A Sheridan County Commission meeting turned turbulent Tuesday when the four-member board rejected all three county Republican Party candidates to fill a vacant seat on the commission.
Leo WolfsonAugust 30, 2023
It’s Been A Banner Season For ‘Stupid Tourist Tricks’ In Yellowstone
Tourists keep pushing their luck with wildlife in Yellowstone National Park, and it’s probably just a matter of time before somebody is “severely injured,” one observer said.
Mark HeinzAugust 30, 2023
WEA Claims State Trying To Set Precedent To Justify Underfunding Schools
The Wyoming Education Association claims in new court filings Tuesday that the state is trying to unravel 40 years of legal precedent to justify underfunding public schools.
Clair McFarlandAugust 30, 2023
Witness: Watching Military Helicopter Crash At Cheyenne Airport Was 'Pretty Scary'
A UH-1 helicopter from F.E. Warren Air Force Base crashed and flipped upside down on a runway at Cheyenne Regional Airport on Wednesday morning. A witness says watching it happen was "pretty scary."
Leo WolfsonAugust 30, 2023
Long Shot For President Barnstorms Wyoming, Says George Washington Is ‘By My Side’
Walter Clapp is a 35-year-old Red Lodge, Montana, attorney who’s been barnstorming his way across Wyoming and other states says he should be the next U.S. president because George Washington is “by my side.”
Leo WolfsonAugust 30, 2023
Dave Bell: Shooting The Supermoon Over Wyoming's Cirque Of The Towers
Famed Wyoming photographer Dave Bell writes, "For years I have wanted to photograph a full moon rise over the Cirque of the Towers and tonight my hard work paid off. It rose dead center on the jagged edges of the peaks which comprise the famous Cirque in the southern Wind River Mountains."
August 30, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Good morning, and welcome to Cowboy State Daily Radio News for Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Wendy CorrAugust 30, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Agency Proposes Sensible Plan To Protect The Northern Red Desert
Dear editor, “Wildlife is hard-wired to the habitat occupied for thousands of years. Places, sounds, views, smells and even the solitude afforded by the Northern Red Desert are testimony to who we are as humans.”
August 30, 2023
Wyoming On Notice As Others Pause Permitting For Wind Projects
Concerned over the number of proposed renewable energy projects, Twin Falls County in Idaho has joined other jurisdictions that are showing more restraint in permitting. Some say Wyoming needs to do the same.
August 30, 2023
Boyfriend Tells Police Mother Of 2-Year-Old Boy Swung Him ‘Like A Baseball Bat’
A Cheyenne woman and her boyfriend are charged with attempted murder for allegedly brutally beating her 2-year-old son, including swinging him “like a baseball bat.”
Clair McFarlandAugust 29, 2023
Game and Fish Traps, Relocates Grizzly Hanging Around Highway
Wildlife agents captured and relocated a young male grizzly near Moran on Saturday because it was hanging out too close to a highway. It was one of numerous incidents involving bears this year in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
Mark HeinzAugust 29, 2023
Wyoming Schools Unprepared For Space Alien Invasion, But Maryland’s Aren’t
If space aliens invade Wyoming, its schools will be caught flat-footed, even though some schools in Maryland are preparing for an “Independence Day” scenario.
Mark HeinzAugust 29, 2023
It’s Expected, But Livestreaming Public Meetings In Wyoming Isn’t Required
The pandemic has quickly accelerated efforts to livestream public meetings in Wyoming, which made not doing so for a Monday Joint Appropriations Committee meeting, a surprise for even some lawmakers.
Leo WolfsonAugust 29, 2023
Colorado 7th Grader Kicked Out Of Class For “Don’t Tread On Me” Patch
A top free-speech advocacy group and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis derided a Colorado Springs school's decision to kick a seventh-grader out of class for having a “Don’t Tread On Me” flag patch on his backpack.
Clair McFarlandAugust 29, 2023