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Fremont County OKs $1.8 Million Payout To Avert Ambulance Strike
Fremont County commissioners agreed Monday morning to increase the county’s annual payout to Frontier Ambulance by about $387,000 a year to about $1.8 million to head off a threatened strike by local Ambulance workers.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 25, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, September 25, 2023
Monday's headlines include: New fed turbine rules could kill more eagles; Colorado wants to reintroduce wolves but no one will give them any; Wyoming dinosaur could get $1.2 million in Paris; UW researcher studying haunted Wyoming hotels.
Wendy CorrSeptember 25, 2023
Why The Heck … Is A Camel The Mascot For A Wyoming High School?
For more than 100 years, a camel has been the mascot for Campbell County High School in Gillette. And for more than a century, people have been asking why?
Greg JohnsonSeptember 24, 2023
Study Blames Men Eating Beef For 50% Of Harmful Gas Emissions
Wyoming's beef industry is questioning a recent Tulane University study that claims American men ages 50-65 eat so much beef that if they stopped, greenhouse gas emissions would drop by as much as 50%.
September 24, 2023
UW Researcher Takes Scientific Approach To Studying Wyoming’s Haunted Hotels
Debbie Cobb has long had a fascination with ghost stories. Now the University of Wyoming researcher is putting that fascination to work on a study of Wyoming’s most haunted hotels.
Renée JeanSeptember 24, 2023
Wyoming Hunting: Dad’s Trophy Bull Elk Another First For Cody Father-Son Hunting Team
Father-and-son Ed and Dalton of Cody have been hunting together since Dalton was old enough to tag along. And Ed has always let Dalton shoot first. This year, the tables were turned and Ed bagged his first archery bull elk.
Mark HeinzSeptember 24, 2023
Wyoming Conservationists Worry Fed Rule Will Let Turbines Kill More Eagles
A proposed federal rule aimed at streamlining permitting processes for wind development could undermine protections for eagles. The final rule could impact eagle populations in southeast Wyoming, where they’re especially dense.
September 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: What Is The Mormon Obsession With Temple Building?
Dear editor: "You’d think the mega wealthy Mormon church would have been willing to shorten the steeple to appease the citizens of Cody."
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Plastic Bag Ban Idiocy
Dear editor: "This will be total plagiarism but it says it better than I ever could..."
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Rod Miller: Government Secrets vs. The Wyoming Public Records Act
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "In a free society like ours, citizens should know more about government than government knows about us. Knowledge is power, right? When government keeps secrets from its citizens, it becomes a secret government."
Rod MillerSeptember 24, 2023
Wyoming Halfway House Rehabilitates Instead Of Kills Delinquent Beavers
A partnership was recently created that features a new halfway house for delinquent beavers. Those involved say it’s a better alternative than killing them.
September 24, 2023
Giant Steel Silhouettes Making Drivers Double-Take Their Way Across Wyoming
A growing collection of giant steel cowboys, dinosaurs and locomotives along Wyoming's highways are nods to the Cowboy State’s Western heritage and a reminder to think 307 First.
Andrew RossiSeptember 24, 2023
Hunting Wyoming: Teton County Has Great Outlook – Just Watch For Grizzlies
Teton County offers a variety of hunting opportunities and great access to public land, but hunters need to be keenly “bear aware” around the area’s robust grizzly population.
Mark HeinzSeptember 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Gillette Community College District – Building On A Legacy Of Higher Education And Student Success
Dear editor: Thank you for the opportunity to provide factual information to the earlier opinion submitted by Doug Gerard.
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Bondurant Elementary, A Modern One-Room Wyoming Schoolhouse With 3 Students
Bondurant Elementary School’s three students are taught with a unique learning style that’s also a challenge for teachers. It’s one of 20 Wyoming one-room public schools with fewer than 10 students.
September 24, 2023
Wyoming Dinosaur Excavated in Crook County Could Fetch $1.2 Million At Paris Auction
A Camptosaurus dug up in Crook County could fetch up to $1.2 million when it’s auctioned off in Paris next month. Experts say because the dinosaur's skull and body are nearly complete, it could be worth the seven figures.
Andrew RossiSeptember 24, 2023
True Wyoming Mountain Man Jim Baker Beat Impossible Odds On Battle Mountain
Wyoming’s own “Honest” Jim Baker has never been featured in a movie like Kit Carson, but even Carson would often tell of the mountain man's ingenuity and bravery on Battle Mountain.
Renée JeanSeptember 23, 2023
From Ruin To Regal, A Wyoming Family’s Mission To Save The Ferris Mansion
A showpiece when it was built in 1903, the Ferris Mansion in Rawlins had fallen into ruin when the Lubber family bought it in 1979. It took 25 years to restore it to its regal roots.
Renée JeanSeptember 23, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Is Full Of Beautiful River Towns, So Which Is The Prettiest?
Bill Sniffin writes: “One of my all-time favorites is Evanston, which has taken its Bear River and made it a dominant item on its landscape. This town might deserve the prize for best use of its river.”
Bill SniffinSeptember 23, 2023
Former Navy Seal Offers Grizzly Survival Course For Wyoming Hunters
A former Navy SEAL offers a two-day grizzly survival training course that helps prepare hunters for trekking into grizzly country. His course incorporates the same principle of “forging" under stress that is used in Navy SEAL military training.
Mark HeinzSeptember 23, 2023
Inside Wyoming's Nuclear Missile Silos: Former Missileers Discuss Life Underground
Since the 1960s, missileers have been pulling shifts underground in silos in Wyoming, prepared to launch nuclear missiles in the event of an attack against the U.S.
September 23, 2023
Rawlins Residents Scoff At YouTuber's Criticism Of Town
Rawlins' residents rolled their collective eyes at a so-called YouTube "influencer" and his criticism of their town in his video entitled, "I went to the worst place to live in Wyoming." They all know a town that is a great place to raise a family and comes together to help those in need.
Renée JeanSeptember 23, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Saturday, September 23, 2023
This is Cowboy State Daily Radio News for Saturday, September 23, 2023
Wendy CorrSeptember 23, 2023
Lawmakers Scrutinize Teton County’s Government-Sponsored Housing Approach
The Wyoming Legislature’s Regulatory Reduction Task Force on Thursday debated whether it should draft legislation to crack down on government-sponsored affordable housing in Teton County.
Leo WolfsonSeptember 23, 2023