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Mental Fitness A Key To Success For Wyoming’s L & H Industrial As It Builds Biggest Machines On Earth
Mike Wandler, CEO of Gillette-based L & H Industrial, founded the Travis Ramsey mental fitness program after suffering panic attacks while deep-sea diving. It was so life-changing, he brought it to his company, and now the world.
Renée JeanMay 20, 2023
Remembering Randy Wagner: Wyoming’s ‘5-Foot-19' Rodeo Photographer And Cowboy State Ambassador
Few people have served Wyoming’s tourism and rodeo industries with more devotion or longevity than Randy Wagner, a talented photographer who at 6-foot-7 liked to describe himself as “5-foot-19.” He died May 15 at age 89.
Wendy CorrMay 20, 2023
Yellowstone Makes Annual Plea To Tourists: Don't Touch, Pet, Or Try To Saddle Wildlife
Yellowstone National Park has opened its gates to visitors for another tourism season and already incidents of people exercising horrible judgment has been documented.
Wendy CorrMay 20, 2023
81-Year-Old Sheridan, Wyoming, Woman Goes Back To College And Gets Bachelor's Degree
Sheridan's Mickey Douglas spent much of her life working in school systems with her husband, but until this month hadn’t completed her own education journey. On May 6, the 81-year-old crossed the stage at Chadron State College having earned a bachelor’s degree.
Wendy CorrMay 20, 2023
Tagged A Racist Climate Denier, Anti-Authoritarian Professor Challenges Climate-Crisis, Diversity Narratives
Dr. Matt Wielicki’s family immigrated from communist Poland when he was a kid, which instilled in him a lifelong anti-authoritarian streak. Now he challenges the climate crisis and diversity narratives, which he says are undermining freedom and meritocracy.
May 20, 2023
Bill Sniffin: We Will Miss Randy Wagner And Willie LeClair; And Farewell To College Seniors Who Survived COVID Conditions
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “There were many visions to be had by the folks in Willie LeClair’s sweat lodge that night. I know I sure had a few.”
Bill SniffinMay 20, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Turn To Experts To Stay Ahead Of AI Curve, Even As ChatGPT4 Passes Bar Exam
Wyoming's Select Committee on Blockchain met in Jackson this week to go over emerging developments in the digital sector. The smarter the AI is the more potentially harmful it can be if it doesn’t have appropriate guardrails, John Nay, a fellow with the computer department at Stanford University told legislators.
Renée JeanMay 20, 2023
Explore Wyoming: Mushroom Hunters Can Find Hidden Treasure In The Cowboy State
It's mushroom hunting season in Wyoming. Ancient Romans called them “food for the gods,” but those who love to hunt for them around Wyoming simply say wild mushrooms are delicious.
May 20, 2023
John Bear: Uniparty's Push For Anti-Conservative Wyoming
Wyoming Rep. John Bear writes, "It was the Speaker’s decision to create an Appropriations Committee consisting only of socially liberal legislators from big cities, and now it appears that the President of the Senate sees some benefit in a Senate Appropriations committee loyal to the Uniparty’s cause as well."
Rep. John BearMay 20, 2023
Anti-Oil Blue States Cash In On Fossil Fuel Industry While Wyoming Producers Beholden To Feds
A new analysis shows that the economies of California and New York, two states that are the most hostile to the oil and gas industry, are among those get the most money from it. Meanwhile, the Biden administration limits Wyoming’s fossil fuel production.
May 19, 2023
Bounty Hunter Films Cheyenne Man Turning Himself In After SWAT Team Couldn't Find Him
Joey Carabajal Jr., 18, told Cheyenne police he believes the bullet that killed his 15-year-old cousin was meant for him days before a SWAT team failed to find him.
Clair McFarlandMay 19, 2023
‘Rowdy,’ ‘Miracle' and 'Tuxedo’: Internet Abuzz With Picks To Name Teton Park's Grizzly 399's Newest Cub
“Rowdy,” “Miracle," "Tuxedo" and "Pearl" are just some of the suggested names for Grizzly 399’s new cub.
Mark HeinzMay 19, 2023
Rodents, Sewage, Crumbling Walls: Cheyenne’s Arp Elementary Forced Into Makeshift Building Next Fall
Arp Elementary School has rodents, sewage problems and crumbling walls. It will move into an abandoned school building in Cheyenne in the fall, but whether the state will OK money to replace or upgrade the school is far from certain.
Leo WolfsonMay 19, 2023
Wyoming Could Satisfy Uranium Demand For Advanced Reactors, But Will It Be Allowed To?
With uranium prices rising and the development of advanced nuclear reactors moving forward, the state’s Joint Minerals Committee on Friday discussed the potential for Wyoming uranium mines to meet that demand.
May 19, 2023
Aaron Turpen: The 2023 Toyota Tundra Can Go To The MAX
Automotive Writer Aaron Turpen writes: “Toyota used its expertise in hybrid electric systems to add more power to its pickup. Basically, Toyota took some Prius stuff and shoved it into the Tundra and then went all Tim Allen on it. Arr augh aurgh!”
Aaron TurpenMay 19, 2023
As Huge Snowpack Melts, Potential For Flooding High In Southern Wyoming
Start filling your sandbags — there’s a significant chance for flooding in southern Wyoming in upcoming weeks, according to a hydrology expert who says conditions are right for flooding.
Wendy CorrMay 19, 2023
Family Of Woman Found Dead In Car In Yellowstone Say She Was ‘Just A Country Girl’ With A Fiery Temper
The mother and brother of Catheryn Griffin, who was found dead in a car that lodged in a snowbank in Yellowstone on Saturday, say they’ll remember her as “just a country girl” who sometimes had a fiery temper.
Clair McFarlandMay 19, 2023
Albert Sommers: Why Does Freedom Caucus Tell Its Members How To Vote?
In a guest column, Speaker of the House Albert Sommers writes, "Wyomingites are independent thinkers, why does the Freedom Caucus pander to a national agenda, instead of seeking Wyoming solutions to Wyoming problems?"
House Speaker Albert SommersMay 19, 2023
UW Entomologist Doubles Down: There Are No Established Brown Recluse Populations In Wyoming
Although some Cowboy State Daily readers insist that brown recluse spiders are everywhere in Wyoming, University of Wyoming entomologist Scott Schell said instances of the poisonous spider are rare and there are no established populations.
Wendy CorrMay 19, 2023
Clair McFarland: The Socially Challenged Foster Kid Hurls Fish Guts
Clair McFarland writes: “We marched upstairs together and I stuffed him into his litter box – like a Twinkie through a keyhole. Little did I know, if you hunt someone down and make him go potty, he’ll fall madly in love with you.”
Clair McFarlandMay 19, 2023
Smoke in Northwestern Wyoming Coming From 91 Wildfires in Canada, 27 Out Of Control
Wildfire season jump-started this month in Canada, where dozens of out-of-control wildfires are sending thick smoke into northwestern Wyoming. This hazy photo was taken by Dave Bell in Pinedale, Wyoming.
Jake NicholsMay 19, 2023
30 Tons Of Explosive Chemicals Disappeared Somewhere Between Cheyenne And California
A railcar carrying 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a key material used in the bomb that blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995, went missing from a railcar that left a commercial explosive facility in Cheyenne bound for California.
May 18, 2023
Wet Winter And Spring May Save Wyoming Wheat Farmers From ‘Disaster’ Happening In Other States
Kansas and Oklahoma are so dry this year that the wheat harvest is what one Wyoming farmer called a “disaster.” The Cowboy State has benefited from wet weather in the winter and early spring. If it continues to stay wet, Wyoming should avoid a disaster of its own.
May 18, 2023
Gordon Horks Down Food While Supporting Wyoming-Based Taco John’s In ‘Taco Tuesday’ Fight
Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday horked down some Taco John's while stating he supported the Cheyenne-based restaurant chain in its battle to keep the trademarked phrase "Taco Tuesday."
Renée JeanMay 18, 2023