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A Library Card Will Also Get You A Backpack And Into Wyoming State Parks
You can check out more than books at your local public library in Wyoming. A library card will also get you a backpack and free access to Wyoming state parks and historic sites under a program that’s expanding to all 23 counties.
Amber SteinmetzJuly 14, 2025
Wyoming Rite Of Passage: 600 4-H Kids Show Out At State Shooting Competition
Learning to shoot is a Wyoming rite of passage and one of the fundamental programs of the state’s 4-H clubs. More than 600 4-H kids gathered in Douglas this past week to show out at the Wyoming State Shoot.
Jackie DorothyJuly 14, 2025
Bearded Bison Advocate Started His Own Buffalo Ranch North Of Yellowstone
Matt Skoglund is a bearded bison advocate who left a law career in Chicago for a Western ag lifestyle. Now his bison ranch north of Yellowstone has become a model of natural ranching that serves customers in Montana, Wyoming and as far away as Florida.
David MadisonJuly 13, 2025
Killing Older Horses An Option To Trim Wyoming Mustang Herds, Coalition Says
A coalition of conservation and hunting groups claims that holding facilities for mustangs across the West are bursting at the seams. Euthanizing older horses could be a necessary last resort to get things under control, they say.
Mark HeinzJuly 13, 2025
Gail Symons: Rodeo Is Wyoming's Soul Laid Bare
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "Nearly every small town hosts its own grassroots version of the big rodeos, from Friday nights in Dubois or Kaycee to Fourth of July celebrations in Ten Sleep. These local rodeos have full parking lots, kids in the stands, and neighbors shaking hands across the fence."
Gail SymonsJuly 13, 2025
Cassie Craven: Prayer Is Better Than Politics
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “If we want to get humanity on track there’s only one way to do that, and it is through a power much higher than the Freedom Caucus.”
Cassie CravenJuly 13, 2025
A Teen Driver Hit His Car, So Cheyenne Man Bought Her A New One
Someone slides through an icy intersection and collides with your car, what do you do? If you’re Bryan Pedersen, a Cheyenne financial advisor, you buy the other driver — who was at fault — a new car.
Greg JohnsonJuly 13, 2025
Meet Dr. Cowboy, The Animal Chiropractor Putting More Buck Into Rodeo Bulls
When a rodeo bull refuses to buck, Dr. Cowboy uses his animal chiropractic tools to bring them back to life. He has successfully convinced even the most stubborn cowboy that this newfangled tool and technique is just the cure for their ailing bulls.
Jackie DorothyJuly 13, 2025
How A Young Cuban Exile Became A Wyoming Ag Hall-Of-Fame Rancher
Once an 11-year-old exile from Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuba, Juan Reyes was recently named to the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. Juan Reyes knew nothing about the U.S. when he arrived, but says ranching in Wyoming became his American dream.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 13, 2025
Former Wyoming Cop Forgives Bank Robber Who Shot And Left Him For Dead 43 Years Ago
A bank robber shot a Wyoming cop and left him for dead more than 40 years ago. Now that Mark Corbett is out of prison, former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Watt says he forgives him and advocates for second chances for other long-term inmates.
Jen KocherJuly 13, 2025
Hundreds Of Landowners Angry Over Proposed Wyoming Hunting Tag Changes
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission on Tuesday could face hundreds of landowners and residents angry over proposed changes to the landowner hunting tag program. The new regulations could cut as many as 70% of the current allotment of landowner tags.
Mark HeinzJuly 13, 2025
The Last Person To Explore The Hidden Tunnels In Ames Monument
The remote Ames Monument in southeastern Wyoming is a complete oddity. Although there are four levels of tunnels in the pyramidic structure, it's been sealed up for decades. It was unsealed, however, for one day in 2010 and a descendant of the Ames' family was allowed to explore it.
Zakary SonntagJuly 13, 2025
Bells On Mountain Bikes Could Help Cyclists Avoid Grizzly Maulings
Mountain bikers and grizzlies aren’t a good combination, as a Montana cyclist learned in 2016 when he surprised a bear and was killed. With more mountain bikes than ever in the backcountry, bells, shouting and carrying bear spray might help.
Mark HeinzJuly 13, 2025
Fluff And Fold With Culture: Dubois Buffalo Skull Laundromat To Host Art Exhibit
A pair of artists in Dubois are planning an art show in an unusual space. Instead of a gallery, their show is going inside the town’s famous laundromat, the one with the giant buffalo skull entrance.
Renée JeanJuly 13, 2025
Wyoming History: Legendary Artist Gave Wyoming's First Game Warden Painting For Setting Broken Leg
Wyoming pioneering game warden Albert Nelson once set the broken leg of legendary wildlife artist Carl Rungius. The thankful artist gave Nelson a rare original painting that was later saved from the devastating 1927 Kelly Flood.
Dale KillingbeckJuly 13, 2025
Teton County Search And Rescue Responding To More Calls Than Ever
Teton County Search and Rescue had its busiest six months ever from December 2024 through May 31. They had more calls in this six-month stretch than the team used to get in an entire year.
Mark HeinzJuly 12, 2025
Kaboom! Since Explosion In 2020, Torrington Hasn’t Had Fourth Of July Fireworks
There were city fireworks displays all over Wyoming last week to celebrate the 4th of July. But not in Torrington. Ever since an accident set-off all the fireworks at once which blew the roof off a building, they've passed on an annual celebration.
Mark HeinzJuly 12, 2025
307 Safe As Wyoming’s Only Area Code For At Least Another 20 Years
Unlike Colorado, which just got its sixth area code, Wyoming's cherished 307 is safe as the state’s only area code for at least another 20 years. That’s good news for Wyomingites and the more than 900 businesses with names that start with “307.”
David MadisonJuly 12, 2025
Wyoming Ranch Chef Brings Cowboy Cookin’ To National Audience With New TV Show
Celebrity Chef Vincent Fiore, creator of the award-winning cooking shows “The Wiseguy Kitchen” and “Coast to Coast,” is coming to Cody to highlight cowboy cuisine for a new show he’s hosting this fall on Roku called “Cookin’ With Cowboys.”
Renée JeanJuly 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Thank you Cassie Craven
Dear editor: It is my belief that shooting at ICE agents, destroying college campuses, burning buildings and cars, supporting Hamas, and threatening Jewish people are not 'good and vibrant' discussions. It is anti-American hatred. Cassie pointed that out in so many words and I thank her for that."
July 12, 2025
Joan Barron: Can We Get Rid Of Prison Gerrymandering?
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Although the inmates are convicted felons and cannot vote, they are counted as part of the overall population. They have been called 'Wyoming’s ghost constituents.'"
Joan BarronJuly 12, 2025
Visitors Can’t Find Rooms In Dubois, So Military Museum Owner Is Building A Motel
Despite a number of mom-and-pop motels and 90-some Airbnbs in the area, Dubois is often out of rooms for tourists in the summer. It was impacting growth for the National Museum of Military Vehicles, so owner Dan Starks is building a new 70-bed motel.
Renée JeanJuly 12, 2025
‘Swamp Moose’ Sightings In Bighorn National Forest Was 8-Year-Old Prankster
Sightings of the dangerous and elusive "Swamp Moose" were reported in the Bighorn National Forest over the Fourth of July weekend. Turns out the Swamp Moose was a mischievous 8-year-old wearing a ghillie suit with a moose antler on his head.
Andrew RossiJuly 12, 2025
160 Years After It Was Lost, Treasure Hunters Still Search For Lost Cabin Gold Mine
Hidden away in the Bighorns is a mysterious drawing carved on the surface of a massive granite boulder. Dubbed the “Boot Map,” old-timers have theorized for decades that the drawing, which resembles a Spanish boot, is a map leading to the Lost Cabin Gold Mine.
Jackie DorothyJuly 12, 2025