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Wyoming Places: Seven Great Finds For A Car Nut At Gillette’s Frontier Auto Museum
Gillette’s Frontier Auto Museum is a must for anyone’s bucket list, even if you’re not a car nerd. Here are my seven favorites I spotted while there.
Aaron TurpenJune 25, 2023
Wyoming’s Underground Music Scene Attempting To Break Through The Surface
Believing there’s strength in numbers, the WyoFolk Project is a pooling of 14 Wyoming musicians collaborating to produce an album that gives them more visibility, and raises the profile for the Cowboy State’s music industry overall.
June 25, 2023
Why Does University of Wyoming Have To Share Pistol Pete Mascot With Oklahoma State?
Pistol Pete, the rootin’-tootin’ gunfighter who sports a 10-gallon hat, handlebar mustache and dual six-shooters, is shared by both the University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State. The schools worked out a legal agreement in 1993 that allows them to share the mascot with stipulations.
Jake NicholsJune 24, 2023
Wyoming People: Vietnam Vet From Douglas Checks Off Bucket-List Item With First Skydiving Jump
After a life of serving his country, community service and coping with PTSD, Wyoming Navy veteran Ernie Herrera, 75, finally realized a lifelong dream by making his first skydiving jump.
Leo WolfsonJune 24, 2023
CB Radios Not Yet Obsolete; Veteran Truckers Say They’re Still Useful
CB radios used to be the only way truckers could talk to each other. Cellphones have made the radio less popular, but older truckers say they simply can’t replace the value of a good CB.
June 24, 2023
Train Falls Into Yellowstone River Dumping Molten Sulfur And Asphalt
A freight train carrying molten sulfur and asphalt fell into the Yellowstone River in Montana on Saturday morning after parts of a bridge collapsed. Officials say eight tanker cars ruptured on impact.
Jimmy OrrJune 24, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Documenting The Livestock Industry’s War On Wildlife
Dear Editor: There is a fundamental difference in messaging approach between Western Watersheds Project and Cat Urbigkit, and it’s this: We tell it like it is, while Urbigkit (and the livestock industry generally) prefer to exaggerate, obfuscate, and distract to in an attempt to hide uncomfortable truths.
June 24, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Recovering Mule Deer & Pronghorn Herds Need Updated Management Plan
Dear Editor: The carnage this past winter wreaked on our ungulate populations will be felt for years to come. We can’t control what the weather throws at us, but we can control how we plan for storms that will inevitably come.
June 24, 2023
Torrington Man Builds Rare World War I Fighter Biplane
A pilot and corrections officer from Torrington has worked for 10 years to re-create an extremely rare 1916 World War I French Nieuport 17 biplane that was known as the best pursuit plane of the day. He's close to making its first flight.
June 24, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Most Important Road In American History Passed Through Wyoming Creating Manifest Destiny
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Starting about 1843, over 400,000 emigrants came through Wyoming, crossing through present-day Torrington, Douglas, and Casper and on through current Fremont County and ultimately exiting out the west side.”
Bill SniffinJune 24, 2023
The Only Harder Workers Than Wyoming Ranchers Are Their Dogs
Stock dogs move sheep and cattle, and they’re indispensable on any ranch. More than 120 stock dogs from all over the U.S. and Canada competed in the Mountain States Stock Dog National Finals this week at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Afton.
June 24, 2023
Spike Through Harvey Morgan's Skull A Grisly Reminder Of Wyoming's Wild West Beginnings
Harvey Morgan drove a wagon from South Pass City 153 years ago to meet with a recently widowed woman on her ranch. He ended up with a spike through his skull and on permanent display at the Lander Pioneer Museum.
Clair McFarlandJune 24, 2023
Tornado Blasts Coal Mine In Northeastern Wyoming; Eight Hospitalized, Trains Flipped
Update: Eight people were hospitalized Friday evening when a tornado made a 'direct hit' on the North Antelope Rochelle Mine which straddles Campbell and Converse counties. The twister flipped train cars, destroyed vehicles, and hit at least one building.
Greg JohnsonJune 24, 2023
Tornado Flips Trains, Levels Building At Wyoming Coal Mine; Responders Assume ‘Mass-Casualty Event’
The North Antelope Rochelle coal mine south of Gillette took a “direct hit” from a tornado Friday evening, flipping trains and destroying a building. No word on the extent of the impact, but responders “treating this as a mass-casualty event.”
Greg JohnsonJune 24, 2023
Wyoming Tribes Say Federal Court Can't Make Them Pay $13.1 Million To Oil Company
The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes say a federal court lacks jurisdiction to make them pay the $13 million they owe an oil company for field equipment.
Clair McFarlandJune 23, 2023
Races Still On At Wyoming Downs Despite Calls To Cancel After Three Horses Died
Horse racing is still on at Wyoming Downs in Evanston amid pressure for the racetrack to shut down until an investigation is completed into the deaths of three horses that fell on the track last weekend.
Leo WolfsonJune 23, 2023
Wyoming Oil And Gas Held Back More By Taxes Than Regulation, Says Industry Group
The Petroleum Association of Wyoming told the state Legislature’s Regulatory Reduction Task Force this week that taxes hit Wyoming oil producers, many of which are small businesses, harder than government regulation.
June 23, 2023
Black Bears Acting Up In Sheridan Part Of A Regionwide Problem
Black bears have been acting up lately in and around Sheridan, and Montana and Idaho are reporting similar problems, says a Wyoming bear expert.
Mark HeinzJune 23, 2023
Aaron Turpen: The Tesla Cybertruck Is A Joke That’s Trolling The Automotive World
Automotive Writer Aaron Turpen writes, “Tesla will release the Cybertruck, eventually, and get the initial splash from it. But Elon will, however, laugh this off since the Cybertruck is clearly just another one of his trolls.
Aaron TurpenJune 23, 2023
Hundreds Of ‘Stray’ Horses Rile Up Ranchers In Southwest Wyoming
Hundreds of stray horses are causing problems In southwestern Wyoming, and nobody’s sure what to do about them.
Mark HeinzJune 23, 2023
John Kerry’s Claim Climate Change Kills 15 Million A Year Draws Ethics Complaint
A government watchdog filed a formal complaint against Climate Czar John Kerry for claiming 15 million people die every year from greenhouse gas emissions, saying there’s no scientific basis for the statement.
June 23, 2023
Casper Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Give Parents More Access To Their Kids' Health Records
Hospitals and doctors are required by federal law to keep some treatments for kids as young as 12 confidential even from their parents, which prompted state Rep. Jeanette Ward, R-Casper, to propose a state bill chipping away at that requirement.
Clair McFarlandJune 23, 2023
Sightings Of Superstar Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri Reported Across Northern Wyoming
Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri has been spotted across northern Wyoming this week reportedly shooting for his popular TV shows, and he may be in Cody now.
Renée JeanJune 23, 2023
Wyoming Judge Blocks State Abortion Pill Ban
Indicating that she will declare abortion as a health care right under the Wyoming Constitution, Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens on Thursday temporarily blocked the state's ban on chemical abortion pills.
Clair McFarlandJune 23, 2023